diff --git a/board/shredos/fsoverlay/.lftprc b/board/shredos/fsoverlay/.lftprc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a03d8b25e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/shredos/fsoverlay/.lftprc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set cmd:fail-exit true
+set net:timeout 5
+set net:max-retries 1
+
+
+
diff --git a/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/nwipe_launcher b/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/nwipe_launcher
index afd8e22e7c..e6db2c3d98 100755
--- a/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/nwipe_launcher
+++ b/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/nwipe_launcher
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ trap "echo" INT
 # initialise
 country_code=""
 nwipe_options_string=""
+lftp_command_line=""
+
+\rm lftp.log
+echo "[`date`] lftp log" > lftp.log
 
 # read the kernel command line for the loadkeys label for setting the correct keyboard layout
 country_code=$(kernel_cmdline_extractor loadkeys)
@@ -35,6 +39,29 @@ then
 else
     /usr/bin/nwipe --logfile=nwipe_log_$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).txt $nwipe_options_string
 fi
+
+# read the kernel command line for a lftp command
+# example lftp command "open 192.168.1.60; user joe joe's_password; cd data; mput nwipe_*.txt
+lftp_command_line=$(kernel_cmdline_extractor lftp)
+if [ $? == 0 ]
+then
+	echo "Found lftp commands on kernel command line, preparing lftp"
+	if [ ! -d "exported" ]; then
+		mkdir exported
+		echo "created exported directory"
+	fi
+	echo "Executing users lftp commands"
+	lftp -c "$lftp_command_line" >> lftp.log
+	if [ $? == 0 ]
+	then
+		echo "lftp completed sucessfully"
+		echo "moving nwipe logs to ../exported"
+		mv nwipe_*.txt exported/
+	else
+		echo "[`date`] lftp command failed, lftp -c \"$lftp_command_line\" See lftp.log for details"
+	fi
+fi
+
 printf "Paused, press a key to restart nwipe."
 read -rsn1 input
 sleep 1;
diff --git a/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/shredos_net.sh b/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/shredos_net.sh
index b3501ecf77..80a598a3b6 100755
--- a/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/shredos_net.sh
+++ b/board/shredos/fsoverlay/usr/bin/shredos_net.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 # with those devices set up as DHCP hot plug. We then monitor the link
 # state (whether the ethernet cable is connected).
 #
-# Shutdown all network interfaces if any are up
-ifdown -a
+version=1.0-211023-2337
+#
+# Forcefully shutdown all network interfaces if any are up
+ifdown -f -a
+
+# Bring up loopback device
+ifup lo
 
 # delete the existing non populated interfaces file
 rm /etc/network/interfaces
@@ -17,9 +22,10 @@ echo "iface lo inet loopback" >> /etc/network/interfaces
 echo "" >> /etc/network/interfaces
 
 # Create a list of all network devices
-#net_devices=$(ip add | grep ": " | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's/://')
 net_devices=$(ls -1 /sys/class/net)
 
+active_device="none"
+
 # Populate /etc/network/interfaces with each network device if ethernet or wifi
 for device in $net_devices
 do
@@ -31,21 +37,43 @@ do
 	fi
 done
 
-# Bring all network devices up and record whether they 
+# Check for existing active ethernet devices and set active_device variable
 for device in $net_devices
 do
-	ifup $device
-	if [ $? == 0 ];
+	# We're only interested in ethernet (enxxxx) devices
+	if [[ $device == en* ]];
 	then
+		# initial creation of device operstate and status variables for
+		# each network device, indirectly referenced so you won't see
+		# those variable names in this code, but even so they are there.
+		# Variable such as enp6s0_operstate, enp6s0_carrier, enp6s0_status
+		# are created for each device.
+
+		device_operstate="$device"_operstate
+		device_status="$device"_status
+		device_carrier="$device"_carrier
+		
+		# no need to check the return status, whether it works or not we need
+		# to initialise the device statuses.
+#		ifdown $device
+
 		# Obtain network device link status
-		device_operstate=$(more /sys/class/net/$device/operstate)
+		eval "$device_operstate"=$(more /sys/class/net/$device/operstate)
+		eval device_operstate_result="\${$device_operstate}"
 
