diff --git a/doc/packages-list.txt b/doc/packages-list.txt
index 89dfac415..f5a3079f4 100644
--- a/doc/packages-list.txt
+++ b/doc/packages-list.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-== List of softwares used to build IPFire Version: 2.3-test ==
+== List of softwares used to build IPFire Version: 2.3-beta2 ==
 * Archive-Tar-1.29
 * Archive-Zip-1.16
 * BerkeleyDB-0.27
diff --git a/src/ppp/ip-up b/src/ppp/ip-up
index 80fb49f49..ec4fc82b5 100644
--- a/src/ppp/ip-up
+++ b/src/ppp/ip-up
@@ -43,20 +43,36 @@ fi
 echo -n "$1" > /var/ipfire/red/iface
 echo -n "$4" > /var/ipfire/red/local-ipaddress
 echo -n "$5" > /var/ipfire/red/remote-ipaddress
+
 grep -v "gateway" /etc/hosts > /tmp/hosts
-
-TEST=`ping -c 2 $5 2>/dev/null | tail -2 | head -1 | cut -d"," -f2`;
-
-if [ "$TEST" == " 2 packets received" ]; then
-	echo "$5 gateway" >> /tmp/hosts
-else
-	FIRE=`nslookup ping.ipfire.org | tail -2  | head -1 | cut -d" " -f2`;
-	echo "$FIRE gateway" >> /tmp/hosts
-fi
-
-mv /tmp/hosts /etc/hosts
+echo "$5 gateway" >> /tmp/hosts
 touch /var/ipfire/red/active
+mv /tmp/hosts /etc/hosts
+
+#Start pingtest in background and store the pid
+ping -c 2 $5 > /tmp/gatewayping &
+PINGPID=$!
 
 run_subdir ${rc_base}/init.d/networking/red.up/
 
 [ -e "/var/ipfire/ppp/nobeeps" ] || /etc/rc.d/init.d/beep up
+
+#Make sure that pingtest has enough time
+sleep 3
+
+#Kill the pingtest
+kill $PINGPID >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+#Check if gateway has answerd to ping, if not replace with ping.ipfire.org
+TEST=`cat /tmp/gatewayping | tail -2 | head -1 | cut -d"," -f2`;
+
+if [ "$TEST" == " 2 packets received" ]; then
+	echo Ping gateway
+else
+	echo Ping ipfire
+	FIRE=`nslookup ping.ipfire.org | tail -2  | head -1 | cut -d" " -f2`;
+	grep -v "gateway" /etc/hosts > /tmp/hosts
+	echo "$FIRE gateway" >> /tmp/hosts
+	mv /tmp/hosts /etc/hosts
+fi
+rm -f /tmp/gatewayping