diff --git a/includes/get_clients.php b/includes/get_clients.php
index d75a4a0d..b91633b9 100644
--- a/includes/get_clients.php
+++ b/includes/get_clients.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function getClients($simple=true) {
               $cl["device"][$i]["isAP"] = !empty($retiw);
               unset($retiw);
               exec("iw dev $dev link 2> /dev/null",$retiw);
-              if(!$simple && !empty($ssid=preg_only_match("/.*SSID: (\w*).*/",$retiw)) ) {
+              if(!$simple && !empty($ssid=preg_only_match("/.*SSID: ([\w ]*).*/",$retiw)) ) {
                  $cl["device"][$i]["connected"] = "y";
                  $cl["device"][$i]["ssid"] = $ssid;
                  $cl["device"][$i]["ap-mac"] = preg_only_match("/^Connected to ([0-9a-f\:]*).*$/",$retiw);
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ function setClientState($state) {
                 }
                 break;
             case "ppp":
-                if($state == "up") exec('ipup '.$dev["name"]);
-                if(!empty($connected) && $state == "down") exec('ipup '.$dev["name"]);
+                if($state == "up") exec('sudo ifup '.$dev["name"]);
+                if(!empty($connected) && $state == "down") exec('sudo ifdown '.$dev["name"]);
                 break;
             default:
                 break;