diff --git a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/firewall b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/firewall
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9c860e3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/firewall
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+config defaults
+	option syn_flood	1
+	option input		ACCEPT
+	option output		ACCEPT 
+	option forward		REJECT
+
diff --git a/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/network b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/network
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed97da998f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/etrax/base-files/etc/config/network
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009 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 lan
+	option ifname	eth0
+	option type 	none
+	option proto	static
+	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
+	option netmask	255.255.255.0
+#	option macaddr  00:40:8c:cd:xx:xx
+
+