diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91fa140..4c082c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Other changes
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 3.50.2         | 2018-11-23     | network mac adresses: ip support fix |
 | 3.50.1         | 2018-11-23     | `services()` added possibility to specify ALL services "*" for win |
 | 3.50.0         | 2018-11-23     | `services()` added possibility to specify ALL services "*" for linux |
 | 3.49.4         | 2018-11-21     | `battery()` timeremaining optimization (linux) thanks to Jorai Rijsdijk |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd815a6..b921422 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ I also created a nice little command line tool called [mmon][mmon-github-url]  (
 | | pid | X | X | X |  |  | PID |
 | | cpu | X | X | X |  |  | process % CPU |
 | | mem | X | X | X |  |  | process % MEM |
-| si.services('mysql, apache2', cb) | [{...}] | X | X | X | X |  | pass comma separated string of services<br>pass "*" for ALL services (linux only) |
+| si.services('mysql, apache2', cb) | [{...}] | X | X | X | X |  | pass comma separated string of services<br>pass "*" for ALL services (linux/win only) |
 | | [0].name | X | X | X | X |  | name of service |
 | | [0].running | X | X | X | X |  | true / false |
 | | [0].startmode |   |   |   | X |  | manual, automatic, ... |
diff --git a/lib/network.js b/lib/network.js
index 395a376..f80a92e 100644
--- a/lib/network.js
+++ b/lib/network.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const _sunos = (_platform === 'sunos');
 let _network = {};
 let _default_iface;
 let _mac = {};
-let isIpAvailable;
+let pathToIp;
 
 function getDefaultNetworkInterface() {
 
@@ -72,19 +72,24 @@ function getMacAddresses() {
   let mac = '';
   let result = {};
   if (_linux || _freebsd || _openbsd) {
-    if (typeof isIpAvailable === 'undefined') {
-      if (fs.existsSync('/sbin/ip')) {
-        isIpAvailable = true;
-      } else {
-        isIpAvailable = false;
+    if (typeof pathToIp === 'undefined') {
+      try {
+        const lines = execSync('which ip').toString().split('\n');
+        if (lines.length && lines[0].indexOf(':') === -1 && lines[0].indexOf('/') === 0) {
+          pathToIp = lines[0];
+        } else {
+          pathToIp = '';
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        pathToIp = '';
       }
     }
-    const cmd = 'export LC_ALL=C; /sbin/' + ((isIpAvailable) ? 'ip link show up' : 'ifconfig') + '; unset LC_ALL';
+    const cmd = 'export LC_ALL=C; ' + ((pathToIp) ? pathToIp + ' link show up' : '/sbin/ifconfig') + '; unset LC_ALL';
     let res = execSync(cmd);
     const lines = res.toString().split('\n');
     for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
       if (lines[i] && lines[i][0] !== ' ') {
-        if (isIpAvailable) {
+        if (pathToIp) {
           let nextline = lines[i + 1].trim().split(' ');
           if (nextline[0] === 'link/ether') {
             iface = lines[i].split(' ')[1];