Greg Madden composed on 2017-06-25 21:33 (UTC-0800):
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> Sl�vek Banko wrote:
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>> Exactly, ifconfig is in the net-tools package. Just the difference is that 
>> net-tools is no longer installed as the essential package. Must be 
>> installed manually.
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> Debian: net-tools will be deprecated in favor of iproute2.."ip command"
> instead of "ifconfig command". Fewer characters to type :-).
More obtuse manual more than makes up for that de minimus improvement. Without
examples from the Internet, ip usage for getting other than mere current status
is inexplicable.
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