diff --git a/c/lc-plc-esp32/src/eth.c b/c/lc-plc-esp32/src/eth.c
index 60bc56876af378e4e451f5fb58054c4ca7f1391f..a841cb9f660b28e1688cd207c5cfd5aa1fce9a4c 100644
--- a/c/lc-plc-esp32/src/eth.c
+++ b/c/lc-plc-esp32/src/eth.c
@@ -191,9 +191,12 @@ void ethFinit()
     // ESP_ERROR_CHECK(tcpip_adapter_set_default_eth_handlers());
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_register(ETH_EVENT, ESP_EVENT_ANY_ID, &eth_event_handler, NULL));
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_event_handler_register(IP_EVENT, IP_EVENT_ETH_GOT_IP, &got_ip_event_handler, NULL));
+    
+    /* Create new default instance of esp-netif for Ethernet */
+    esp_netif_config_t netif_cfg = ESP_NETIF_DEFAULT_ETH();
+    esp_netif_t *eth_netif = esp_netif_new(&netif_cfg);
 
-    eth_esp32_emac_config_t emac_config;
-
+    eth_esp32_emac_config_t emac_config = ETH_ESP32_EMAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG();
     eth_mac_config_t mac_config = ETH_MAC_DEFAULT_CONFIG();
     eth_phy_config_t phy_config = ETH_PHY_DEFAULT_CONFIG();
     phy_config.phy_addr = CONFIG_EXAMPLE_ETH_PHY_ADDR;
@@ -211,5 +214,7 @@ void ethFinit()
     esp_eth_config_t config = ETH_DEFAULT_CONFIG(mac, phy);
     esp_eth_handle_t eth_handle = NULL;
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_eth_driver_install(&config, &eth_handle));
+    /* attach Ethernet driver to TCP/IP stack */
+    ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_netif_attach(eth_netif, esp_eth_new_netif_glue(eth_handle)));
     ESP_ERROR_CHECK(esp_eth_start(eth_handle));
 }
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diff --git a/qody b/qody
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 76331f024b440a790475647cc37a3bf1248d914b