I'm also still stuck on this problem.
Only way to stop networking that works on 12.04.2 LTS is /etc/init.d/networking.
Restarting networking is also done only by /etc/init.d/networking.
skomatsu@tokito:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53193 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76448766 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2160269 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
* Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not
enable again some interfaces
* Reconfiguring network interfaces...
ssh stop/waiting
ssh start/running, process 16511
...done.
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53202 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30952 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76451045 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2162258 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo restart networking
restart: Unknown instance:
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo stop networking
stop: Unknown instance:
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo service networking restart
stop: Unknown instance:
networking stop/waiting
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo service networking stop
stop: Unknown instance:
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30954 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2162418 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking stop
* Deconfiguring network interfaces...
...done.
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53203 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30955 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76451135 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2162760 (2.1 MB)
skomatsu@tokito:~$ sudo start networking
networking stop/waiting
skomatsu@tokito:~$ ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:62:08:36
inet addr:10.0.2.15 Bcast:10.0.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe62:836/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:53211 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:30967 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76453324 (76.4 MB) TX bytes:2164247 (2.1 MB)
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