Interface comes up after every reboot with wrong address and ifup + ifdown fix it temporarily

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • One of the network interfaces (eth0) has IP address and netmask configured statically. After a reboot, the interface has the wrong ip address. A service network restart does not fix it, but performing an ifdown eth0; ifup eth0 does leave it with the correct address.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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