diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 0880829dea..ba46626ee3 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $config['fping']            = "/usr/bin/fping";
 $config['fping_options']['retries'] = 3;
 $config['fping_options']['timeout'] = 500;
 $config['fping_options']['count'] = 3;
-$config['fping_options']['millisec'] = 5;
+$config['fping_options']['millisec'] = 20;
 $config['fping6']           = "/usr/bin/fping6";
 $config['snmpwalk']         = "/usr/bin/snmpwalk";
 $config['snmpget']          = "/usr/bin/snmpget";
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index a53d76d99b..487ed857f0 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ function isPingable($hostname,$device_id = FALSE)
     }
    $response = array();
    $status = fping($hostname,$fping_params);
-   if ($status['loss'] < 0 || $status['loss'] == 100) {
+   if ($status['loss'] == 100) {
        $response['result'] = FALSE;
    } else {
        $response['result'] = TRUE;