diff --git a/src/radical/utils/host.py b/src/radical/utils/host.py
index 26f3f29d..a3b0190e 100644
--- a/src/radical/utils/host.py
+++ b/src/radical/utils/host.py
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ def get_hostip(req=None, log=None):
     req = as_list(req)
 
     white_list = [
+        'ens1f1',   # amarel
+      # 'ib0',      # infiniband
         'hsn0',     # Frontier (HPE Cray EX)
         'ipogif0',  # Cray's
         'br0',      # SuperMIC