diff --git a/src/etc/netstart b/src/etc/netstart
index 9dbcc3a3..36640dee 100644
--- a/src/etc/netstart
+++ b/src/etc/netstart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.72 2000/09/02 15:59:29 todd Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: netstart,v 1.73 2000/11/08 19:09:29 todd Exp $
 
 # Returns true if $1 contains only alphanumerics
 isalphanumeric() {
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ for hn in /etc/hostname.*; do
 	if [ "$cmd2" ]; then
 	    # we are carrying over from the 'read dt dtaddr' last time
 	    set -- $cmd2
-	    af="$1" name="$2" mask="$3" bcaddr="$4" ext1="$5" ext2="$6"
-	    cmd2=
+	    af="$1" name="$2" mask="$3" bcaddr="$4" ext1="$5" cmd2=
+	    # make sure and get any remaining args in ext2, like the read below
+	    i=1; while [ i -lt 6 -a "$1" ]; do shift; let i=i+1; done
+	    ext2="$@"
 	else
 	    # read the next line or exit the while loop
 	    read af name mask bcaddr ext1 ext2 || break