diff --git a/plugins/network/arp_ b/plugins/network/arp_
index 79159e94..35fd4b78 100755
--- a/plugins/network/arp_
+++ b/plugins/network/arp_
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
     if [ -r /proc/net/dev ]; then
-        egrep '^ *(eth|wlan|ath|ra)[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?:' /proc/net/dev | cut -f1 -d: | sed 's/ //g' | tr '.' '_'
+        awk '$1~ /^(eth|wlan|ath|ra)[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?/ { gsub(":", ""); gsub("\.", "_"); print $1 }' /proc/net/dev
         exit 0
     else
         exit 1