diff --git a/pi-gen-sources/00-packages b/pi-gen-sources/00-packages
index 700b896..8beff5f 100644
--- a/pi-gen-sources/00-packages
+++ b/pi-gen-sources/00-packages
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-dos2unix
\ No newline at end of file
+dos2unix
+hping3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run/archiveloop b/run/archiveloop
index 81b313a..24dab5b 100644
--- a/run/archiveloop
+++ b/run/archiveloop
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ function fix_errors_in_mounted_files () {
 
 function archive_is_reachable () {
   local reachable=true
-  ping -q -w 1 -c 1 "$ARCHIVE_HOST_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1 || reachable=false
+
+  /root/bin/archive-is-reachable.sh || reachable=false
+
   if [ "$reachable" = false ]
   then
     false
diff --git a/run/cifs_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh b/run/cifs_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd3b102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/cifs_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+ARCHIVE_HOST_NAME="$1"
+
+hping3 -c 1 -S -p 445 "$ARCHIVE_HOST_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/run/cifs_archive/verify-archive-configuration.sh b/run/cifs_archive/verify-archive-configuration.sh
index bf8b9f2..52ea1f7 100644
--- a/run/cifs_archive/verify-archive-configuration.sh
+++ b/run/cifs_archive/verify-archive-configuration.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 function check_archive_server_reachable () {
   echo "Verifying that the archive server $archiveserver is reachable..."
   local serverunreachable=false
-  ping -c 1 -w 1 "$archiveserver" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || serverunreachable=true
+  hping3 -c 1 -S -p 445 "$archiveserver" 1>/dev/null 2>&1 || serverunreachable=true
 
   if [ "$serverunreachable" = true ]
   then
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ function check_archive_mountable () {
   umount "$test_mount_location"
 }
 
+function install_required_packages () {
+  apt-get -y --force-yes install hping3
+}
+
+install_required_packages
+
+
 ARCHIVE_SERVER_IP_ADDRESS="$( $INSTALL_DIR/lookup-ip-address.sh "$archiveserver" )"
 
 check_archive_server_reachable
diff --git a/run/lookup-ip-address.sh b/run/lookup-ip-address.sh
index 41b8f5a..a09e374 100644
--- a/run/lookup-ip-address.sh
+++ b/run/lookup-ip-address.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash -eu
 
-echo "$(ping -c 1 -w 1 $1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | grep -o -e "(\([[:digit:]]\{1,3\}\.\)\{3\}[[:digit:]]\{1,3\})" | tr -d '()')"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "$(hping3 -c 1 -S -p 445 -n $1 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | grep -o -e "\W\([[:digit:]]\{1,3\}\.\)\{3\}[[:digit:]]\{1,3\})" | tr -d ' )')"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run/rclone_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh b/run/rclone_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fc034a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/rclone_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+ping -q -w 1 -c 1 8.8.8.8 > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/run/rsync_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh b/run/rsync_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ba86dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run/rsync_archive/archive-is-reachable.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+
+ARCHIVE_HOST_NAME="$1"
+
+ping -q -w 1 -c 1 "$ARCHIVE_HOST_NAME" > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/setup/pi/configure.sh b/setup/pi/configure.sh
index cc6874c..fc22fde 100644
--- a/setup/pi/configure.sh
+++ b/setup/pi/configure.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ function install_archive_scripts () {
     get_script $install_path connect-archive.sh $archive_module
     get_script $install_path disconnect-archive.sh $archive_module
     get_script $install_path write-archive-configs-to.sh $archive_module
+    get_script $install_path archive-is-reachable.sh $archive_module
 }
 
 
diff --git a/setup/pi/make-root-fs-readonly.sh b/setup/pi/make-root-fs-readonly.sh
index 4ac638b..7cfb27e 100644
--- a/setup/pi/make-root-fs-readonly.sh
+++ b/setup/pi/make-root-fs-readonly.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ apt-get -y --force-yes autoremove --purge
 # Replace log management with busybox (use logread if needed)
 echo "Installing ntp and busybox-syslogd..."
 apt-get -y --force-yes install ntp busybox-syslogd; dpkg --purge rsyslog
+
 echo "Configuring system..."
   
 # Add fastboot, noswap and/or ro to end of /boot/cmdline.txt