Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 06:07:28PM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> Thanks!  Between you and Abdullah, I believe I have, what I need, next
> window with my Friend.
> 
> Consider this "Provisionally Solved".

And now for the other thing:
 
> > > One more thing:  Because of some changes, from 8 to 9, I am being asked
> > to do Network Administration, with both Hands behind my Back:  Debian CD1
> > does  *NOT*  install the ifconfig command, which I might have been able to
> > use, to troubleshoot, even *FINDING* the WiFi Adapter.  Ouch!

Here's the basics of using the ip command:

ip link
    shows and can manipulate the link-layer devices, including
    wifi and ethernet NICs

ip addr
    shows and can manipulate IP addressing

ip route
    shows and can manipulate IP routing

ip neigh
    shows and can manipulate your ARP table (or IPv6 equivalent)

Each of these can be abbreviated: "ip l", "ip a"... and each of
them has a basic help available via "ip l help" and similar.

ip l
ip a add 192.168.0.2/24 dev wlan0
ip r add default via 192.168.0.1

for example.

-dsr-