diff --git a/pym/cl_utils.py b/pym/cl_utils.py
index 7ae5015..93580e8 100644
--- a/pym/cl_utils.py
+++ b/pym/cl_utils.py
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ def getProgPath(progname):
     env = {"LANG":"C"}
     env.update(os.environ.items() + [("PATH",getpathenv())] +\
                env.items())
-    res = runOsCommand("which %s"%progname,env_dict=env)
+    res = runOsCommand("which %s"%baseprogname,env_dict=env)
     if res[0] == 0:
         return res[1][0].strip()
     elif path.isabs(progname) and path.exists(progname):
diff --git a/pym/utils/ip.py b/pym/utils/ip.py
index 37ba88f..8425cda 100644
--- a/pym/utils/ip.py
+++ b/pym/utils/ip.py
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ def checkMask(mask):
 
 def getIpAndMask(interface="eth0"):
     """Get ip and mask from interface"""
-    ifconfig = process('/sbin/ifconfig',interface)
-    res = re.search(r"inet addr:(\S+)\s.*Mask:(\S+)",ifconfig.read(),re.S)
+    ipconfigProg = checkUtils('/sbin/ifconfig')
+    ifconfig = process(ipconfigProg,interface)
+    res = re.search(r"inet(?: addr:| )(\S+)\s.*(?:Mask:|netmask )(\S+)",
+                    ifconfig.read(),re.S)
     if res:
         return res.groups()
     else:
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ def receiveMac(interface="eth0"):
     """Get MAC from interface"""
     ipconfigProg = checkUtils('/sbin/ifconfig')
     ifconfig = process(ipconfigProg,interface)
-    res = re.search(r"HWaddr\s(\S+)",ifconfig.read(),re.S)
+    res = re.search(r"(?:HWaddr|ether)\s(\S+)",ifconfig.read(),re.S)
     if res:
         return res.group(1)
     else:
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@ def receiveIpAndMask(interface="eth0"):
     """Get ip and mask from interface"""
     ipconfigProg = checkUtils('/sbin/ifconfig')
     ifconfig = process(ipconfigProg,interface)
-    res = re.search(r"inet addr:(\S+)\s.*Mask:(\S+)",ifconfig.read(),re.S)
+    res = re.search(r"inet(?: addr:| )(\S+)\s.*(?:Mask:|netmask )(\S+)",
+                    ifconfig.read(),re.S)
     if res:
         return res.groups()
     else: