ifdown says "interface not configured" when configured

[dmizer]

This is probably a bug, but I thought I'd try here and see if anyone else had input.

Ifconfig shows this:

# ifconfig
eth3      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:2d:ba:b6:ee  
          inet addr:192.168.3.6  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.128
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10474 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:9917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:11283339 (10.7 MB)  TX bytes:2590060 (2.4 MB)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xa080

The device is clearly connected, as I can ping and browse:

# ping www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (66.249.89.147) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from jp-in-f147.google.com (66.249.89.147): icmp_seq=1 ttl=229 time=48.2 ms
64 bytes from jp-in-f147.google.com (66.249.89.147): icmp_seq=2 ttl=229 time=48.7 ms
64 bytes from jp-in-f147.google.com (66.249.89.147): icmp_seq=3 ttl=229 time=50.2 ms

But when I try to take the device down via CLI:

# ifdown eth3
ifdown: interface eth3 not configured

I have uninstalled network-manager, and no other GUI network configuration tool is currently installed but the problem persists.

[MaindotC]

ifdown or ifup has never worked for me so I've always used:

ifconfig up
or
ifconfig down

acheieves the same result imho

[kerry_s]

do you got your settings in /etc/network/interfaces ?

[dmizer]

do you got your settings in /etc/network/interfaces ?

Yes, I do.

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces 
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth3
iface eth3 inet dhcp

[Iowan]

Curious broadcast address (probably unrelated, since the interface seems to work).

[unimous]

Curious broadcast address (probably unrelated, since the interface seems to work).

Why you say that broadcast address is "Curious"?

[coffeecat]

Old thread - closed.