diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/core.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/core.py
index 8881781144ddf2acd61bac0fd5942c53a33b4093..ee534382077332b69b53cd140c7ad7e1a2a3a194 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/core.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/core.py
@@ -240,8 +240,9 @@ class core:
     #    print rsp
         if  (rsp.find(expect) == -1):
             return 'OK'
-
-        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+        else:
+            print "command = " + cmd + "expect  = " + expect + "rsp = " + rsp
+            raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
 
     
     # **************************send_wait*************************    
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/openair.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/openair.py
index e8d07ba1e1f1c36ce623a515da32366a2afc766b..8427735c61876fff0f2ecf7195131218262d1f49 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/openair.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/openair.py
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class openair(core):
             error = error + ' In function: ' + sys._getframe().f_code.co_name + ': *** Caught exception: '  + str(e.__class__) + " : " + str( e)
             error = error + traceback.format_exc()
             print error
-            print "Retrying again in 60 seconds"
-            time.sleep(60)
+            print "Retrying again in 1  seconds"
+            time.sleep(1)
             #sys.exit(1)
                 
     def connect2(self, username, password, prompt='$'):
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py
index ae25013f52cda113300db1223a663580fba1119c..aa041360b7efd4afbe4c323551da3de029f3c3ac 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def start_ue () :
         ip = IPRoute()
         idx = ip.link_lookup(ifname=iface)[0]
         os.system ('route add 192.172.0.1 ppp0')
-        os.system ('ping -c 5 192.172.0.1')
+        os.system ('ping 192.172.0.1')
         break
      except Exception, e:
         error = ' Interface ' + iface + 'does not exist...'