Re: Network setup by installer
On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 08:27:22 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 19 Jan 2018 at 22:10:39 (+0900), Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 06:43:10AM +0100, john doe wrote:
> > > On 1/19/2018 12:45 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> > > > Hello the list
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone point me at documentation of how the installer sets up
> > > > network interfaces, out of the several ways there are to do it?
> > > >
> > > > I've done a couple of installs of Stretch, one when it was still testing
> > > > and one recently, on different hardware that both had both wired and
> > > > wireless network interfaces. In both cases I chose to install using the
> > > > wired interface even though for normal usage the computer will use the
> > > > wireless interface. The result in both cases was a machine that had its
> > > > wired interface configured but not its wireless one.
>
> Yes, AIUI it doesn't try to read our minds but assumes the
> installation methid is what will be used. And with a wired
> interface configured, if you reboot with a wire connected,
> the system will bring it up.
I'm fine with that.
> With wireless, there's no real equivalent to the wire
> being connected. Even when installed and configured with
> wireless, rebooting doesn't automatically bring up a
> network; you need to type ifup.
I'm not fine with this. Given a WAP and a passphrase ifupdown connects
automatically here. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you.
--
Brian.
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