diff --git a/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
index 2734c2601..c5a32cb19 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/debian/guest.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       def configure_networks(networks)
         # First, remove any previous network modifications
         # from the interface file.
-        vm.channel.sudo("sed -e '/^#VAGRANT-BEGIN/,/^#VAGRANT-END/ d' /etc/network/interfaces > /tmp/vagrant-network-interfaces")
-        vm.channel.sudo("su -c 'cat /tmp/vagrant-network-interfaces > /etc/network/interfaces'")
-        vm.channel.sudo("rm /tmp/vagrant-network-interfaces")
+        vm.communicate.sudo("sed -e '/^#VAGRANT-BEGIN/,/^#VAGRANT-END/ d' /etc/network/interfaces > /tmp/vagrant-network-interfaces")
+        vm.communicate.sudo("su -c 'cat /tmp/vagrant-network-interfaces > /etc/network/interfaces'")
+        vm.communicate.sudo("rm /tmp/vagrant-network-interfaces")
 
         # Accumulate the configurations to add to the interfaces file as
         # well as what interfaces we're actually configuring since we use that
@@ -39,30 +39,32 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         temp.write(entries.join("\n"))
         temp.close
 
-        vm.channel.upload(temp.path, "/tmp/vagrant-network-entry")
+        vm.communicate.upload(temp.path, "/tmp/vagrant-network-entry")
 
         # Bring down all the interfaces we're reconfiguring. By bringing down
         # each specifically, we avoid reconfiguring eth0 (the NAT interface) so
         # SSH never dies.
         interfaces.each do |interface|
-          vm.channel.sudo("/sbin/ifdown eth#{interface} 2> /dev/null")
+          vm.communicate.sudo("/sbin/ifdown eth#{interface} 2> /dev/null")
         end
 
-        vm.channel.sudo("cat /tmp/vagrant-network-entry >> /etc/network/interfaces")
-        vm.channel.sudo("rm /tmp/vagrant-network-entry")
+        vm.communicate.sudo("cat /tmp/vagrant-network-entry >> /etc/network/interfaces")
+        vm.communicate.sudo("rm /tmp/vagrant-network-entry")
 
         # Bring back up each network interface, reconfigured
         interfaces.each do |interface|
-          vm.channel.sudo("/sbin/ifup eth#{interface}")
+          vm.communicate.sudo("/sbin/ifup eth#{interface}")
         end
       end
 
       def change_host_name(name)
-        if !vm.channel.test("hostname --fqdn | grep '^#{name}$' || hostname --short | grep '^#{name}$'")
-          vm.channel.sudo("sed -r -i 's/^(127[.]0[.]1[.]1[[:space:]]+).*$/\\1#{name} #{name.split('.')[0]}/' /etc/hosts")
-          vm.channel.sudo("sed -i 's/.*$/#{name.split('.')[0]}/' /etc/hostname")
-          vm.channel.sudo("hostname -F /etc/hostname")
-          vm.channel.sudo("hostname --fqdn > /etc/mailname")
+        vm.communicate.tap do |comm|
+          if !comm.test("hostname --fqdn | grep '^#{name}$' || hostname --short | grep '^#{name}$'")
+            comm.sudo("sed -r -i 's/^(127[.]0[.]1[.]1[[:space:]]+).*$/\\1#{name} #{name.split('.')[0]}/' /etc/hosts")
+            comm.sudo("sed -i 's/.*$/#{name.split('.')[0]}/' /etc/hostname")
+            comm.sudo("hostname -F /etc/hostname")
+            comm.sudo("hostname --fqdn > /etc/mailname")
+          end
         end
       end
     end