diff --git a/projects/miragesdk/src/sdk/net.ml b/projects/miragesdk/src/sdk/net.ml
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+(* This file is a big hack and should be replaced ASAP with proper bindings *)
+
+open Lwt.Infix
+
+let run fmt =
+  Fmt.kstrf (fun str ->
+      match Sys.command str with
+      | 0 -> Lwt.return ()
+      | i -> Fmt.kstrf Lwt.fail_with "%S exited with code %d" str i
+    ) fmt
+
+let read fmt =
+  Fmt.kstrf (fun str ->
+      Lwt_process.pread ("/bin/sh", [|"/bin/sh"; "-c";  str|])
+    ) fmt
+
+let mac ethif =
+  read "ifconfig -a %s | grep -o -E '([[:xdigit:]]{1,2}:){5}[[:xdigit:]]{1,2}'"
+    ethif >|= fun mac ->
+  Macaddr.of_string_exn (String.trim mac)
+
+let set_ip ethif ip =
+  (* FIXME: use language bindings to netlink instead *)
+  (* run "ip addr add %s/24 dev %s" ip ethif *)
+  run "ifconfig %s %a netmask 255.255.255.0" ethif Ipaddr.V4.pp_hum ip
+
+let set_gateway gw =
+  run "ip route add default via %a" Ipaddr.V4.pp_hum gw
diff --git a/projects/miragesdk/src/sdk/net.mli b/projects/miragesdk/src/sdk/net.mli
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+(** [Net] exposes low-level system functions related to network. *)
+
+val mac: string -> Macaddr.t Lwt.t
+(** [mac e] is the MAC address of the interface [e]. *)
+
+val set_ip: string -> Ipaddr.V4.t -> unit Lwt.t
+(** [set_ip e ip] sets [e]'s IP address to [ip]. *)
+
+val set_gateway: Ipaddr.V4.t -> unit Lwt.t
+(** [set_gateway ip] set the default host gateway to [ip]. *)