diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
index 3ba7f3acc..677c6d2a9 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/usr/libexec/rpcd/openmptcprouter
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ function interfaces_status()
 		-- wanaddr
 		--mArray.openmptcprouter["wan_addr"] = uci:get("openmptcprouter","omr","public_detected_ipv4") or ""
 		
-		if uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","external_check") ~= "0" then
+		if uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","external_check") ~= "0" and mArray.openmptcprouter["dns"] == true then
 			timeout = uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","status_getip_timeout") or "2"
 			mArray.openmptcprouter["wan_addr"] = ut.trim(sys.exec("wget -4 -qO- -T " .. timeout .. " " .. check_ipv4_website))
 			if mArray.openmptcprouter["wan_addr"] == "" then
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ function interfaces_status()
 	    whois = ""
 	    if publicIP ~= "" then
 		    whois = uci:get("openmptcprouter",interface,"asn") or ""
-		    if whois == "" and uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","external_check") ~= "0" then
+		    if whois == "" and uci:get("openmptcprouter","settings","external_check") ~= "0" and mArray.openmptcprouter["dns"] == true then
 			    --whois = ut.trim(sys.exec("whois " .. publicIP .. " | grep -i 'netname' | awk '{print $2}'"))
 			    whois = ut.trim(sys.exec("wget -4 -qO- -T 1 'http://api.iptoasn.com/v1/as/ip/" .. publicIP .. "' | jsonfilter -q -e '@.as_description'"))
 		    end