diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_checks/vars/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_checks/vars/main.yml
index a932668c7bbb415935865894f43b4bc6c5c4dada..703b85162c02de0e094a27c07f1098888f603ea5 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_checks/vars/main.yml
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/iptrunk_checks/vars/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ checks:
   - lacp
   - optical
 
-ping_count: 1000
+ping_count: 3
 ping_size: 9000
 
 wfo_trunk: "{{ wfo_ip_trunk_json }}"