diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/core/sysconfig/.keep b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/core/sysconfig/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..40acf689042450b386d2035c5bd3208c4ccec5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+SYSCONFIGDIR=/lib/gluon/core/sysconfig
+
+
+sysconfig() {
+	cat "$SYSCONFIGDIR/$1"
+}
+
+sysconfig_set() {
+	echo -n "$2" > "$SYSCONFIGDIR/$1"
+}
diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/001-sysconfig b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/001-sysconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1affcb46916cb31ebdb03dce32ea69fcef25f9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/001-sysconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh
+. /lib/ar71xx.sh
+
+
+get_primary_mac() {
+    case "$(ar71xx_board_name)" in
+	tl-wdr3600|tl-wdr4300)
+	    cat /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/macaddress
+	    ;;
+	*)
+	    cat /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/macaddress
+	    ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+
+sysconfig_set lan_ifname "$(uci get network.lan.ifname)"
+sysconfig_set primary_mac "$(get_primary_mac)"
diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/011-gluon-network b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/011-gluon-network
index c2086228f73da0a59ab9fa2656d8f30ad02913a0..28211d710c221876c54092a23577b5505daf4906 100755
--- a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/011-gluon-network
+++ b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/gluon/upgrade/core/initial/011-gluon-network
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-. /lib/ar71xx.sh
 
-local lan_ifname="$(uci get network.lan.ifname)"
-local board="$(ar71xx_board_name)"
+. /lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh
 
 uci -q batch <<EOF
 delete network.lan
@@ -11,45 +9,13 @@ delete network.lan
 set network.wan.type='bridge'
 set network.wan.proto='dhcp'
 set network.wan.auto='1'
-
-set network.client='interface'
-set network.client.ifname='$lan_ifname bat0'
-set network.client.type='bridge'
-set network.client.proto='dhcpv6'
-set network.client.reqprefix='no'
-set network.client.peerdns='0'
-
-set network.mesh='interface'
-set network.mesh.proto='batadv'
-set network.mesh.mtu='1528'
-set network.mesh.mesh='bat0'
-
-set network.mesh_vpn='interface'
-set network.mesh_vpn.ifname='mesh-vpn'
-set network.mesh_vpn.proto='batadv'
-set network.mesh_vpn.mesh='bat0'
 EOF
 
-get_main_address() {
-    case "$board" in
-	tl-wdr3600|tl-wdr4300)
-	    cat /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/macaddress
-	    ;;
-	*)
-	    cat /sys/class/ieee80211/phy0/macaddress
-	    ;;
-    esac
-}
-
-local mainaddr=$(get_main_address)
+
+local mainaddr=$(sysconfig primary_mac)
 local oIFS="$IFS"; IFS=":"; set -- $mainaddr; IFS="$oIFS"
 local b2mask=0x02
 
-local vpnaddr=$(printf "%02x:%s:%s:%02x:%s:%s" $(( 0x$1 | $b2mask )) $2 $3 $(( (0x$4 + 1) % 0x100 )) $5 $6)
-
-uci set network.client.macaddr="$mainaddr"
-uci set network.mesh_vpn.macaddr="$vpnaddr"
-
 case "$board" in
 tl-wr1043nd|\
 tl-wdr3600|\
diff --git a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/gluon b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/gluon
index 19904ba620fb39d2ee12df6d9af0f643bdfffe6a..41c6befb7ed505f0202439990f625c0dbe3fd5ac 100644
--- a/package/gluon-core/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/gluon
+++ b/package/gluon-core/files/lib/upgrade/keep.d/gluon
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /lib/gluon/version/
+
+/lib/gluon/core/sysconfig/