SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address

[Thomas Novin]

When I want to use a static IP-address for a temporary need I disable networking i NetworkManager and run ifconfig manually from console.

First run with ifconfig I get a error.

$ ifconfig eth0

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:08:3E:AF:12
          inet6 addr: fe80::217:8ff:fe3e:af12/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:13616 (13.2 KB) TX bytes:324 (324.0 b)
          Interrupt:16

$ sudo ifconfig eth0 inet 33.33.33.33/24
SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address

$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:08:3E:AF:12
          inet addr:33.33.33.33 Bcast:33.33.33.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::217:8ff:fe3e:af12/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:347 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:23528 (22.9 KB) TX bytes:324 (324.0 b)
          Interrupt:16

$ ping 33.33.33.254
PING 33.33.33.254 (33.33.33.254) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 33.33.33.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=3.04 ms
64 bytes from 33.33.33.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.642 ms

$ sudo ifconfig eth0 inet 33.33.33.33/24
$

Question is; Why do I get this error when in fact it indeed can assign the address?

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

Cannot reproduce, probably fixed..