diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py
index 4653dffcd962..4789c1a4282d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/__init__.py
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ KSFT_DIR = (Path(__file__).parent / "../../../..").resolve()
     sys.exit(4)
 
 from .env import *
+from .remote import Remote
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1780b987722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import os
+import importlib
+
+_modules = {}
+
+def Remote(kind, args, src_path):
+    global _modules
+
+    if kind not in _modules:
+        _modules[kind] = importlib.import_module("..remote_" + kind, __name__)
+
+    dir_path = os.path.abspath(src_path + "/../")
+    return getattr(_modules[kind], "Remote")(args, dir_path)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote_netns.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote_netns.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d5eeb0271bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote_netns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+from lib.py import cmd
+
+
+class Remote:
+    def __init__(self, name, dir_path):
+        self.name = name
+        self.dir_path = dir_path
+
+    def cmd(self, comm):
+        return subprocess.Popen(["ip", "netns", "exec", self.name, "bash", "-c", comm],
+                                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+    def deploy(self, what):
+        if os.path.isabs(what):
+            return what
+        return os.path.abspath(self.dir_path + "/" + what)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote_ssh.py b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote_ssh.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..924addde19a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/lib/py/remote_ssh.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import os
+import string
+import subprocess
+import random
+
+from lib.py import cmd
+
+
+class Remote:
+    def __init__(self, name, dir_path):
+        self.name = name
+        self.dir_path = dir_path
+        self._tmpdir = None
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        if self._tmpdir:
+            cmd("rm -rf " + self._tmpdir, host=self)
+            self._tmpdir = None
+
+    def cmd(self, comm):
+        return subprocess.Popen(["ssh", "-q", self.name, comm],
+                                stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+    def _mktmp(self):
+        return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(8))
+
+    def deploy(self, what):
+        if not self._tmpdir:
+            self._tmpdir = "/tmp/" + self._mktmp()
+            cmd("mkdir " + self._tmpdir, host=self)
+        file_name = self._tmpdir + "/" + self._mktmp() + os.path.basename(what)
+
+        if not os.path.isabs(what):
+            what = os.path.abspath(self.dir_path + "/" + what)
+
+        cmd(f"scp {what} {self.name}:{file_name}")
+        return file_name
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
index 19612348c30d..e80fea9f6562 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/py/utils.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ import json as _json
 import subprocess
 
 class cmd:
-    def __init__(self, comm, shell=True, fail=True, ns=None, background=False):
+    def __init__(self, comm, shell=True, fail=True, ns=None, background=False, host=None):
         if ns:
-            if isinstance(ns, NetNS):
-                ns = ns.name
             comm = f'ip netns exec {ns} ' + comm
 
         self.stdout = None
@@ -15,15 +13,18 @@ import subprocess
         self.ret = None
 
         self.comm = comm
-        self.proc = subprocess.Popen(comm, shell=shell, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                     stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        if host:
+            self.proc = host.cmd(comm)
+        else:
+            self.proc = subprocess.Popen(comm, shell=shell, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                         stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         if not background:
             self.process(terminate=False, fail=fail)
 
     def process(self, terminate=True, fail=None):
         if terminate:
             self.proc.terminate()
-        stdout, stderr = self.proc.communicate()
+        stdout, stderr = self.proc.communicate(timeout=3)
         self.stdout = stdout.decode("utf-8")
         self.stderr = stderr.decode("utf-8")
         self.proc.stdout.close()
@@ -37,12 +38,12 @@ import subprocess
                             (self.proc.args, stdout, stderr))
 
 
-def ip(args, json=None, ns=None):
+def ip(args, json=None, ns=None, host=None):
     cmd_str = "ip "
     if json:
         cmd_str += '-j '
     cmd_str += args
-    cmd_obj = cmd(cmd_str, ns=ns)
+    cmd_obj = cmd(cmd_str, ns=ns, host=host)
     if json:
         return _json.loads(cmd_obj.stdout)
     return cmd_obj
