diff --git a/sbin/netcardconfig b/sbin/netcardconfig
index cffa86a..35c1851 100755
--- a/sbin/netcardconfig
+++ b/sbin/netcardconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Filename:      grml-network
+# Filename:      netcardconfig
 # Purpose:       configuration script for network
 # Authors:       Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>, Marcel Wichern 2006, Klaus Knopper 2002, Niall Walsh + Stefan Lippers-Hollmann 2004-2007
 # Bug-Reports:   see http://grml.org/bugs/
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ configiface() {
   DEVICE=${NETDEVICES[$DV]}
   device2props
   DV=$DEVICENAME
-  ifdown "${DV}" --force
-  sleep 3
+
   # INTERACTIVE=true
   if "${INTERACTIVE}" ; then
     # Setup wireless options?
@@ -712,6 +711,7 @@ while (true); do
   IFACEDONE=""
   while [ -n "$DV" ] && [ -z "$IFACEDONE" ]; do
     configiface "${METHOD}" "${IPADDR}" "${NETMASK}" "${GATEWAY}" "${DNS}"
+    ifdown "${DV}" --force
     if ! ifup $DV; then
       if "${INTERACTIVE}" ; then
         $DIALOG --yesno "$MESSAGE14" 15 50 || IFACEDONE="DONE"