diff --git a/etc/netstart b/etc/netstart
index dfdccaf21263..54795275a2fa 100755
--- a/etc/netstart
+++ b/etc/netstart
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: netstart,v 1.30 1995/05/11 19:08:36 rgrimes Exp $
+#	$Id: netstart,v 1.31 1995/05/11 21:11:14 jkh Exp $
 #	From: @(#)netstart	5.9 (Berkeley) 3/30/91
 
 # Note that almost all the user-configurable behavior is no longer in
 # this file, but rather in /etc/sysconfig.  Please check this file
-# first before contemplating any changes here.
+# first before contemplating any changes here.  If you do need to change
+# this file for some reason, we would like to know about it.
 
 # If there is a global system configuration file, suck it in.
 if [ -f /etc/sysconfig ]; then
@@ -42,19 +43,16 @@ for ifn in ${network_interfaces}; do
 	ifconfig ${ifn}
 done
 
-# set the address for the loopback interface
-ifconfig lo0 inet localhost
-
-# set interface for multicasts to default interface
-# this needs to happen before router discovery
-route add 224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface $hostname
-
 if [ -n "$defaultrouter" -a "x$defaultrouter" != "xNO" ] ; then
-	route add default $defaultrouter
+	static_routes="default ${static_routes}"
+	route_default="default ${defaultrouter}"
 fi
 
-# use loopback, not the wire
-# route add $hostname localhost
+# Set up any static routes.  This should be done before router discovery.
+for i in ${static_routes}; do
+	eval route_args=\$route_${i}
+	route add ${route_args}
+done
 
 if [ "x$gated" != "xNO" -o "x$routedflags" != "xNO" ] ; then
 	echo -n starting routing daemons:
diff --git a/etc/sysconfig b/etc/sysconfig
index 4315876942bd..e8cc1c1dbca0 100644
--- a/etc/sysconfig
+++ b/etc/sysconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This is sysconfig - a file full of useful variables that you can set 
 # to change the default startup behavior of your system.
 #
-#	$Id: sysconfig,v 1.12 1995/05/11 19:08:37 rgrimes Exp $
+#	$Id: sysconfig,v 1.13 1995/05/13 20:16:11 rgrimes Exp $
 
 ######################### Start Of Syscons Section #######################
 
@@ -70,17 +70,27 @@ defaultdomainname=NO
 #
 tcp_extensions=YES
 
+#
 # Set to the list of network devices on this host.  You must have an
 # ifconfig_${network_interface} line for each interface listed here.
 # for example:
-#network_interfaces="ed0 sl0"
+#
+#	network_interfaces="ed0 sl0 lo0"
+#	ifconfig_ed0="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00"
+#	ifconfig_sl0="inet 10.0.1.0 netmask 0xffffff00"
+#
+network_interfaces="lo0"
+ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost"
 
-# Set one for each network device listed in network_interfaces above.
-# for example:
-#ifconfig_ed0="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00"
-#ifconfig_sl0="inet 10.0.1.0 netmask 0xffffff00"
+#
+# Set to the list of route add lines for this host.  You must have a
+# route_${static_routes} line for each static route listed here.
+#
+static_routes="multicast loopback"
+route_multicast="224.0.0.0 -netmask 0xf0000000 -interface ${hostname}"
+route_loopback="${hostname} localhost"
 
-# Set to the host you'd like set as your default router, or NO of none.
+# Set to the host you'd like set as your default router, or NO for none.
 defaultrouter=NO
 
 # These are the flags you'd like to start the routing daemon with