diff --git a/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc
index 4eae04191..86f71438c 100644
--- a/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc
+++ b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic/main.cc
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ namespace Ipxe {
 				PINF("--- init rx_callbacks");
 				dde_ipxe_nic_register_rx_callback(dde_rx_handler);
 
-				PINF("--- get MAC address");
 				dde_ipxe_nic_get_mac_addr(1, _mac_addr.addr);
-				PINF("    %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
-				     _mac_addr.addr[0], _mac_addr.addr[1], _mac_addr.addr[2],
-				     _mac_addr.addr[3], _mac_addr.addr[4], _mac_addr.addr[5]);
+				PINF("--- get MAC address %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+				     _mac_addr.addr[0] & 0xff, _mac_addr.addr[1] & 0xff,
+				     _mac_addr.addr[2] & 0xff, _mac_addr.addr[3] & 0xff,
+				     _mac_addr.addr[4] & 0xff, _mac_addr.addr[5] & 0xff);
 			}
 
 			void rx_handler(const char *packet, unsigned packet_len)
diff --git a/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic_stat/main.cc b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic_stat/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea0ccf8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic_stat/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * \brief  NIC driver based on iPXE for performance measurements solely
+ * \author Christian Helmuth
+ * \date   2011-11-17
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Genode Labs GmbH
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
+ */
+
+/* Genode */
+#include <base/env.h>
+#include <base/sleep.h>
+#include <base/printf.h>
+#include <cap_session/connection.h>
+#include <nic/component.h>
+
+#include <nic/stat.h>
+#include <nic/packet_allocator.h>
+#include <nic_session/connection.h>
+
+/* DDE */
+extern "C" {
+#include <dde_ipxe/nic.h>
+}
+
+
+namespace Ipxe {
+
+	class Driver : public Nic::Driver
+	{
+		public:
+
+			static Driver *instance;
+
+			static void dde_rx_handler(unsigned if_index,
+			                           const char *packet,
+			                           unsigned packet_len)
+			{
+				instance->rx_handler_stat(packet, packet_len);
+			}
+
+		private:
+
+			Nic::Mac_address      _mac_addr;
+			Nic::Rx_buffer_alloc &_alloc;
+
+			Timer::Connection _timer;
+			Nic::Measurement _stat;
+
+		public:
+
+			Driver(Nic::Rx_buffer_alloc &alloc)
+			: _alloc(alloc), _stat(_timer)
+			{
+				PINF("--- init iPXE NIC");
+				int cnt = dde_ipxe_nic_init();
+				PINF("    number of devices: %d", cnt);
+
+				PINF("--- init rx_callbacks");
+				dde_ipxe_nic_register_rx_callback(dde_rx_handler);
+
+				dde_ipxe_nic_get_mac_addr(1, _mac_addr.addr);
+				PINF("--- get MAC address %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+				     _mac_addr.addr[0] & 0xff, _mac_addr.addr[1] & 0xff,
+				     _mac_addr.addr[2] & 0xff, _mac_addr.addr[3] & 0xff,
+				     _mac_addr.addr[4] & 0xff, _mac_addr.addr[5] & 0xff);
+
+				_stat.set_mac(_mac_addr.addr);
+			}
+
+			void rx_handler_stat(const char *packet, unsigned packet_len)
+			{
+				Genode::addr_t test = reinterpret_cast<Genode::addr_t>(packet);
+				void * buffer = reinterpret_cast<void *>(test);
+
+				Net::Ethernet_frame *eth =
+					new (buffer) Net::Ethernet_frame(packet_len);
+				_stat.data(eth, packet_len);
+			}
+
+			void rx_handler(const char *packet, unsigned packet_len)
+			{
+				void *buffer = _alloc.alloc(packet_len);
+				Genode::memcpy(buffer, packet, packet_len);
+
+				_alloc.submit();
+			}
+
+
+			/***************************
+			 ** Nic::Driver interface **
+			 ***************************/
+
+			Nic::Mac_address mac_address() { return _mac_addr; }
+
+			void tx(char const *packet, Genode::size_t size)
+			{
+				if (dde_ipxe_nic_tx(1, packet, size))
+					PWRN("Sending packet failed!");
+			}
+
+			/******************************
+			 ** Irq_activation interface **
+			 ******************************/
+
+			void handle_irq(int) { /* not used */ }
+	};
+
+	class Driver_factory : public Nic::Driver_factory
+	{
+		Nic::Driver *create(Nic::Rx_buffer_alloc &alloc)
+		{
+			Driver::instance = new (Genode::env()->heap()) Ipxe::Driver(alloc);
+			return Driver::instance;
+		}
+
+		void destroy(Nic::Driver *)
+		{
+			Genode::destroy(Genode::env()->heap(), Driver::instance);
+			Driver::instance = 0;
+		}
+	};
+
+} /* namespace Ipxe */
+
+
+Ipxe::Driver * Ipxe::Driver::instance = 0;
+
+
+int main(int, char **)
+{
+	using namespace Genode;
+
+	printf("--- iPXE NIC driver started ---\n");
+
+	/**
+	 * Factory used by 'Nic::Root' at session creation/destruction time
+	 */
+	static Ipxe::Driver_factory driver_factory;
+
+	enum { STACK_SIZE = 2*sizeof(addr_t)*1024 };
+	static Cap_connection cap;
+	static Rpc_entrypoint ep(&cap, STACK_SIZE, "nic_ep");
+
+	static Nic::Root nic_root(&ep, env()->heap(), driver_factory);
+	env()->parent()->announce(ep.manage(&nic_root));
+
+/*
+    Genode::size_t           tx_buf_size = 64*1024;
+    Genode::size_t           rx_buf_size = 64*1024;
+	session("ram_quota=%zd, tx_buf_size=%zd, rx_buf_size=%zd",
+	        6*4096 + tx_buf_size + rx_buf_size,
+	        tx_buf_size, rx_buf_size))
+*/
+	nic_root.session("ram_quota=155648, tx_buf_size=65536, rx_buf_size=65536");
+
+	sleep_forever();
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic_stat/target.mk b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic_stat/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e5b405f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dde_ipxe/src/drivers/nic_stat/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TARGET = nic_drv_stat
+LIBS   = dde_ipxe_nic net-stat
+SRC_CC = main.cc