debian:/home/spirit# ifup eth1
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sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Listening on LPF/eth1/00:13:02:72:44:97
Sending on   LPF/eth1/00:13:02:72:44:97
Sending on   Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
receive_packet failed on eth1: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 21
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database.

Exiting.

Failed to bring up eth1.
debian:/home/spirit#