diff --git a/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py b/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py
index 5d2ad522..d81a6299 100755
--- a/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py
+++ b/apache_status/python_modules/apache_status.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def get_metrics():
             req = urllib2.Request(SERVER_STATUS_URL + "?auto")
             
             # Download the status file
-            res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+            res = urllib2.urlopen(req, None, 2)
 
             for line in res:
                split_line = line.rstrip().split(": ")
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def get_metrics():
                 req2 = urllib2.Request(SERVER_STATUS_URL)
                 
                 # Download the status file
-                res = urllib2.urlopen(req2)
+                res = urllib2.urlopen(req2, None, 2)
                 
                 for line in res:
                     regMatch = SSL_REGEX.match(line)
diff --git a/couchdb/python_modules/couchdb.py b/couchdb/python_modules/couchdb.py
index a24f21f4..21589f8b 100644
--- a/couchdb/python_modules/couchdb.py
+++ b/couchdb/python_modules/couchdb.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def _get_couchdb_stats(url, refresh_rate):
             logging.warning('The specified refresh_rate of %d is invalid and has been substituted with 60!' % refresh_rate)
             url += '?range=60'
 
-        c = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+        # Set time out for urlopen to 2 seconds otherwise we run into the possibility of hosing gmond
+        c = urllib2.urlopen(url, None, 2)
         json_data = c.read()
         c.close()
 
diff --git a/elasticsearch/python_modules/elasticsearch.py b/elasticsearch/python_modules/elasticsearch.py
index 1f1444da..b94f78c1 100755
--- a/elasticsearch/python_modules/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/python_modules/elasticsearch.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def update_result(result, url):
     diff = now - last_update
     if diff > 20:
         print '[elasticsearch] ' + str(diff) + ' seconds passed - Fetching ' + url
-        result = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url))
+        result = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url, None, 2))
         last_update = now
 
     return result
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def metric_init(params):
 
     # First iteration - Grab statistics
     print('[elasticsearch] Fetching ' + url_cluster)
-    result = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url_cluster))
+    result = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url_cluster, None, 2))
 
     metric_group = params.get('metric_group', 'elasticsearch')
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def metric_init(params):
         url_indices = '{0}{1}/_stats'.format(host, index)
         print('[elasticsearch] Fetching ' + url_indices)
 
-        r_indices = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url_indices))
+        r_indices = json.load(urllib.urlopen(url_indices, None, 2))
         descriptors += get_indices_descriptors(index,
                                                Desc_Skel,
                                                r_indices,
diff --git a/httpd/python_modules/httpd.py b/httpd/python_modules/httpd.py
index 10845e65..a6b44570 100644
--- a/httpd/python_modules/httpd.py
+++ b/httpd/python_modules/httpd.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def update_stats():
 	try:
 		httpd_stats = {}
 		logging.debug(' opening URL: ' + str(STATUS_URL))
-		f = urllib.urlopen(STATUS_URL)
+		f = urllib.urlopen(STATUS_URL, None, 2)
 
 		for line in f.readlines():
 			diff = False
diff --git a/jenkins/python_modules/jenkins.py b/jenkins/python_modules/jenkins.py
index e7cef064..ac4fffbf 100644
--- a/jenkins/python_modules/jenkins.py
+++ b/jenkins/python_modules/jenkins.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _get_jenkins_statistics(url):
     url += '/api/json'
     url += '?tree=jobs[color],overallLoad[busyExecutors[min[latest]],queueLength[min[latest]],totalExecutors[min[latest]]]'
 
-    c = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+    c = urllib2.urlopen(url, None, 2)
     json_data = c.read()
     c.close()
 
diff --git a/network/netstats/conf.d/netstats.pyconf b/network/netstats/conf.d/netstats.pyconf
index f3dec863..d1abc76a 100644
--- a/network/netstats/conf.d/netstats.pyconf
+++ b/network/netstats/conf.d/netstats.pyconf
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ collection_group {
       name_match = "ip_(.+)"
       value_threshold = 1.0
   }
+  metric {
+      name_match = "icmpmsg_(.+)"
+      value_threshold = 1.0
+  }
+
   metric {
       name_match = "icmp_(.+)"
       value_threshold = 1.0
diff --git a/nginx_status/python_modules/nginx_status.py b/nginx_status/python_modules/nginx_status.py
index 12839b36..08e70dd8 100644
--- a/nginx_status/python_modules/nginx_status.py
+++ b/nginx_status/python_modules/nginx_status.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def run(self):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_nginx_status_stub_response(url):
-        c = urllib2.urlopen(url)
+        c = urllib2.urlopen(url, None, 2)
         data = c.read()
         c.close()
 
diff --git a/rabbit/python_modules/rabbitmq.py b/rabbit/python_modules/rabbitmq.py
index e8976af6..2d89eaae 100644
--- a/rabbit/python_modules/rabbitmq.py
+++ b/rabbit/python_modules/rabbitmq.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def refreshStats(stats = ('nodes', 'queues'), vhosts = ['/']):
 		result_dict = {}
                 urlstring = url_template.safe_substitute(stats = stat, vhost = vhost)
                 print urlstring
-                result = json.load(urllib.urlopen(urlstring))
+                result = json.load(urllib.urlopen(urlstring, None, 2))
 		# Rearrange results so entry is held in a dict keyed by name - queue name, host name, etc.
 		if stat in ("queues", "nodes", "exchanges"):
 		    for entry in result:
diff --git a/riak/riak.py b/riak/riak.py
index f61a882f..2543802e 100644
--- a/riak/riak.py
+++ b/riak/riak.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def run(self):
     def update_metric(self):
         try:
             req = urllib2.Request(url = self.url)
-            res = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+            res = urllib2.urlopen(req, None, 2)
             stats = res.read()
             dprint("%s", stats)
             json_stats = json.loads(stats)