--- lib/PXElator/network.pm	2009/07/31 17:07:39	82
+++ lib/PXElator/network.pm	2009/07/31 17:12:52	83
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 use server;
 
+sub ifconfig {
+	my $dev = shift;
+	`/sbin/ifconfig $dev`
+}
+
 sub tap {
 
 	my $interfaces = read_file '/etc/network/interfaces';
@@ -28,9 +33,8 @@
 
 	}
 
-	`/sbin/ifconfig tap0 2>/dev/null` =~ m{UP} || system "sudo ifup tap0";
-
-	1;
+	ifconfig('tap0') =~ m{UP}		&&	return 'up';
+	system("sudo ifup tap0") == 0	&&	return 'started';
 }
 
 1;