diff --git a/daemon/core/services/sdn.py b/daemon/core/services/sdn.py
index 413ea8d6..0aa824f9 100644
--- a/daemon/core/services/sdn.py
+++ b/daemon/core/services/sdn.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class OvsService(SdnService):
         cfg += "# auto-generated by OvsService (OvsService.py)\n"
         cfg += "/etc/init.d/openvswitch-switch start < /dev/null\n"
         cfg += "ovs-vsctl add-br ovsbr0 -- set Bridge ovsbr0 fail-mode=secure\n"
-        cfg += "ifconfig ovsbr0 up\n"
+        cfg += "ip link set dev ovsbr0 up\n"
 
         for ifc in node.netifs():
             if hasattr(ifc, "control") and ifc.control is True:
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ class OvsService(SdnService):
 
             # create virtual interfaces
             cfg += "ip link add rtr%s type veth peer name sw%s\n" % (ifnum, ifnum)
-            cfg += "ifconfig rtr%s up\n" % ifnum
-            cfg += "ifconfig sw%s up\n" % ifnum
+            cfg += "ip link set dev rtr%s up\n" % ifnum
+            cfg += "ip link set dev sw%s up\n" % ifnum
 
             # remove ip address of eths because quagga/zebra will assign same IPs to rtr interfaces
             # or assign them manually to rtr interfaces if zebra is not running