diff --git a/network/create-vxlan-on-dev.sh b/network/create-vxlan-on-dev.sh
index 87687c9..b366392 100644
--- a/network/create-vxlan-on-dev.sh
+++ b/network/create-vxlan-on-dev.sh
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ ip -6 link add vxlan${netid} type vxlan \
     group ff05::${netid} \
     dev ${dev} \
     ttl 5
+
+ip link set ${dev} up