diff -rNu linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c linux-custom/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
--- linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c	2002-09-27 14:05:32.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-custom/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c	2002-09-27 14:57:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
  */
 int ic_set_manually __initdata = 0;		/* IPconfig parameters set manually */
 
-int ic_enable __initdata = 0;			/* IP config enabled? */
+int ic_enable __initdata = 1;			/* IP config enabled? */
 
 /* Protocol choice */
 int ic_proto_enabled __initdata = 0