ifconfig not showing subinterfaces

[wnichols]

I am currently on Debian Stretch. During installation I configured an IP via the install wizard and this works fine. When I run "ifconfig -a" I see the IP and I can connect to services listening on it.

I added a second IP to the same NIC via /etc/network/interfaces file. I basically copied the syntax of the existing entry and duplicated it to fit my needs. After restarting networking services the IP answers and can be used but it is not visible via "IFCONFIG -A" BUT is visible via "ip address list"

auto ens192:0
allow-hotplug ens192:0
iface ens192 inet statuc
address theIP
gateway theGateway

Is there any way to get this interface to show up when using the command ifconfig -a?

[bw123]

Is there any way to get this interface to show up when using the command ifconfig -a?

Why does it need to show up in ifconfig?

/usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz

# Multiple addresses can be added by simply using multiple iface stanzas.
# This also allows you to add both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to the same
# interface:
#
# auto eth0
# iface eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.0.42/24
# gateway 192.168.0.1
# iface eth0 inet static
# address 172.16.0.1/24

[Thorny]

I am a bit confused by your post, wnichols.
According to the release notes for Stretch:

5.3.9. net-tools will be deprecated in favor of iproute2

The net-tools package is no longer part of new installations by default, since its priority has been lowered from important to optional. Users are instead advised to use the modern iproute2 toolset (which has been part of new installs for several releases already). ...

ifconfig is from the net-tools package.

[wnichols]

I am a bit confused by your post, wnichols.
According to the release notes for Stretch:

5.3.9. net-tools will be deprecated in favor of iproute2

The net-tools package is no longer part of new installations by default, since its priority has been lowered from important to optional. Users are instead advised to use the modern iproute2 toolset (which has been part of new installs for several releases already). ...

ifconfig is from the net-tools package.

Thanks Thorny. I'll look into this. I've used ifconfig for so long I wanted to try and keep using it if I could which is why I asked.