Cannot reset an network interfaces without a reboot

I have edited the /etc/network/interfaces file and I use the sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart.

After restart, the eth1 interfaces don’t setup properly. I need a hard reboot to enable this configuration. Meanwhile the command line hints: Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not enable again some interfaces.

Am I using the run command to restart network interfaces?

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
    address 192.168.1.87
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    gateway 192.168.1.1

The “new” way of resetting interfaces is trough the ifdown and ifup command:

ifdown eth1 
ifup eth1

Try this command and see if the eth1 is getting set up properly.
If this still fails you can always try to check your logfiles to see if anything suspicious is happening there.

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