you would think this disables netwrok helper on the machine create request. It does not

Author: AshleyDumaine

internal/controller/linodemachine_controller_helpers.go

@@ -84,10 +84,14 @@ func fillCreateConfig(createConfig *linodego.InstanceCreateOptions, machineScope
 	if machineScope.LinodeMachine.Spec.PrivateIP != nil {
 		createConfig.PrivateIP = *machineScope.LinodeMachine.Spec.PrivateIP
 	} else {
-		// LinodeInterfaces doesn't support PrivateIP field so only set PrivateIP if we aren't using LinodeInterfaces
 		if machineScope.LinodeMachine.Spec.LinodeInterfaces == nil {
+			// Supported only for legacy network interfaces.
 			createConfig.PrivateIP = true
+		} else {
+			// Network Helper is not supported for the new network interfaces.
+			createConfig.NetworkHelper = ptr.To(false)
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	if createConfig.Tags == nil {
@@ -1056,6 +1060,7 @@ func linodeMachineSpecToInstanceCreateConfig(machineSpec infrav1alpha2.LinodeMac
 	if len(machineSpec.LinodeInterfaces) > 0 {
 		instCreateOpts.LinodeInterfaces = constructLinodeInterfaceCreateOpts(machineSpec.LinodeInterfaces)
 		instCreateOpts.InterfaceGeneration = linodego.GenerationLinode
+		instCreateOpts.NetworkHelper = ptr.To(false)
 	} else {
 		interfaces := make([]linodego.InstanceConfigInterfaceCreateOptions, len(machineSpec.Interfaces))
 		for idx, iface := range machineSpec.Interfaces {