1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifupdown.c b/networking/ifupdown.c
index d4e49c4c1..5d140f1da 100644
--- a/networking/ifupdown.c
+++ b/networking/ifupdown.c
@@ -417,12 +417,15 @@ static int static_up(struct interface_defn_t *ifd, execfn *exec)
         result += execute("[[ ip route add default via %gateway% dev %iface% ]]", ifd, exec);
         return ((result == 3) ? 3 : 0);
 #else
-        result = execute("ifconfig %iface% %address% netmask %netmask% "
-                        "[[broadcast %broadcast%]] [[pointopoint %pointopoint%]] "
-                        "[[media %media%]] [[mtu %mtu%]] [[hw %hwaddress%]] up",
-                        ifd, exec);
-        result += execute("[[ route add default gw %gateway% %iface% ]]", ifd, exec);
-        return ((result == 2) ? 2 : 0);
+        /* ifconfig said to set iface up before it processes hw %hwaddress%,
+         * which then of course fails. Thus we run two separate ifconfig */
+        result = execute("ifconfig %iface% [[hw %hwaddress%]] [[media %media%]] [[mtu %mtu%]] up",
+                                ifd, exec);
+        result += execute("ifconfig %iface% %address% netmask %netmask% "
+                                "[[broadcast %broadcast%]] [[pointopoint %pointopoint%]] ",
+                                ifd, exec);
+        result += execute("[[ route add default gw %gateway% %iface% ]]", ifd, exec);
+        return ((result == 3) ? 3 : 0);
 #endif
 }