diff --git a/internal/netif/upDown.go b/internal/netif/upDown.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d27cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/netif/upDown.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package netif
+
+import (
+	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
+)
+
+func LinkSetUp(name string) error {
+	link, err := netlink.LinkByName(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return netlink.LinkSetUp(link)
+}
+
+func LinkSetDown(name string) error {
+	link, err := netlink.LinkByName(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return netlink.LinkSetDown(link)
+}