Before you can operate your network, you should confirm your device is show up, namely the driver for your ethernet controller or wireless card is work well. See the section of network support in kernel configuration for details
all the command you need is 'ifconfig', 'iw', 'ip', 'wpa_supplicant' and 'wpa_passphrase'
- common docs on gentoo wiki
- my printer is 'HP LaserJet Pro MFP m226dn' with these features. Firstly, install the hp printer drivers, on Gentoo linux, just emerge it:
$ emerge --ask hplip hplip-plugin