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  • Which flavour of Debian? What manages your network interfaces? Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 17:15
  • Its Debian Jessie (8.7), and I'm not sure if this is answering your question, but the /etc/network/interfaces file helps to manage them, I think. Here is its contents. <br> <br># This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-hotplug eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 17:46
  • Could you clarify what you're doing to try to switch them? Also, do you know if you're using NetworkManager or not? Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 17:50
  • @CarlShiles also, take a look at unix.stackexchange.com/help/formatting for how to format your question. Or use the buttons up above the text box. Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 17:52
  • derobert, I was simply going to Settings and then Network, but only wireless connections were listed. Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 20:27