diff --git a/scripts/scan-netdev b/scripts/scan-netdev
index 3a7aa5c..ecaa231 100755
--- a/scripts/scan-netdev
+++ b/scripts/scan-netdev
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ for DEV in \
 		| grep ':' \
 		| cut -d ':' -f 1` 
 do 
+	ip link set $DEV up
 	MAC=`ethtool -P $DEV | cut -d ':' -f 2-9 | sed 's/\s\+//g'`
 	#MAC=`cat /sys/class/net/$DEV/address`
 	if [[ "$MAC" != "00:00:00:00:00:00" ]] ; then