diff --git a/scripts/qemu-boot.sh b/scripts/qemu-boot.sh
index 81d0e855..c6d832f7 100644
--- a/scripts/qemu-boot.sh
+++ b/scripts/qemu-boot.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 goodbye()
 {
 	:
-	rm -f $tmp_files
+	rm -rf $tmp_files
 }
 
 usage()
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ boot_net()
 
 	do_sudo -E /usr/bin/$qemu_exe  \
 		-boot n  \
-		-net tap,ifname=tap0,vlan=0,script=$tmpdir/qemu-ifup,downscript=$tmpdir/qemu-ifdown \
-		-net nic,vlan=0$nic_model$macaddr \
+		-net tap,ifname=tap0,script=$tmpdir/qemu-ifup,downscript=$tmpdir/qemu-ifdown \
+		-net nic$nic_model$macaddr \
 		"$qemu_opts"
 
 	# invalid param macaddr
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ boot_image()
  		#-net tap,ifname=tap1,vlan=1,script=$tmpdir/qemu-ifup,downscript=$tmpdir/qemu-ifdown \
 	#set -x
 	do_sudo -E /usr/bin/$qemu_exe  \
-		-net nic,vlan=0$nic_model$macaddr \
+		-net nic,$nic_model$macaddr \
  		-net tap,ifname=tap0,vlan=0,script=$tmpdir/qemu-ifup,downscript=$tmpdir/qemu-ifdown \
 		"$qemu_opts" \
 		-drive file=$boot_image
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ boot()
 
 	case $1 in
 	net)
-		boot_net
+		shift
+		boot_net "$@"
 		;;
 	*)
 		boot_image "$@"
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ macaddr=,macaddr=00:0B:DC:9B:D6:DA
 base=dc=priv,dc=lcl
 qemu_exe=qemu-kvm
 qemu_opts=""
-brctl=`PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin /usr/bin/which brctl`
+ip=`PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin /usr/bin/which ip`
 #nic_model=",model=rtl8139"
 tmp_files=""
 tmpdir=""
@@ -196,25 +197,16 @@ shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
 
 case $myname in
 *ifup*)
-	#set -x
-	#[ "$1" = tap1 ] || exit 0
-	#do_sudo /sbin/ifconfig tap1 up
-	#do_sudo $brctl addif in1 tap0
-	#do_sudo /sbin/ifconfig tap0 up
-	#do_sudo $brctl addif in2 tap1
-	#exit 0
-
 	virt_if=$1
 	touch /tmp/i-ran-$myname
-	do_sudo /sbin/ifconfig $virt_if up
-	# this is most certainly always priv0
-	do_sudo $brctl addif $bridge $virt_if
+	do_sudo $ip link set $virt_if up
+	do_sudo $ip link set dev $virt_if master $bridge
 	;;
 
 *ifdown*)
-	# this is most certainly always priv0
-	do_sudo $brctl delif $bridge $1
-	do_sudo /sbin/ifconfig $1 down
+	virt_if=$1
+	do_sudo $ip link set dev $virt_if nomaster
+	do_sudo $ip link set dev $virt_if down
 	;;
 qemu.sh)
 	boot "$@"