diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 25c067749a..189dc6a92d 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ $config['rancid_ignorecomments'] = 0;
 // Ignore lines starting with #
 // $config['collectd_dir']                 = '/var/lib/collectd/rrd';
 // $config['smokeping']['dir']             = "/var/lib/smokeping/";
-$config['smokeping']['pings']             = 10;
+$config['smokeping']['pings']             = 20;
 // $config['oxidized']['enabled']         = FALSE;//Set to TRUE
 // $config['oxidized']['url']             = 'http://127.0.0.1:8888';// Set the Oxidized rest URL
 // NFSen RRD dir.