diff --git a/src/node/channel.cc b/src/node/channel.cc
index 690da0ce8..c5875b82e 100644
--- a/src/node/channel.cc
+++ b/src/node/channel.cc
@@ -27,14 +27,18 @@ NS_DEBUG_COMPONENT_DEFINE ("Channel");
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
+const InterfaceId Channel::iid ("Channel");
+
 Channel::Channel ()
-  : m_name("Channel")
+  : Interface (Channel::iid),
+    m_name("Channel")
 {
   NS_DEBUG("Channel::Channel ()");
 }
 
 Channel::Channel (std::string name)
-  : m_name(name)
+  : Interface (Channel::iid),
+    m_name(name)
 {
   NS_DEBUG("Channel::Channel (" << name << ")");
 }
diff --git a/src/node/channel.h b/src/node/channel.h
index aefbf98b3..20671f9d5 100644
--- a/src/node/channel.h
+++ b/src/node/channel.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include "ns3/object.h"
+#include "ns3/interface.h"
 #include "ns3/ptr.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ class NetDevice;
  * A channel is a logical path over which information flows.  The path can
  * be as simple as a short piece of wire, or as complicated as space-time.
  */
-class Channel : public Object
+class Channel : public Interface
 {
 public:
+  static const InterfaceId iid;
   Channel ();
   Channel (std::string name);
 
diff --git a/src/node/net-device.cc b/src/node/net-device.cc
index bd5b2946f..86b25d2de 100644
--- a/src/node/net-device.cc
+++ b/src/node/net-device.cc
@@ -21,15 +21,19 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include "ns3/assert.h"
+#include "ns3/interface.h"
 
+#include "channel.h"
 #include "net-device.h"
 #include "llc-snap-header.h"
 #include "node.h"
-#include "ns3/channel.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
+const InterfaceId NetDevice::iid ("NetDevice");
+
 NetDevice::NetDevice(Ptr<Node> node, const MacAddress& addr) : 
+  Interface (NetDevice::iid),
   m_node (node), 
   m_name(""), 
   m_ifIndex (0), 
diff --git a/src/node/net-device.h b/src/node/net-device.h
index 78ed233d5..92289d5e0 100644
--- a/src/node/net-device.h
+++ b/src/node/net-device.h
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include "ns3/callback.h"
 #include "ns3/packet.h"
-#include "ns3/object.h"
-#include "mac-address.h"
+#include "ns3/interface.h"
 #include "ns3/ptr.h"
+#include "mac-address.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ class Channel;
  * this base class and implement your own version of the
  * NetDevice::SendTo method.
  */
-class NetDevice : public Object 
+class NetDevice : public Interface
 {
 public:
+  static const InterfaceId iid;
   /**
    * \param node base class node pointer of device's node 
    * \param addr MAC address of this device.