diff --git a/roles/nhc/files/scripts/check_nat.nhc b/roles/nhc/files/scripts/check_nat.nhc
index 55b764955bef0c39bf80a93c78c4f53761a5b1b1..3da83a2beb2af9ca483494204151056a7cacfe83 100644
--- a/roles/nhc/files/scripts/check_nat.nhc
+++ b/roles/nhc/files/scripts/check_nat.nhc
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ function check_nat() {
 #echo ">>> Checking NAT on Compute Nodes Works >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
 
 
-PING_EXTERNAL="ping -c 2 8.8.8.8"
+#8.8.8.8 is google
+#PING_EXTERNAL="ping -c 2 8.8.8.8"
+#Instead we ping license server hpclic0 which is in HPC_Ancillary_zone
+PING_EXTERNAL="ping -c 2 118.138.246.208"
+ 
 $PING_EXTERNAL
 RESULT=$?
 if [ $RESULT -ne 0 ]; then
-     die 1 " $FUNCNAME ERROR on node. Can not ping external address. Please check NAT is working, or route on node is valid"
+     die 1 " $FUNCNAME ERROR on node. Can not ping external address. Command is ' ${PING_EXTERNAL} ' Please check NAT is working, or route on node is valid"
      return 1
 fi
 return 0