diff --git a/src/ppp/ip-up b/src/ppp/ip-up
index 25ac2b96e..9168eef40 100644
--- a/src/ppp/ip-up
+++ b/src/ppp/ip-up
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ TEST=`/usr/bin/ping -c 2 $5 2>/dev/null | tail -2 | head -1 | cut -d"," -f2`;
 
 grep -v "gateway" /etc/hosts > /tmp/hosts
 
-if [ "$TEST" == " 2 packets received" ]; then
+if [ "$TEST" == " 2 received" ]; then
 	#ping the ppp-gateway
 	echo "$5	gateway" >> /tmp/hosts
 else