diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5ddcfb6..a1c9f87 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gwatts/rootcerts v0.0.0-20240401182218-3ab9db955caf
 	github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.5.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0
 	github.com/openstadia/go-usb-gadget v0.0.0-20231115171102-aebd56bbb965
 	github.com/pion/logging v0.2.2
 	github.com/pion/mdns/v2 v2.0.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index be21917..0b3c219 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ github.com/gwatts/rootcerts v0.0.0-20240401182218-3ab9db955caf h1:JO6ISZIvEUitto
 github.com/gwatts/rootcerts v0.0.0-20240401182218-3ab9db955caf/go.mod h1:5Kt9XkWvkGi2OHOq0QsGxebHmhCcqJ8KCbNg/a6+n+g=
 github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.5.1 h1:OQBE8zVemSocRxA4OaFJbjJ5hlpCmIWbGr7r0M4uoQQ=
 github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.5.1/go.mod h1:xKwi1cF7nXAOBCXujD5ie0ZKsxc8GGSA1rlMJc+8IJs=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0 h1:bE++6bhIsNCPLvgDZkYqo3nA+/PFI51pkrHdmPSDFPY=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:OHheN1GoygLlAkTlXLXvAdnXdZxy8JUweQ1rAXx1xnc=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
diff --git a/network.go b/network.go
index c9ef919..ecc4069 100644
--- a/network.go
+++ b/network.go
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 package kvm
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pion/mdns/v2"
-	"golang.org/x/net/ipv4"
-	"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
 	"net"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-envparse"
+	"github.com/pion/mdns/v2"
+	"golang.org/x/net/ipv4"
+	"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
+
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink"
 	"github.com/vishvananda/netlink/nl"
 )
@@ -28,27 +36,32 @@ type LocalIpInfo struct {
 	MAC  string
 }
 
+const (
+	NetIfName     = "eth0"
+	DHCPLeaseFile = "/run/udhcpc.%s.info"
+)
+
 // setDhcpClientState sends signals to udhcpc to change it's current mode
 // of operation. Setting active to true will force udhcpc to renew the DHCP lease.
 // Setting active to false will put udhcpc into idle mode.
 func setDhcpClientState(active bool) {
-	var signal string;
+	var signal string
 	if active {
 		signal = "-SIGUSR1"
 	} else {
 		signal = "-SIGUSR2"
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("/usr/bin/killall", signal, "udhcpc");
+	cmd := exec.Command("/usr/bin/killall", signal, "udhcpc")
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("network: setDhcpClientState: failed to change udhcpc state: %s\n", err)
 	}
 }
 
 func checkNetworkState() {
-	iface, err := netlink.LinkByName("eth0")
+	iface, err := netlink.LinkByName(NetIfName)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("failed to get eth0 interface: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("failed to get [%s] interface: %v\n", NetIfName, err)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -64,7 +77,13 @@ func checkNetworkState() {
 
 	addrs, err := netlink.AddrList(iface, nl.FAMILY_ALL)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("failed to get addresses for eth0: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("failed to get addresses for [%s]: %v\n", NetIfName, err)
+	}
+
+	// If the link is going down, put udhcpc into idle mode.
+	// If the link is coming back up, activate udhcpc and force it to renew the lease.
+	if newState.Up != networkState.Up {
+		setDhcpClientState(newState.Up)
 	}
 
 	// If the link is going down, put udhcpc into idle mode.
@@ -144,6 +163,39 @@ func startMDNS() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func getNTPServersFromDHCPInfo() ([]string, error) {
+	buf, err := os.ReadFile(fmt.Sprintf(DHCPLeaseFile, NetIfName))
+	if err != nil {
+		// do not return error if file does not exist
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load udhcpc info: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// parse udhcpc info
+	env, err := envparse.Parse(bytes.NewReader(buf))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse udhcpc info: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	val, ok := env["ntpsrv"]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	var servers []string
+
+	for _, server := range strings.Fields(val) {
+		if net.ParseIP(server) == nil {
+			fmt.Printf("invalid NTP server IP: %s, ignoring ... \n", server)
+		}
+		servers = append(servers, server)
+	}
+
+	return servers, nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	updates := make(chan netlink.LinkUpdate)
 	done := make(chan struct{})
@@ -162,7 +214,7 @@ func init() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case update := <-updates:
-				if update.Link.Attrs().Name == "eth0" {
+				if update.Link.Attrs().Name == NetIfName {
 					fmt.Printf("link update: %+v\n", update)
 					checkNetworkState()
 				}
diff --git a/ntp.go b/ntp.go
index f785d96..4150d96 100644
--- a/ntp.go
+++ b/ntp.go
@@ -12,9 +12,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 var timeSynced = false
+var defaultNTPServers = []string{
+	"time.cloudflare.com",
+	"time.apple.com",
+}
 
 func TimeSyncLoop() {
 	for {
+		if !networkState.Up {
+			fmt.Printf("Waiting for network to come up\n")
+			time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+			continue
+		}
+
 		fmt.Println("Syncing system time")
 		start := time.Now()
 		err := SyncSystemTime()
@@ -41,10 +51,15 @@ func SyncSystemTime() (err error) {
 }
 
 func queryNetworkTime() (*time.Time, error) {
-	ntpServers := []string{
-		"time.cloudflare.com",
-		"time.apple.com",
+	ntpServers, err := getNTPServersFromDHCPInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("failed to get NTP servers from DHCP info: %v\n", err)
 	}
+
+	if ntpServers == nil {
+		ntpServers = defaultNTPServers
+	}
+
 	for _, server := range ntpServers {
 		now, err := queryNtpServer(server, 2*time.Second)
 		if err == nil {