 		# If the device link status is up record the current state
-		if [ $device_operstate == "up" ];
+		if [ $device_operstate_result == "up" ];
 		then
-			device_status="up"
+			eval "$device_status"="up"
+			echo "[OK] $device is up"
+			active_device="$device"
 		else
-			device_status="down"
+			eval "$device_status"="down"
+			echo "[OK] $device is down"
+			if [ "$active_device" == "$device" ];
+			then
+				active_device="none"
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 done
@@ -55,63 +83,91 @@ done
 # device. ie it's association with an IPv4/IPv6 address is removed.
 # When the link status is 'up' then we bring the network back up
 # which means we request a IP address via DHCP. This is therefore
-# acting as a hotplug for ethernet.
+# acting as a hotplug for ethernet. We only need one active ethernet
+# connection, so on a system with multiple ethernet points as soon
+# as one is active and succesfully retrieves a IP addres via DHCP we
+# no longer try to bring the rest up.
+#
 
 while [ 1 ];
 do
 	for device in $net_devices
 	do
+
 		# We're only interested in ethernet (enxxxx) devices
         	if [[ $device == en* ]];
         	then
-			# Obtain network device link status
-			device_carrier=$(more "/sys/class/net/$device/carrier")
-			device_operstate=$(more "/sys/class/net/$device/operstate")
 
-			if [[ $device_carrier != 1 ]];
-			then
-				if [[ $device_carrier != 0 ]];
-				then
-					ifup $device
-					if [ $? == 0 ];
-					then
-						device_status="up"
-						echo "[OK] $device is now up"
-					else
-						device_status="down"
-						echo "[FAIL] $device could not be brought up"
-					fi
-				fi
-			fi	
+			# and we are only interested in one device being active at any one time
+        	if [ "$active_device" == "$device" ] || [ "$active_device" == "none" ];
+        	then
+				# Obtain network device link status and carrier states
+				device_operstate="$device"_operstate
+				eval "$device_operstate"=$(more /sys/class/net/$device/operstate)
+				eval device_operstate_result="\${$device_operstate}"
 
-			if [[ $device_operstate == down ]];
-			then
-				if [[ $device_status == up ]];
+				device_carrier="$device"_carrier
+				eval "$device_carrier"=$(more /sys/class/net/$device/carrier)
+				eval device_carrier_result="\${$device_carrier}"
+
+				device_status="$device"_status
+				eval device_status_result="\${$device_status}"
+
+#				eval echo "device=$device, status=""\${$device_status}"", device_operstate_result=$device_operstate_result, device_carrier_result=$device_carrier_result, device_status_result=$device_status_result"
+
+				if [[ $device_carrier_result != 1 ]];
 				then
-					ifdown $device
-					if [ $? == 0 ];
+					if [[ $device_carrier_result != 0 ]];
 					then
-						device_status="down"
-						echo "[OK] $device is now down"
-					else
-						echo "[FAIL] $device could not be brought down"
+						ifup $device
+						if [ $? == 0 ];
+						then
+							eval "$device_status"="up"
+							echo "[OK] $device is up"
+							active_device="$device"
+						else
+							eval "$device_status"="down"
+							echo "[FAIL] $device ifup failed"
+							if [ "$active_device" == "$device" ];
+							then
+								active_device="none"
+							fi
+						fi
 					fi
-				fi
-			else
-				if [[ $device_status == down ]];
+				fi	
+
+				if [[ $device_operstate_result == down ]];
 				then
-					ifup $device
-					if [ $? == 0 ];
+					if [[ $device_status_result == up ]];
 					then
-						device_status="up"
-						echo "[OK] $device is now up"
-					else
-						echo "[FAIL] $device could not be brought up"
+						ifdown -f $device
+						if [ $? == 0 ];
+						then
+							eval "$device_status"="down"
+							echo "[OK] $device is down"
+						else
+							echo "[FAIL] $device ifdown failed"
+						fi
+					fi
+				else
+					if [[ $device_status_result == down ]];
+					then
+						ifup $device
+						if [ $? == 0 ];
+						then
+							eval "$device_status"="up"
+							echo "[OK] $device is up"
+						else
+							echo "[FAIL] $device ifup failed"
+						fi
 					fi
 				fi
 			fi
 		fi
 	done
+	
+	# Never remove this sleep statement ! Could be changed to 1 second for
+	# a less responsive hotplug, however 0.5 seconds provides sufficient
+	# responsiveness while not wasting CPU cycles.
 	sleep 0.5
 done
-