diff --git a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-tui b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-tui
index 96a3351..d14a64b 100755
--- a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-tui
+++ b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-tui
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ network_static_one() {
         return
     fi
 
-    printf 'Netmask (example 24 or 255.255.255.0): '
+    # derive default gateway: first three octets of IP + .1
+    ip_base="$(echo "$ip" | cut -d. -f1-3)"
+    default_gw="${ip_base}.1"
+
+    printf 'Netmask [24]: '
     read -r mask
-    if [ -z "$mask" ]; then
-        echo "Netmask is required"
-        pause
-        return
-    fi
+    [ -z "$mask" ] && mask="24"
     prefix=$(mask_to_prefix "$mask")
     if [ -z "$prefix" ]; then
         echo "Invalid netmask: $mask"
@@ -122,14 +122,11 @@ network_static_one() {
     fi
     cidr="$ip/$prefix"
 
-    printf 'Default gateway: '
+    printf 'Default gateway [%s]: ' "$default_gw"
     read -r gw
-    if [ -z "$gw" ]; then
-        echo "Default gateway is required"
-        pause
-        return
-    fi
-    printf 'DNS server (optional): '
+    [ -z "$gw" ] && gw="$default_gw"
+
+    printf 'DNS servers [77.88.8.8 77.88.8.1 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8]: '
     read -r dns
 
     ip link set "$iface" up 2>/dev/null || true
@@ -145,9 +142,13 @@ network_static_one() {
         ip route add default via "$gw" dev "$iface"
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "$dns" ]; then
-        printf 'nameserver %s\n' "$dns" > /etc/resolv.conf
+    if [ -z "$dns" ]; then
+        dns="77.88.8.8 77.88.8.1 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8"
     fi
+    : > /etc/resolv.conf
+    for d in $dns; do
+        printf 'nameserver %s\n' "$d" >> /etc/resolv.conf
+    done
 
     echo
     echo "Static config applied to $iface"