diff --git a/prepwifi.sh b/prepwifi.sh
index 6bb90da..8bb9742 100644
--- a/prepwifi.sh
+++ b/prepwifi.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ ssh -o stricthostkeychecking=no root@${ip} uptime
 scp -r * root@${ip}:/
 ssh root@${ip} "/etc/init.d/wifi-sentinel enable; /etc/init.d/odhcpd disable; /etc/init.d/dnsmasq disable; reboot"
 
+sleep 3
 while ! fping ${newip}; do sleep 5; done
-
 ssh-keygen -R ${newip}
+sleep 3
+
 ssh  -o stricthostkeychecking=no  root@${newip} "opkg remove wpad-mini; opkg update && opkg install ebtables tcpdump bc iftop hostapd-openssl && reboot"