diff --git a/balancer.go b/balancer.go
index 6454aa9..31e0184 100644
--- a/balancer.go
+++ b/balancer.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package multinet
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ const (
 	BalancerTypeRoundRobin BalancerType = "roundrobin"
 )
 
+var errNoSuitableNodeFound = errors.New("no suitale node found")
+
 type balancer interface {
 	DialContext(ctx context.Context, s *Subnet, network, address string) (net.Conn, error)
 }
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ func (r *roundRobin) DialContext(ctx context.Context, s *Subnet, network, addres
 		dd.LocalAddr = ii.LocalAddr
 		return r.d.dialContext(&dd, ctx, network, address)
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("(*roundRobin).DialContext: no suitale node found")
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*roundRobin).DialContext: %w", errNoSuitableNodeFound)
 }
 
 type firstEnabled struct {
@@ -57,5 +60,5 @@ func (r *firstEnabled) DialContext(ctx context.Context, s *Subnet, network, addr
 		dd.LocalAddr = ii.LocalAddr
 		return r.d.dialContext(&dd, ctx, network, address)
 	}
-	return nil, errors.New("(*firstEnabled).DialContext: no suitale node found")
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("(*firstEnabled).DialContext: %w", errNoSuitableNodeFound)
 }
diff --git a/dialer.go b/dialer.go
index 9b242ff..c0e1e96 100644
--- a/dialer.go
+++ b/dialer.go
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ func NewDialer(c Config) (Multidialer, error) {
 type iface struct {
 	name  string
 	addrs []netip.Prefix
+	down  bool
 }
 
 func processIface(info Interface) (iface, error) {
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ func processIface(info Interface) (iface, error) {
 
 		addrs = append(addrs, p)
 	}
-	return iface{name: info.Name(), addrs: addrs}, nil
+	return iface{name: info.Name(), addrs: addrs, down: info.Down()}, nil
 }
 
 func processSubnet(subnet string, sources []iface) (Subnet, error) {
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ func processSubnet(subnet string, sources []iface) (Subnet, error) {
 				ifs = append(ifs, Source{
 					Name:      source.name,
 					LocalAddr: &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.IP(src.AsSlice())},
+					Down:      source.down,
 				})
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/dialer_hostname_test.go b/dialer_hostname_test.go
index 1df305c..58d90a5 100644
--- a/dialer_hostname_test.go
+++ b/dialer_hostname_test.go
@@ -114,10 +114,12 @@ func testInterfacesV6() ([]Interface, error) {
 type testInterface struct {
 	name  string
 	addrs []net.Addr
+	down  bool
 }
 
 func (i *testInterface) Name() string               { return i.name }
 func (i *testInterface) Addrs() ([]net.Addr, error) { return i.addrs, nil }
+func (i *testInterface) Down() bool                 { return i.down }
 
 type testAddr struct {
 	network string
diff --git a/dialer_test.go b/dialer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36ac5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dialer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package multinet
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestInterfacesDown(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("noop balancer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d, err := NewDialer(Config{
+			Subnets:         []string{"10.11.12.0/24"},
+			InterfaceSource: testDownInterfaces,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		conn, err := d.DialContext(context.Background(), "tcp", "10.11.12.254:8080")
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errNoSuitableNodeFound)
+		require.Nil(t, conn)
+	})
+	t.Run("round robin balancer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		d, err := NewDialer(Config{
+			Subnets:         []string{"10.11.12.0/24"},
+			InterfaceSource: testDownInterfaces,
+			Balancer:        BalancerTypeRoundRobin,
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		conn, err := d.DialContext(context.Background(), "tcp", "10.11.12.254:8080")
+		require.ErrorIs(t, err, errNoSuitableNodeFound)
+		require.Nil(t, conn)
+	})
+}
+
+func testDownInterfaces() ([]Interface, error) {
+	return []Interface{
+		&testInterface{
+			name: "data1",
+			addrs: []net.Addr{
+				&testAddr{
+					network: "tcp",
+					str:     "10.11.12.101/24",
+				},
+			},
+			down: true,
+		},
+		&testInterface{
+			name: "data2",
+			addrs: []net.Addr{
+				&testAddr{
+					network: "tcp",
+					str:     "10.11.12.102/24",
+				},
+			},
+			down: true,
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/interface.go b/interface.go
index 0d9677a..87b0fb5 100644
--- a/interface.go
+++ b/interface.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "net"
 type Interface interface {
 	Name() string
 	Addrs() ([]net.Addr, error)
+	Down() bool
 }
 
 type netInterface struct {
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ func (i *netInterface) Addrs() ([]net.Addr, error) {
 	return i.iface.Addrs()
 }
 
+func (i *netInterface) Down() bool {
+	return i.iface.Flags&net.FlagUp == 0
+}
+
 func systemInterfaces() ([]Interface, error) {
 	ifaces, err := net.Interfaces()
 	if err != nil {