diff --git a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/config/network b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/config/network
deleted file mode 100644
index b527a88769..0000000000
--- a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/config/network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2008 OpenWrt.org
-
-config interface loopback
-        option ifname   lo
-        option proto    static
-        option ipaddr   127.0.0.1
-        option netmask  255.0.0.0
-
-config interface eth0
-	option ifname	eth0
-
-config interface wan
-	option ifname	wan
-	option proto	dhcp
-	option hostname	openwrt
-
-config interface lan
-        option ifname   "lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4"
-        option type     bridge
-        option proto    static
-        option ipaddr   192.168.1.1
-        option netmask  255.255.255.0
-	option ip6assign 60
-
-config interface wan6
-	option ifname   @wan
-	option proto    dhcpv6
-
-config globals globals
-	option ula_prefix auto
diff --git a/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/10-network b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/10-network
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3baa679a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/orion/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/10-network
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+config_simple() {
+cat >> /etc/config/network <<EOF
+config interface lan
+	option ifname   eth0
+	option type     bridge
+	option proto    static
+	option ipaddr   192.168.1.1
+	option netmask  255.255.255.0
+	option ip6assign 60
+EOF
+}
+
+config_dsa() {
+cat >> /etc/config/network <<EOF
+config interface eth0
+	option ifname	eth0
+
+config interface wan
+	option ifname	wan
+	option proto	dhcp
+	option hostname	openwrt
+
+config interface lan
+	option ifname   "lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4"
+	option type     bridge
+	option proto    static
+	option ipaddr   192.168.1.1
+	option netmask  255.255.255.0
+	option ip6assign 60
+
+config interface wan6
+	option ifname   @wan
+	option proto    dhcpv6
+
+config globals globals
+	option ula_prefix auto
+EOF	
+}
+
+cat > /etc/config/network <<EOF
+config interface loopback
+	option ifname   lo
+	option proto    static
+	option ipaddr   127.0.0.1
+	option netmask  255.0.0.0
+
+EOF
+
+if grep -q lan /proc/net/dev; then
+	config_dsa
+else
+	config_simple
+fi