diff --git a/files/initrd/opt/rr/init.sh b/files/initrd/opt/rr/init.sh
index 1e9a76a2..36ae9bd3 100755
--- a/files/initrd/opt/rr/init.sh
+++ b/files/initrd/opt/rr/init.sh
@@ -100,12 +100,15 @@ if [ ! "LOCALBUILD" = "${LOADER_DISK}" ]; then
   for N in ${ETHX}; do
     MACR="$(cat "/sys/class/net/${N}/address" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/://g')"
     IPR="$(readConfigKey "network.${MACR}" "${USER_CONFIG_FILE}")"
-    if [ -n "${IPR}" ] && [ "1" = "$(cat "/sys/class/net/${N}/carrier" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+    if [ -n "${IPR}" ]; then
+      if [ ! "1" = "$(cat "/sys/class/net/${N}/carrier" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+        ip link set "${N}" up 2>/dev/null || true
+      fi
       IFS='/' read -r -a IPRA <<<"${IPR}"
-      ip addr flush dev "${N}"
-      ip addr add "${IPRA[0]}/${IPRA[1]:-"255.255.255.0"}" dev "${N}"
+      ip addr flush dev "${N}" 2>/dev/null || true
+      ip addr add "${IPRA[0]}/${IPRA[1]:-"255.255.255.0"}" dev "${N}" 2>/dev/null || true
       if [ -n "${IPRA[2]}" ]; then
-        ip route add default via "${IPRA[2]}" dev "${N}"
+        ip route add default via "${IPRA[2]}" dev "${N}" 2>/dev/null || true
       fi
       if [ -n "${IPRA[3]:-${IPRA[2]}}" ]; then
         sed -i "/nameserver ${IPRA[3]:-${IPRA[2]}}/d" /etc/resolv.conf