diff --git a/primus/tools/preflight/network/network_probe.py b/primus/tools/preflight/network/network_probe.py
index 8e159042a..4865467f3 100644
--- a/primus/tools/preflight/network/network_probe.py
+++ b/primus/tools/preflight/network/network_probe.py
@@ -32,18 +32,34 @@ def _env_int(name: str, default: int) -> int:
 
 def detect_distributed_intent() -> Dict[str, Any]:
     world_size = _env_int("WORLD_SIZE", 1)
+    local_world_size = _env_int("LOCAL_WORLD_SIZE", 1)
+
+    slurm_nnodes = _env_get("SLURM_NNODES")
     slurm_ntasks = _env_get("SLURM_NTASKS")
+
     ompi_size = _env_get("OMPI_COMM_WORLD_SIZE")
+    ompi_local_size = _env_get("OMPI_COMM_WORLD_LOCAL_SIZE")
 
+    slurm_nnodes_i = int(slurm_nnodes) if slurm_nnodes and slurm_nnodes.isdigit() else None
     slurm_ntasks_i = int(slurm_ntasks) if slurm_ntasks and slurm_ntasks.isdigit() else None
     ompi_size_i = int(ompi_size) if ompi_size and ompi_size.isdigit() else None
+    ompi_local_size_i = int(ompi_local_size) if ompi_local_size and ompi_local_size.isdigit() else None
 
     is_distributed = (
-        bool(world_size and world_size > 1)
-        or bool(slurm_ntasks_i and slurm_ntasks_i > 1)
-        or bool(ompi_size_i and ompi_size_i > 1)
+        world_size > 1
+        or (slurm_ntasks_i and slurm_ntasks_i > 1)
+        or (ompi_size_i and ompi_size_i > 1)
     )
-    network_mode = "multi-node" if is_distributed else "single-node"
+
+    nnodes = 1
+    if slurm_nnodes_i is not None and slurm_nnodes_i > 0:
+        nnodes = slurm_nnodes_i
+    elif ompi_size_i is not None and ompi_local_size_i is not None and ompi_size_i > 1 and ompi_local_size_i > 0:
+        nnodes = (ompi_size_i + ompi_local_size_i - 1) // ompi_local_size_i
+    elif world_size > 1 and local_world_size > 0:
+        nnodes = (world_size + local_world_size - 1) // local_world_size
+
+    network_mode = "multi-node" if nnodes > 1 else "single-node"
 
     return {
         "is_distributed": is_distributed,