AX25 Networking needs to survive a reboot.

I'm trying to do some networking for amatuer radio using the ax25 protocols built into SuSE 7.0. Everything functions correctly except the problem that arises when I reboot. The network interface disappears. I'd like to have it reappear when the machine is rebooted. Anyone help with this? Tim grover@fortgirlfriend.tzo.com