diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinator.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinator.java
index 92df384..21e55b4 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinator.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinator.java
@@ -78,17 +78,20 @@
     private static final String LEGACY_BLUETOOTH_IFACE_ADDRESS = "192.168.44.1/24";
     private final List<IpPrefix> mTetheringPrefixes;
     private final ConnectivityManager mConnectivityMgr;
-    private final TetheringConfiguration mConfig;
+    private final boolean mIsRandomPrefixBaseEnabled;
+    private final boolean mShouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp;
     // keyed by downstream type(TetheringManager.TETHERING_*).
     private final ArrayMap<AddressKey, LinkAddress> mCachedAddresses;
     private final Random mRandom;
 
-    public PrivateAddressCoordinator(Context context, TetheringConfiguration config) {
+    public PrivateAddressCoordinator(Context context, boolean isRandomPrefixBase,
+                                     boolean shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp) {
         mDownstreams = new ArraySet<>();
         mUpstreamPrefixMap = new ArrayMap<>();
         mConnectivityMgr = (ConnectivityManager) context.getSystemService(
                 Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
-        mConfig = config;
+        mIsRandomPrefixBaseEnabled = isRandomPrefixBase;
+        mShouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp = shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp;
         mCachedAddresses = new ArrayMap<AddressKey, LinkAddress>();
         // Reserved static addresses for bluetooth and wifi p2p.
         mCachedAddresses.put(new AddressKey(TETHERING_BLUETOOTH, CONNECTIVITY_SCOPE_GLOBAL),
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@
     @Nullable
     public LinkAddress requestDownstreamAddress(final IpServer ipServer, final int scope,
             boolean useLastAddress) {
-        if (mConfig.shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp()
+        if (mShouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp
                 && ipServer.interfaceType() == TETHERING_WIFI_P2P) {
             return new LinkAddress(LEGACY_WIFI_P2P_IFACE_ADDRESS);
         }
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@
     }
 
     private int getStartedPrefixIndex() {
-        if (!mConfig.isRandomPrefixBaseEnabled()) return 0;
+        if (!mIsRandomPrefixBaseEnabled) return 0;
 
         final int random = getRandomInt() & 0xffffff;
         // This is to select the starting prefix range (/8, /12, or /16) instead of the actual
diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringDependencies.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringDependencies.java
index 5d9d349..5bb1694 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringDependencies.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/TetheringDependencies.java
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@
      */
     public PrivateAddressCoordinator makePrivateAddressCoordinator(Context ctx,
             TetheringConfiguration cfg) {
-        return new PrivateAddressCoordinator(ctx, cfg);
+        return new PrivateAddressCoordinator(ctx, cfg.isRandomPrefixBaseEnabled(),
+                cfg.shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinatorTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinatorTest.java
index f22803d..148787f 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinatorTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/PrivateAddressCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -107,7 +107,12 @@
         when(mConfig.shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp()).thenReturn(false);
         when(mConfig.isRandomPrefixBaseEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
         setUpIpServers();
-        mPrivateAddressCoordinator = spy(new PrivateAddressCoordinator(mContext, mConfig));
+        mPrivateAddressCoordinator =
+                spy(
+                        new PrivateAddressCoordinator(
+                                mContext,
+                                mConfig.isRandomPrefixBaseEnabled(),
+                                mConfig.shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp()));
     }
 
     private LinkAddress requestDownstreamAddress(final IpServer ipServer, int scope,
@@ -607,7 +612,12 @@
 
     private void startedPrefixBaseTest(final String expected, final int randomIntForPrefixBase)
             throws Exception {
-        mPrivateAddressCoordinator = spy(new PrivateAddressCoordinator(mContext, mConfig));
+        mPrivateAddressCoordinator =
+                spy(
+                        new PrivateAddressCoordinator(
+                                mContext,
+                                mConfig.isRandomPrefixBaseEnabled(),
+                                mConfig.shouldEnableWifiP2pDedicatedIp()));
         when(mPrivateAddressCoordinator.getRandomInt()).thenReturn(randomIntForPrefixBase);
         final LinkAddress address = requestDownstreamAddress(mHotspotIpServer,
                 CONNECTIVITY_SCOPE_GLOBAL, false /* useLastAddress */);
diff --git a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
index 541a375..f34159e 100644
--- a/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
+++ b/staticlibs/device/com/android/net/module/util/netlink/NetlinkUtils.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import static android.system.OsConstants.SO_RCVTIMEO;
 import static android.system.OsConstants.SO_SNDTIMEO;
 
