diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/apt.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/apt.pp
index 67efdfb..af4c0f1 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/apt.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/apt.pp
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ class rhizo_base::apt::ubuntu inherits rhizo_base::apt::common {
       repos       => 'main',
       key_source  => 'https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key'
     }
+
+  apt::source { 'irontec':
+      location    => 'http://packages.irontec.com/ubuntu',
+      release     => 'precise',
+      repos       => 'main',
+      key_source  => 'https://packages.irontec.com/public.key'
+    }
 }
 
 class rhizo_base::apt::debian inherits rhizo_base::apt::common {
diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
index 55415d4..0c6b7c3 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class rhizo_base::packages::common {
     }
 
   package { ['mosh', 'git', 'openvpn', 'lm-sensors', 'runit', 'sqlite3',
+            'htop', 'fping', 'sngrep',
             'libffi-dev', 'apcupsd', 'expect', 'gawk', 'swig', 'g++',
             'python-smpplib', 'libcdk5', 'websocketd', 'osmo-meas' ]:
       schedule => 'weekly',
@@ -65,8 +66,7 @@ class rhizo_base::packages::debian inherits rhizo_base::packages::common {
   'python-pysqlite2', 'php5', 'php5-pgsql',
   'php5-curl', 'php5-cli', 'php5-gd',
   'python-yaml', 'python-formencode', 'python-unidecode',
-  'python-dateutil', 'sudo', 'apt-transport-https',
-  'sngrep' ]:
+  'python-dateutil', 'sudo', 'apt-transport-https' ]:
       schedule => 'weekly',
       ensure  => installed,
       require => Class['rhizo_base::apt'],