check_eth0_ip() {
  ETH1_IP=$(ip -4 addr show eth1 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}' | head -1)
  if [ "$ETH1_IP" != "192.168.38.105" ]; then
    echo "Incorrect IP Address settings detected. Attempting to fix."
    ifdown eth1
    ip addr flush dev eth1
    ifup eth1
    ETH1_IP=$(ifconfig eth1 | grep 'inet addr' | cut -d ':' -f 2 | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
    if [ "$ETH1_IP" == "192.168.38.105" ]; then
      echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]: The static IP has been fixed and set to 192.168.38.105"
    else
      echo "[$(date +%H:%M:%S)]: Failed to fix the broken static IP for eth1. Exiting because this will cause problems with other VMs."
      exit 1
    fi
  fi
}

check_eth0_ip