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.RTM_NEWLINK;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.hexify;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.NLMSG_DONE;
 import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants.RTNL_FAMILY_IP6MR;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 /**
@@ -225,6 +227,96 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Sends an RTM_NEWLINK message to kernel to set a network interface up or down.
+     *
+     * @param ifName  The name of the network interface to modify.
+     * @param isUp    {@code true} to set the interface up, {@code false} to set it down.
+     * @return {@code true} if the request was successfully sent, {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean sendRtmSetLinkStateRequest(@NonNull String ifName, boolean isUp) {
+        final RtNetlinkLinkMessage msg = RtNetlinkLinkMessage.createSetLinkStateMessage(
+                ifName, 1 /*sequenceNumber*/, isUp);
+        if (msg == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final byte[] bytes = msg.pack(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+        try {
+            NetlinkUtils.sendOneShotKernelMessage(NETLINK_ROUTE, bytes);
+            return true;
+        } catch (ErrnoException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Fail to set the interface " + ifName + " " + (isUp ? "up" : "down"), e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends an RTM_NEWLINK message to kernel to rename a network interface.
+     *
+     * @param ifName     The current name of the network interface.
+     * @param newIfName  The new name to assign to the interface.
+     * @return {@code true} if the request was successfully sent, {@code false} otherwise.
+     */
+    public static boolean sendRtmSetLinkNameRequest(
+            @NonNull String ifName, @NonNull String newIfName) {
+        final RtNetlinkLinkMessage msg = RtNetlinkLinkMessage.createSetLinkNameMessage(
+                ifName, 1 /*sequenceNumber*/, newIfName);
+        if (msg == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final byte[] bytes = msg.pack(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+        try {
+            NetlinkUtils.sendOneShotKernelMessage(NETLINK_ROUTE, bytes);
+            return true;
+        } catch (ErrnoException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "Fail to rename the interface from " + ifName + " to " + newIfName, e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the information of a network interface using a Netlink message.
+     * <p>
+     * This method sends a Netlink message to the kernel to request information about the specified
+     * network interface and returns a {@link RtNetlinkLinkMessage} containing the interface status.
+     *
+     * @param ifName The name of the network interface to query.
+     * @return An {@link RtNetlinkLinkMessage} containing the interface status, or {@code null} if
+     *         the interface does not exist or an error occurred during the query.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    public static RtNetlinkLinkMessage getLinkRequest(@NonNull String ifName) {
+        final int ifIndex = new OsAccess().if_nametoindex(ifName);
+        if (ifIndex == OsAccess.INVALID_INTERFACE_INDEX) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final AtomicReference<RtNetlinkLinkMessage> recvMsg = new AtomicReference<>();
+        final Consumer<RtNetlinkLinkMessage> handleNlMsg = (msg) -> {
+            if (msg.getHeader().nlmsg_type == RTM_NEWLINK
+                    && msg.getIfinfoHeader().index == ifIndex) {
+                recvMsg.set(msg);
+            }
+        };
+
+        final RtNetlinkLinkMessage msg = RtNetlinkLinkMessage.createGetLinkMessage(
+                ifName, 1 /*sequenceNumber*/);
+        if (msg == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final byte[] bytes = msg.pack(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
+        try {
+            NetlinkUtils.getAndProcessNetlinkDumpMessages(
+                    bytes, NETLINK_ROUTE, RtNetlinkLinkMessage.class, handleNlMsg);
+        } catch (SocketException | InterruptedIOException | ErrnoException e) {
+            // Nothing we can do here.
+        }
+        return recvMsg.get();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Create netlink socket with the given netlink protocol type and buffersize.
      *
      * @param nlProto the netlink protocol