--- network-orig	2009-12-06 13:35:15.000000000 -0500
+++ network	2009-12-06 20:19:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	/sbin/ifconfig $1 up
-
 	wi_up $1 || return 1
 
 	eval ifcfg="\$${1}"
@@ -65,7 +63,11 @@
 		fi
 	fi
 	# Always bring the interface itself down
-	/sbin/ifconfig ${1} down >/dev/null 2>&1
+	# Ignore aliases
+	`echo ${1} | grep -q '_'`
+	if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+		/sbin/ifconfig ${1} down >/dev/null 2>&1
+	fi
 	return $?
 }