Hi,

I am using an HD install of Knoppix 3.4. ifupdown does not work correctly.

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# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr [blah blah]
....
etc.

# ifdown eth1
ifdown: interface eth1 not configured
#
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Clearly it is a lie that eth1 is not configured... ifconfig just said it was. And it works fine, I just can't bring it down without rebooting. Which causes many difficulties as you can imagine.

Can anyone help me? Why doesn't this work?