echo -n "$4" > /var/ipfire/red/local-ipaddress
echo -n "$5" > /var/ipfire/red/remote-ipaddress
grep -v "gateway" /etc/hosts > /tmp/hosts
-echo "$5 gateway" >> /tmp/hosts
-mv /tmp/hosts /etc/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
touch /var/ipfire/red/active
run_subdir ${rc_base}/init.d/networking/red.up/