diff -pruN freehoo-3.1.1/src/yahoo-backend.c freehoo-3.1.1-patch/src/yahoo-backend.c
--- freehoo-3.1.1/src/yahoo-backend.c	2005-01-26 03:25:16.000000000 +0530
+++ freehoo-3.1.1-patch/src/yahoo-backend.c	2005-01-26 23:25:36.000000000 +0530
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ get_local_addresses ()
 {
   static char addresses[1024];
   char buff[1024];
-  char gateway[16];
+  char interface[16];
+  char popen_cmd[32];
   char *c = NULL;
   struct hostent *hn;
   int i;
@@ -167,11 +168,17 @@ get_local_addresses ()
     goto IP_TEST_2;
   while (fgets (buff, sizeof (buff), f) != NULL)
     {
-      c = strtok (buff, " ");
+      c = strtok (buff, " "); /* dest */
       if ((strstr (c, "default") || strstr (c, "0.0.0.0")) &&
 	  !strstr (c, "127.0.0"))
 	{
-	  c = strtok (NULL, " ");
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* gateway */
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* mask */
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* flags */
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* mss */
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* window */
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* irtt */
+	  c = strtok (NULL, " "); /* iface */
 	  pclose (f);
 	  break;
 	}
@@ -182,23 +189,19 @@ get_local_addresses ()
   if (!c || !c[0])
     goto IP_TEST_2;
   
-  strncpy (gateway, c, 16);
+  strncpy (interface, c, 16);
+  interface[16] = '\0'; /* just in case */
+  if(interface[strlen(interface)-1] == '\n')
+    interface[strlen(interface)-1] = '\0';
 
-  for (i = strlen (gateway); gateway[i] != '.'; i--)
-    gateway[i] = 0;
-
-  gateway[i] = 0;
-
-  for (i = strlen (gateway); gateway[i] != '.'; i--)
-    gateway[i] = 0;
-
-  f = popen ("/sbin/ifconfig -a", "r");
+  sprintf(popen_cmd,"/sbin/ifconfig %s",interface);
+  f = popen (popen_cmd, "r");
   if ((int) f < 1)
     goto IP_TEST_2;
 
   while (fgets (buff, sizeof (buff), f) != NULL)
     {
-      if (strstr (buff, "inet") && strstr (buff, gateway))
+      if (strstr (buff, "inet"))
 	break;
     }
   pclose (f);