diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 57b83ab..06d660d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 dhcpd.conf
 vm.conf
 *-orig
+dpl.pl
diff --git a/_deploy.conf b/_deploy.conf
index 1bec0f4..8608034 100644
--- a/_deploy.conf
+++ b/_deploy.conf
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ MEMORY="512M"
 DISKSIZE="50G"
 FORMAT="qcow2"
 VMDUSERS="vmdusers"
-SWITCH="uplink_vlan931"
-INTERFACE="bridge931"
+SWITCH="uplink_vlan931 uplink_vlan910"
+INTERFACE="veb931 veb910"
 # dhcpd.conf
 ROUTER="46.23.93.1"
 DNS="46.23.80.26"
diff --git a/deploy.pl b/deploy.pl
index 224e88e..e570a84 100755
--- a/deploy.pl
+++ b/deploy.pl
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 # 2022/12/01 added: boot device net, move away from expect()
 # 2023/05/02 added: enable flag, allow for VMs to auto-start
 # 2023/05/03 added: predefined IPv6 address, gw
+# 2023/05/04 added: added ability to run without dhcp and only predfined IPs
 #
 use 5.024;
 use strict;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ sub render_vm_conf {
 	my %vms = %{$_[1]};
 	my $_etc = $conf{'conf'}{'ETC'};
 	my $_VERSION = qx(uname -r);
+	my %switches;
 
 	open my $fh_vm, ">", "$_etc/vm.conf";
 	printf $fh_vm "#\n# File generated by deploy.pl\n#\n";
@@ -93,16 +95,16 @@ sub render_vm_conf {
 	if ($_VERSION > 7.2) { 
 		printf $fh_vm "agentx\n";
 	}
-	printf $fh_vm "\n";
-	printf $fh_vm "switch \"%s\" {\n", $conf{'conf'}{'SWITCH'};
-	printf $fh_vm "\tinterface %s\n", $conf{'conf'}{'INTERFACE'};
-	printf $fh_vm "}\n\n";
 
-	if ($conf{'conf'}{'SWITCH2'}) {
-		printf $fh_vm "switch \"%s\" {\n", $conf{'conf'}{'SWITCH2'};
-		printf $fh_vm "\tinterface %s\n", $conf{'conf'}{'INTERFACE2'};
-		printf $fh_vm "}\n\n";
+	@switches{split / /, $conf{'conf'}{'SWITCH'}} = split / /, $conf{'conf'}{'INTERFACE'};
+	my $default_switch = (sort keys %switches)[0];
+	foreach my $switch (sort keys %switches) {
+		printf $fh_vm "\n";
+		printf $fh_vm "switch \"%s\" {\n", $switch;
+		printf $fh_vm "\tinterface %s\n", $switches{$switch};
+		printf $fh_vm "}\n";
 	}
+	print $fh_vm "\n";
 
 	for my $vm_name (sort keys %vms) {
 		my $_instance = $vms{$vm_name}{'instance'} || $vm_name;
@@ -114,8 +116,7 @@ sub render_vm_conf {
 		my $_owner = $vms{$vm_name}{'username'};
 		my $_memory = $vms{$vm_name}{'memory'} || $conf{'conf'}{'MEMORY'};
 		my $_boot = $conf{'conf'}{'IMAGES'} . "/bsd.rd";
-		my $_switch = $vms{$vm_name}{'switch'} || $conf{'conf'}{'SWITCH'};
-		my $_switch2 = $vms{$vm_name}{'switch2'};
+		my $_switch = $vms{$vm_name}{'switch'} || $default_switch;
 		my $_mac = $vms{$vm_name}{'mac'} || $conf{'conf'}{'MAC_PREFIX'} . ":" . $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'};
 
