Re: [Trisquel-users] Netinsall, tty, apt-get update not working

[dguthrie]

I often do the netinstall on Debian systems so I can use Ratpoison or other  
window managers alone. I don't tend to use WiFi as it is quite complicated  
from the CLI. List devices that can connect to networks: sudo iwconfig  
(sometimes devices don't identify themselves sanely, I've found this on newer  
Debian versions e.g. Unstable, the rolling release) then sudo ifconfig  
[device] up then sudo dhclient [device] Then ping a few websites to test.  
It's how I connect to my Android mobile's USB network connection. I've also  
heard that this method is deprecated in favour of ip though. So you should  
also research this. I also just do this then install wicd-curses as that  
handles wireless networks really easily, alternatively use  
network-manager-cli (there may be a curses interface too).
Once ping is successful run sudo apt-get update and theb you can get back to  
being productive! Hope this helps.