diff --git a/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/README.txt b/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/README.txt
index 0aaa363ba7..d59f200f3d 100644
--- a/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/README.txt
+++ b/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/README.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    and flash to arty_a7 board
 
   $ cd litex-boards/litex_boards/targets
-  $ ./digilent_arty.py --with-sdcard --uart-baudrate 1000000 --cpu-type=vexriscv --cpu-variant=secure --build --load --flash
+  $ ./digilent_arty.py --with-ethernet --with-sdcard --uart-baudrate 1000000 --cpu-type=vexriscv --cpu-variant=secure --build --load --flash
 
 3. Configure and build NuttX
 
diff --git a/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/configs/netnsh/defconfig b/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/configs/netnsh/defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af2375b869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boards/risc-v/litex/arty_a7/configs/netnsh/defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+#
+# This file is autogenerated: PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT.
+#
+# You can use "make menuconfig" to make any modifications to the installed .config file.
+# You can then do "make savedefconfig" to generate a new defconfig file that includes your
+# modifications.
+#
+# CONFIG_DISABLE_ENVIRON is not set
+# CONFIG_DISABLE_PTHREAD is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLEBG is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_ADDROUTE is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_FREE is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_HELP is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_IFCONFIG is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_IFUPDOWN is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_LOSMART is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_LS is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_PS is not set
+# CONFIG_NSH_DISABLE_UNAME is not set
+# CONFIG_STANDARD_SERIAL is not set
+CONFIG_ARCH="risc-v"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="arty_a7"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_ARTY_A7=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="litex"
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_LITEX=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK=8192
+CONFIG_ARCH_RISCV=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
+CONFIG_BINFMT_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=10000
+CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_SMALL=y
+CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
+CONFIG_ETH0_PHY_DP83848C=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_HELLO_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_INIT_ENTRYPOINT="nsh_main"
+CONFIG_INIT_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_HOSTNAME="arty-a7"
+CONFIG_LIBC_PERROR_STDOUT=y
+CONFIG_LIBC_STRERROR=y
+CONFIG_LITEX_ETHMAC=y
+CONFIG_NETDEV_PHY_IOCTL=y
+CONFIG_NETDEV_STATISTICS=y
+CONFIG_NETINIT_NOMAC=y
+CONFIG_NETINIT_THREAD=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_IPERF=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_IPERFTEST_DEVNAME="eth0"
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_NETLIB_GENERICURLPARSER=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_TELNETC=y
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_TELNETD=y
+CONFIG_NET_ARP_IPIN=y
+CONFIG_NET_ARP_SEND=y
+CONFIG_NET_BROADCAST=y
+CONFIG_NET_ETH_PKTSIZE=1514
+CONFIG_NET_GUARDSIZE=4
+CONFIG_NET_ICMP=y
+CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NPOLLWAITERS=8
+CONFIG_NET_ICMP_SOCKET=y
+CONFIG_NET_RECV_BUFSIZE=2
+CONFIG_NET_ROUTE=y
+CONFIG_NET_SOCKOPTS=y
+CONFIG_NET_STATISTICS=y
+CONFIG_NET_TCP=y
+CONFIG_NET_TCPBACKLOG=y
+CONFIG_NET_TCP_NPOLLWAITERS=4
+CONFIG_NET_TCP_WRITE_BUFFERS=y
+CONFIG_NET_UDP=y
+CONFIG_NET_UDP_BINDTODEVICE=y
+CONFIG_NET_UDP_CHECKSUMS=y
+CONFIG_NET_UDP_NPOLLWAITERS=8
+CONFIG_NET_UDP_WRITE_BUFFERS=y
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS_PER_BLOCK=6
+CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT=y
+CONFIG_NSH_BUILTIN_APPS=y
+CONFIG_NSH_FILEIOSIZE=64
+CONFIG_NSH_STRERROR=y
+CONFIG_NSH_TELNET=y
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=0
+CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT=8192
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=268435456
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x40000000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_READLINE_CMD_HISTORY=y
+CONFIG_RR_INTERVAL=200
+CONFIG_SCHED_HPWORK=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_LPWORK=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_STACK_COLORATION=y
+CONFIG_START_DAY=20
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=6
+CONFIG_START_YEAR=2022
+CONFIG_STDIO_DISABLE_BUFFERING=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_MDIO=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_NSH=y
+CONFIG_SYSTEM_PING=y
+CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE=12
+CONFIG_TASK_SPAWN_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE=8192
+CONFIG_UART0_RXBUFSIZE=128
+CONFIG_UART0_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_UART0_TXBUFSIZE=128
+CONFIG_WQUEUE_NOTIFIER=y