 		printf $fh_vm "vm \"%s\" {\n", $_instance;
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ sub render_vm_conf {
 		printf $fh_vm "\t\tswitch \"%s\"\n", $_switch;
 		printf $fh_vm "\t\tlladdr %s\n", $_mac;
 		printf $fh_vm "\t}\n";
-		printf $fh_vm "\tinterface tap { switch \"%s\" }\n", $_switch2 if $_switch2;
 		printf $fh_vm "}\n";
 	}
 	close $fh_vm;
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ sub render_dhcpd_conf {
 		my $_disk_format = $vms{$vm_name}{'format'} || $conf{'conf'}{'FORMAT'};
 		my $_disk = $conf{'conf'}{'IMAGES'} . "/" . $_instance . "." . $_disk_format;
 		my $_mac = $vms{$vm_name}{'mac'} || $conf{'conf'}{'MAC_PREFIX'} . ":" . $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'};
-		my $_ip = $vms{$vm_name}{'ip'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IP_PREFIX'} . "." . ($conf{'conf'}{'IP_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'});
+		my $_ipv4 = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv4'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IP_PREFIX'} . "." . ($conf{'conf'}{'IP_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'});
 		my $_ipv6 = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv6'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_PREFIX'} . ":" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'}) . "::" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IP_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'});
 		my $_hostname = $vms{$vm_name}{'hostname'};
 
 		printf $fh_dhcpd "\thost %s {\n", $_instance;
 		printf $fh_dhcpd "\t\thardware ethernet %s;\n", $_mac;
-		printf $fh_dhcpd "\t\tfixed-address %s;\n", $_ip;
+		printf $fh_dhcpd "\t\tfixed-address %s;\n", $_ipv4;
 		printf $fh_dhcpd "\t\t#fixed-address-ipv6 %s;\n", $_ipv6;
 		if (! -e $_disk) {
 			printf $fh_dhcpd "\t\tfilename \"auto_install\";\n";
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ sub render_install_conf {
 			my $_hostname = $vms{$vm_name}{'hostname'};
 			my $jot_pass = qx(jot -rcs '' 20 46 125);
 			chomp($jot_pass);
+			my $_ipv4 = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv4'} || "autoconf";
+			my $_ipv4_gateway = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv4_gw'} || "";
 			my $_ipv6 = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv6'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_PREFIX'} . ":" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'}) . "::" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IP_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'});
 			my $_ipv6_gateway = $vms{$vm_name}{'ipv6_gw'} || $conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_PREFIX'} . ":" . ($conf{'conf'}{'IPV6_START'} + $vms{$vm_name}{'vm_number'}) . "::1";
 			my $_username = $vms{$vm_name}{'username'};
@@ -207,8 +209,9 @@ sub render_install_conf {
 			printf $fh_install "Password for root = %s\n", $jot_pass;
 			printf $fh_install "Which speed should com0 = 115200\n";
 			printf $fh_install "Network interfaces = vio0\n";
-			printf $fh_install "IPv4 address for vio0 = autoconf\n";
+			printf $fh_install "IPv4 address for vio0 = %s\n", $_ipv4;
 			printf $fh_install "IPv6 address for vio0 = %s\n", $_ipv6;
+			printf $fh_install "Default IPv4 route = %s\n", $_ipv4_gateway if $_ipv4_gateway;
 			printf $fh_install "IPv6 default router = %s\n", $_ipv6_gateway;
 			printf $fh_install "Setup a user = %s\n", $_username;
 			printf $fh_install "Password for user = %s\n", $jot_pass;
@@ -354,10 +357,12 @@ my %vms;
 my @files = glob "$conf{'conf'}{'VMS'}/*.txt";
 %vms = get_variables('vms', @files);
 
+my $DHCP = $conf{'conf'}{'DHCP'} || "yes";
+
 # run all functions
 #debug_parse(\%conf, \%vms);
 render_vm_conf(\%conf, \%vms);
-render_dhcpd_conf(\%conf, \%vms);
+render_dhcpd_conf(\%conf, \%vms) if $DHCP eq "yes";
 render_install_conf(\%conf, \%vms);
 create_accounts(\%conf, \%vms);
 create_img_files(\%conf, \%vms);
diff --git a/vms/vm01.txt b/vms/vm01.txt
index bf37453..7cd6d81 100644
--- a/vms/vm01.txt
+++ b/vms/vm01.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 mac="fe:e1:ab:dd:73:a4"
-ip="192.168.1.112"
-ipv6="2a03:6000:1::112"
-ipv6_gw="2a03:6000:1::1"
 owner="testuser1"
 date="2018/04/02"
 payment="74"
@@ -13,4 +10,3 @@ hostname="deploytest1"
 username="deploytest1"
 memory="1G"
 note=""
-enable="yes"