diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm
index 8620c07b4..6a6131426 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ sub add_ppc {
     my $hwtype   = shift;
     my $values   = shift;
     my $not_overwrite = shift;
-    my @tabs     = qw(ppc vpd nodehm nodelist nodetype); 
+    my $otherinterfaces = shift;
+    my @tabs     = qw(ppc vpd nodehm nodelist nodetype hosts mac); 
     my %db       = ();
     my %nodetype = (
         fsp  => $::NODETYPE_FSP,
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ sub add_ppc {
             $server,
             $pprofile,
             $parent,
-            $ips ) = split /,/;
+            $ips,
+            $mac ) = split /,/;
          
         ###############################
         # Update nodetype table
@@ -155,7 +157,27 @@ sub add_ppc {
                  });
             $db{vpd}{commit} = 1;
         }
+
+        ###############################
+        # Update hosts table
+        ###############################
+        if ( $otherinterfaces ) {
+            $db{hosts}->setNodeAttribs( $name,
+               { otherinterfaces=>$ips });
+        } else {
+            $db{hosts}->setNodeAttribs( $name,
+                { ip=>$ips });
+        }
+        $db{hosts}{commit} = 1;
         
+        ###############################
+        # Update mac table
+        ###############################
+        if ( $mac ) {
+            $db{mac}->setNodeAttribs( $name,
+                { mac=>$mac });
+        }
+        $db{mac}{commit} = 1;
     }
 
     ###################################
@@ -477,10 +499,12 @@ sub updategroups {
 sub add_ppchcp {
 
     my $hwtype = shift;
-    my $name   = shift;
-    my @tabs   = qw(ppchcp nodehm nodelist nodetype);
+    my $values = shift;
+    my @tabs   = qw(ppchcp nodehm nodelist nodetype mac);
     my %db     = ();
 
+    my ($name, $mac) = split ',', $values;
+
     ###################################
     # Open database needed
     ###################################
@@ -510,6 +534,11 @@ sub add_ppchcp {
     ###################################
     $db{nodetype}->setNodeAttribs( $name, {nodetype=>lc($hwtype)});
 
+    ###################################
+    # Update mac table
+    ###################################
+     $db{mac}->setNodeAttribs( $name, {mac=>$mac});
+
     ###################################
     # Update nodelist table
     ###################################
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm
index 447bd33e5..31361e608 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCfsp.pm
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ sub process_cmd {
         # Run command 
         ##################################
         my $res = $cmds{$command}{$_}[1]($exp, $request, $form, \%menu);
-        push @result, $res 
+        push @result, $res;
     }
     return( \@result );
 }
@@ -1855,34 +1855,17 @@ sub set_netcfg
         return ( [RC_ERROR,join "\n", @lines_to_print]);
     }
 
+    $ua->timeout( 10 );
+
     $form = HTML::Form->parse( $res->content, $res->base );
     $data = $form->click('submit');
-    #xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I", "Updating network configuration for node " . $exp->[1] . "...");
-    $ua->timeout( 10);
     $res = $ua->request( $data);
-#We should update the /etc/hosts for users, but 
-#following line can cause problem, because multiple processes will try to
-#update /etc/hosts concurrently. And for 0.0.0.0, what should we do?
-#Comment these lines
-#    if( $inc_ip and $inc_ip ne '0.0.0.0')
-#    {
-#        my %host_ip;
-#        $host_ip{$exp->[1]} = $inc_ip;
-#        xCAT::Utils::updateEtcHosts(\%host_ip);
-#    }
     ##############################################################
     # We cannot get the result of this update, since the network
     # is updated, the old URI is invalid anymore
     # Return success directory
     ##############################################################
-    #if ($res->is_success())
-    #{
     return ( [SUCCESS, "Success to set " . join ',', @set_entries]);
-    #}
-    #else
-    #{
-    #    return ( [RC_ERROR, "Failed to set " . join ',', @set_entries]);
-    #}
 }
 
 ##########################################################################
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 5c312778a..f0b564819 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -2527,11 +2527,8 @@ sub nodeonmynet
     {
         $nodetocheck = shift;
     }
-    unless (inet_aton($nodetocheck))
-    {
-        return 0;
-    }
-    my $nodeip = inet_ntoa(inet_aton($nodetocheck));
+
+    my $nodeip = getNodeIPaddress( $nodetocheck );
     unless ($nodeip =~ /\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+/)
     {
         return 0;    #Not supporting IPv6 here IPV6TODO
@@ -2589,6 +2586,36 @@ sub nodeonmynet
     return 0;
 }
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head3   getNodeIPaddress
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sub getNodeIPaddress 
+{
+    my $nodetocheck = shift;
+    my $nodeip;
+
+    if ( inet_aton($nodetocheck) ) {
+        $nodeip = inet_ntoa(inet_aton($nodetocheck));
+    } else {
+        my $hoststab = xCAT::Table->new( 'hosts');
+        my $ent = $hoststab->getNodeAttribs( $nodetocheck, ['ip'] );
+        if ( $ent->{'ip'} ) {
+            $nodeip = $ent->{'ip'};
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( $nodeip ) {
+        return $nodeip;
+    } else {
+        return undef;
+    }
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head3   thishostisnot