diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 78fc44f2..96890651 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -956,6 +956,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "handlebars"
+version = "3.5.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4498fc115fa7d34de968184e473529abb40eeb6be8bc5f7faba3d08c316cb3e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "quick-error",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
@@ -1159,6 +1173,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "yaml-rust",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "interfaces"
+version = "0.0.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb6250a98af259a26fd5a4a6081fccea9ac116e4c3178acf4aeb86d32d2b7715"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "cc",
+ "handlebars",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "nix 0.26.4",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ip_network"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -1453,34 +1483,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "netlink-proto"
-version = "0.11.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "86b33524dc0968bfad349684447bfce6db937a9ac3332a1fe60c0c5a5ce63f21"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures",
- "log",
- "netlink-packet-core",
- "netlink-sys",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "netlink-sys"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6471bf08e7ac0135876a9581bf3217ef0333c191c128d34878079f42ee150411"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.26.4"
@@ -1686,6 +1688,51 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "2.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56f8023d0fb78c8e03784ea1c7f3fa36e68a723138990b8d5a47d916b651e7a8"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "thiserror",
+ "ucd-trie",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_derive"
+version = "2.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0d24f72393fd16ab6ac5738bc33cdb6a9aa73f8b902e8fe29cf4e67d7dd1026"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_generator",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_generator"
+version = "2.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fdc17e2a6c7d0a492f0158d7a4bd66cc17280308bbaff78d5bef566dca35ab80"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "pest_meta",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_meta"
+version = "2.7.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "934cd7631c050f4674352a6e835d5f6711ffbfb9345c2fc0107155ac495ae293"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "pest",
+ "sha2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.4"
@@ -1804,6 +1851,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quick-error"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a993555f31e5a609f617c12db6250dedcac1b0a85076912c436e6fc9b2c8e6a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.35"
@@ -1948,24 +2001,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rtnetlink"
-version = "0.14.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b684475344d8df1859ddb2d395dd3dac4f8f3422a1aa0725993cb375fc5caba5"
-dependencies = [
- "futures",
- "log",
- "netlink-packet-core",
- "netlink-packet-route",
- "netlink-packet-utils",
- "netlink-proto",
- "netlink-sys",
- "nix 0.27.1",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
@@ -2618,13 +2653,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
  "fehler",
  "futures",
+ "interfaces",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "libloading 0.7.4",
  "log",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
+ "netlink-packet-route",
  "nix 0.26.4",
  "reqwest",
- "rtnetlink",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "socket2",
@@ -2643,6 +2680,12 @@ version = "1.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ucd-trie"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed646292ffc8188ef8ea4d1e0e0150fb15a5c2e12ad9b8fc191ae7a8a7f3c4b9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.15"
diff --git a/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs b/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs
index df8eb212..bb871c68 100644
--- a/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs
+++ b/burrow/src/daemon/instance.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl DaemonInstance {
                     }
                     RunState::Idle => {
                         let tun_if = st.tun.open()?;
-                        tun_if.set_up(true).await?;
+                        tun_if.set_up(true)?;
 
                         debug!("Setting tun on wg_interface");
                         self.wg_interface.read().await.set_tun(tun_if).await;
diff --git a/tun/Cargo.toml b/tun/Cargo.toml
index 245cb25b..8efd7103 100644
--- a/tun/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tun/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ log = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 schemars = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(feature = "linux")'.dev-dependencies]
-rtnetlink = "0.14"
-
 futures = { version = "0.3.28", optional = true }
+netlink-packet-route = "0.19.0"
+netlink-packet-core = "0.7.0"
+
 
 [features]
 serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:schemars"]
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ tokio = ["tokio/net", "dep:futures"]
 [target.'cfg(feature = "tokio")'.dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { features = ["rt", "macros"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+interfaces = "0.0.9"
+
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 libloading = "0.7"
diff --git a/tun/src/tokio/mod.rs b/tun/src/tokio/mod.rs
index 788a96b6..30baddab 100644
--- a/tun/src/tokio/mod.rs
+++ b/tun/src/tokio/mod.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ impl TunInterface {
     }
 
     #[instrument]
-    pub async fn set_up(&self, up: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.inner.get_ref().set_up(up)
+    pub fn set_up(&self, up: bool) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.inner.get_ref().set_up(up) 
     }
 
     #[instrument]
diff --git a/tun/src/unix/linux/mod.rs b/tun/src/unix/linux/mod.rs
index 29133573..cf042da5 100644
--- a/tun/src/unix/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/tun/src/unix/linux/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use std::{
 
 use fehler::throws;
 use libc::in6_ifreq;
-use rtnetlink::new_connection;
 use socket2::{Domain, SockAddr, Socket, Type};
 use tracing::{info, instrument};
 
@@ -99,10 +98,19 @@ impl TunInterface {
     #[throws]
     #[instrument]
     pub fn set_up(&self, up: bool) {
-        let connection = new_connection()?;
-        let handle = connection.1;
-        let link = handle.link().set(self.index()? as u32);
-        if up { link.up() } else { link.down() }
+        let mut inter = interfaces::Interface::get_by_name(&self.name()?)
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
+        inter.set_up(up).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[throws]
+    #[instrument]
+    pub fn is_up(&self) -> bool {
+        let inter = interfaces::Interface::get_by_name(&self.name()?)
+            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
+        inter.is_up()
     }
 
     #[throws]
diff --git a/tun/tests/configure.rs b/tun/tests/configure.rs
index e7e2c6de..8b466c3b 100644
--- a/tun/tests/configure.rs
+++ b/tun/tests/configure.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ fn test_set_get_broadcast_addr() {
     assert_eq!(broadcast_addr, result);
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[throws]
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "windows", target_vendor = "apple")))]
+fn test_set_get_up() {
+    let tun = TunInterface::new()?;
+    let addr = Ipv4Addr::new(10, 0, 0, 1);
+    tun.set_ipv4_addr(addr)?;
+
+    let broadcast_addr = Ipv4Addr::new(255, 255, 255, 0);
+    tun.set_broadcast_addr(broadcast_addr)?;
+    tun.set_up(true)?;
+
+    assert!(tun.is_up()?);
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[throws]
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]