diff --git a/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network b/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
index d9578b12..b8fd1093 100755
--- a/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
+++ b/general/overlay/etc/init.d/S40network
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set_wireless() {
 		ifup usb0
 		ifup eth1
 	fi
-	[ -e /sys/class/net/eth0 ] && ifconfig eth0 "${net:-192.168.2.10}" netmask 255.255.255.0 hw ether "${eth:-00:00:23:34:45:66}"
+	[ -e /sys/class/net/eth0 ] && ifconfig eth0 "${net:-192.168.2.10}" hw ether "${eth:-00:00:23:34:45:66}" up
 }
 
 start() {