I'm in the process of migrating to Debian 13. I've run into many networking problems which I've worked around, my general workflow is google rather than documentation but Google advice is continuously incorrect particularly with Networking. At some point in Trixie documentation I read something that suggested that Laptopts and/or WiFi networking is configured differently (e.g., network-manager vs systemd-networking) under some conditions too, which makes things even more confusing.
As a fairly basic example, google suggests `systemctl restart dhcpcd` to update any settings from `/etc/dhcpcd.conf` but this service does not exist on my Debian build. I can work around the issue, but it's becoming incredibly frustrating to find information that is more often than not totally incorrect.
Can someone describe what products Debian will use in all states (server, desktop, laptop), and which documentation would be best to refer to when reviewing networking configurations related to the distribution? I'd prefer to read official documentation by the networking package managers vs debian-specific documentation unless the latter deviates from the former in any specific ways.
As a fairly basic example, google suggests `systemctl restart dhcpcd` to update any settings from `/etc/dhcpcd.conf` but this service does not exist on my Debian build. I can work around the issue, but it's becoming incredibly frustrating to find information that is more often than not totally incorrect.
Can someone describe what products Debian will use in all states (server, desktop, laptop), and which documentation would be best to refer to when reviewing networking configurations related to the distribution? I'd prefer to read official documentation by the networking package managers vs debian-specific documentation unless the latter deviates from the former in any specific ways.
Statistics: Posted by Dazzling-Jacket — 2025-12-30 00:52