diff --git a/sensors/net_sensors.py b/sensors/net_sensors.py
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+from discover import provides
+from utils import SensorInfo, is_dev_accepted
+
+#  1 - major number
+#  2 - minor mumber
+#  3 - device name
+#  4 - reads completed successfully
+#  5 - reads merged
+#  6 - sectors read
+#  7 - time spent reading (ms)
+#  8 - writes completed
+#  9 - writes merged
+# 10 - sectors written
+# 11 - time spent writing (ms)
+# 12 - I/Os currently in progress
+# 13 - time spent doing I/Os (ms)
+# 14 - weighted time spent doing I/Os (ms)
+
+net_values_pos = [
+    (0, 'recv_bytes', True),
+    (1, 'recv_packets', True),
+    (8, 'send_bytes', True),
+    (9, 'send_packets', True),
+]
+
+
+@provides("net-io")
+def net_stat(disallowed_prefixes=('docker',), allowed_prefixes=None):
+    results = {}
+
+    for line in open('/proc/net/dev').readlines()[2:]:
+        dev_name, stats = line.split(":", 1)
+        dev_name = dev_name.strip()
+        vals = stats.split()
+
+        dev_ok = is_dev_accepted(dev_name,
+                                 disallowed_prefixes,
+                                 allowed_prefixes)
+        if dev_ok:
+            for pos, name, accum_val in net_values_pos:
+                sensor_name = "{0}.{1}".format(dev_name, name)
+                results[sensor_name] = SensorInfo(int(vals[pos]), accum_val)
+    return results