diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/config/defaults/generic/network b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/config/defaults/generic/network
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d4d8e01219e62aed76a7325998eaef6ef762758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/config/defaults/generic/network
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+config interface loopback
+	option ifname	lo
+	option proto	static
+	option ipaddr	127.0.0.1
+	option netmask	255.0.0.0
+
+config interface lan
+	option ifname	eth0
+	option type	bridge
+	option proto	static
+	option ipaddr	192.168.1.1
+	option netmask	255.255.255.0
+
+config interface wan
+	option ifname	eth1
+	option proto	dhcp
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/init.d/defconfig b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/init.d/defconfig
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f65d559fe85a36b33ba81a4a96cdf1152d00456a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/init.d/defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
+#
+
+. /lib/ar71xx.sh
+
+START=05
+
+start() {
+	local board=$(ar71xx_board_name)
+
+	[ ! -d /etc/config/defaults/$board ] && board="generic"
+
+	for f in $( ls /etc/config/defaults/$board ); do
+		if [ ! -e /etc/config/$f ]; then
+			cp /etc/config/defaults/$board/$f /etc/config/
+		fi
+	done
+}
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..299d0ed453321088f124b42f55fc92e04335908d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
+#
+
+ar71xx_board_name() {
+	local machine
+	local name
+
+	machine=$(awk 'BEGIN{FS="[ \t]+:[ \t]"} /machine/ {print $2}' /proc/cpuinfo)
+
+	case "$machine" in
+	*LS-SR71)
+		name="ls-sr71"
+		;;
+	*MZK-W04NU)
+		name="mzk-w04nu"
+		;;
+	*RB-411)
+		name="rb-411"
+		;;
+	*RB-433)
+		name="rb-433"
+		;;
+	*RB-450)
+		name="rb-450"
+		;;
+	*RB-493)
+		name="rb-493"
+		;;
+	*RouterStation)
+		name="routerstation"
+		;;
+	*TEW-632BRP)
+		name="tew-632brp"
+		;;
+	*TL-WR941ND)
+		name="tl-wr941nd"
+		;;
+	*WP543)
+		name="wp543"
+		;;
+	*)
+		name="generic"
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	echo $name
+}