diff --git a/prep-grid-vm.sh b/prep-grid-vm.sh
index 69f3fce..82fd9ed 100644
--- a/prep-grid-vm.sh
+++ b/prep-grid-vm.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #/bin/bash
 apt update
 # install ops tools
-apt install sudo nmon tmux tcpdump nano iputils-ping -y
+apt install sudo nmon tmux tcpdump nano iputils-ping net-tools -y
 
 # install Docker + docker-compose
 apt install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release -y
diff --git a/prep-k8s-vm.sh b/prep-k8s-vm.sh
index 135921e..33e0b5e 100644
--- a/prep-k8s-vm.sh
+++ b/prep-k8s-vm.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #/bin/bash
 apt update
 # install ops tools
-apt install sudo nmon tmux tcpdump nano iputils-ping -y
+apt install sudo nmon tmux tcpdump nano iputils-ping net-tools -y
 
 # install Docker + docker-compose
 apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg software-properties-common lsb-release -y