diff --git a/recipes-bsp/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/sysmocom-idu/interfaces b/recipes-bsp/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/sysmocom-idu/interfaces
index 81d4132..4952524 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/sysmocom-idu/interfaces
+++ b/recipes-bsp/init-ifupdown/init-ifupdown/sysmocom-idu/interfaces
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ iface lo inet loopback
 
 # eth0 is attached to the IDU-internal managed switch
 # in the future we will use VLANs to use individual switch ports as
-# break-out interfaces.  For now we simply do DHCP.
-iface eth0 inet dhcp
-	post-up ip r add 10.6.1.0/24 via 192.168.0.1
+# break-out interfaces.  For now we simply do static config for use with
+# the iridium openport satmodem
+iface eth0 inet static
+	address 192.168.0.254
+	netmask 255.255.255.0
+	network 192.168.0.0
+        post-up ip r add 10.6.1.0/24 via 192.168.0.1
 
 #eth1 is our admin interface and will provide dhcp to clients
 auto eth1