diff --git a/examples/bench_17/main.c b/examples/bench_17/main.c
index 7aa019f570eb5a8d5977de40ec2df367157c4aee..9d92da758a67207d8dcf32880703db7d553f1896 100644
--- a/examples/bench_17/main.c
+++ b/examples/bench_17/main.c
@@ -1,61 +1,42 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include "../../reowolf.h"
 #include "../utility.c"
-#define N 5
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-	int i, cid, min_pid, msgs;
+	int i, j, cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used;
+	char do_puts, do_gets;
 	cid = atoi(argv[1]);
-	min_pid = atoi(argv[2]);
-	char role = argv[3][0]; // 'h' for head, 'i' for inner, 't' for tail, 's' for singleton
-	msgs = atoi(argv[4]);
-	printf("cid %d, min_pid %d, role='%c', msgs %d\n",
-		cid, min_pid, role, msgs);
+	min_putter = atoi(argv[2]);
+	min_getter = atoi(argv[3]);
+	ports_tot = atoi(argv[4]);
+	ports_used = atoi(argv[5]);
+	do_puts = argv[6][0]; // 't' or 'f'
+	do_gets = argv[7][0];
+	printf("cid %d, min_putter %d, min_getter %d, ports_tot %d, ports_used %d, do_puts %c, do_gets %c\n",
+		cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used, do_puts, do_gets);
 	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
 
 	unsigned char pdl[] = "";
 	Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse(pdl, sizeof(pdl)-1);
 	Connector * c = connector_new_with_id(pd, cid);
-	PortId putters[N], getters[N];
-	FfiSocketAddr addr = {{127, 0, 0, 1}, 0};
-	if(role=='i' || role=='t') {
-		// I have N getter ports!
-		for(i=0; i<N; i++) {
-			addr.port = min_pid+i;
-			connector_add_net_port(c, &getters[i], addr, Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
-		}
-	}
-	if(role=='h' || role=='i') {
-		// I have N putter ports!
-		for(i=0; i<N; i++) {
-			addr.port = min_pid+i+N;
-			connector_add_net_port(c, &putters[i], addr, Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
-		}
-	}
-	printf("Added all ports!\n");
-	if(role=='i') {
-		// Inner has a forwarder component to forward messages
-		for(i=0; i<N; i++) {	
-			connector_add_component(c, "forward", 7, (PortId[]){putters[i], getters[i]}, 2);
-		}
+	PortId putters[ports_tot], getters[ports_tot];
+	for(i=0; i<ports_tot; i++) {
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &putters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){{127, 0, 0, 1}, min_putter+i},
+			Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &getters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){{127, 0, 0, 1}, min_getter+i},
+			Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
 	}
 	connector_connect(c, -1);
+	printf("connect ok!\n");
 	
 	clock_t begin = clock();
 	char msg[] = "Hello, world!";
-	for (i=0; i<10000; i++) {
-		if(role=='h' || role=='s') {
-			// singleton and head send N messages
-			for(i=0; i<N; i++) { 
-				connector_put_bytes(c, putters[i], msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
-			}
-		}
-		if(role=='t' || role=='s') {
-			// singleton and tail recv N messages
-			for(i=0; i<N; i++) { 
-				connector_get(c, getters[i]);
-			}
+	for (i=0; i<1000; i++) {
+		for(j=0; j<ports_used; j++) {
+			if(do_gets=='y') connector_get(c, getters[j]);
+			if(do_puts=='y') connector_put_bytes(c, putters[j], msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
 		}
-		// inner doesn't send nor receive
 		connector_sync(c, -1);
 	}
 	clock_t end = clock();
diff --git a/examples/bench_18/main.c b/examples/bench_18/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50db8b452bfce9a9004f81104acc280bdd6016e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bench_18/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <time.h>
+#include "../../reowolf.h"
+#include "../utility.c"
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	// all outward connections are ACTIVE to localhost
+	// use tcp_rendezvous
+	int i, j, cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used;
+	char do_puts, do_gets;
+	cid = atoi(argv[1]);
+	min_putter = atoi(argv[2]);
+	min_getter = atoi(argv[3]);
+	ports_tot = atoi(argv[4]);
+	ports_used = atoi(argv[5]);
+	do_puts = argv[6][0]; // 't' or 'f'
+	do_gets = argv[7][0];
+	printf("cid %d, min_putter %d, min_getter %d, ports_tot %d, ports_used %d, do_puts %c, do_gets %c\n",
+		cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used, do_puts, do_gets);
+	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
+
+	unsigned char pdl[] = "";
+	Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse(pdl, sizeof(pdl)-1);
+	Connector * c = connector_new_with_id(pd, cid);
+	PortId putters[ports_tot], getters[ports_tot];
+	for(i=0; i<ports_tot; i++) {
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &putters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){{127, 0, 0, 1}, min_putter+i},
+			Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &getters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){{127, 0, 0, 1}, min_getter+i},
+			Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
+	}
+	connector_connect(c, -1);
+	printf("connect ok!\n");
+	
+	clock_t begin = clock();
+	char msg[] = "Hello, world!";
+	for (i=0; i<1000; i++) {
+		for(j=0; j<ports_used; j++) {
+			if(do_gets=='y') connector_get(c, getters[j]);
+			if(do_puts=='y') connector_put_bytes(c, putters[j], msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
+		}
+		connector_sync(c, -1);
+	}
+	clock_t end = clock();
+	double time_spent = (double)(end - begin) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+	printf("Time taken: %f\n", time_spent);
+	return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/examples/bench_19/main.c b/examples/bench_19/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8eede41ea9df02296c32fd89d72e3a4f1539ceae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/bench_19/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <time.h>
+#include "../../reowolf.h"
+#include "../utility.c"
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	// bounce off tokyo to my public IP
+	int i, j, cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used, n_rounds;
+	char do_puts, do_gets;
+	cid = atoi(argv[1]);
+	min_putter = atoi(argv[2]);
+	min_getter = atoi(argv[3]);
+	ports_tot = atoi(argv[4]);
+	ports_used = atoi(argv[5]);
+	do_puts = argv[6][0]; // 't' or 'f'
+	do_gets = argv[7][0];
+	n_rounds = atoi(argv[12]);
+	
+	// argv 8..12 is PEER_IP
+	
+	printf("cid %d, min_putter %d, min_getter %d, ports_tot %d, ports_used %d, do_puts %c, do_gets %c, n_rounds %d\n",
+		cid, min_putter, min_getter, ports_tot, ports_used, do_puts, do_gets, n_rounds);
+	printf("peer_ip %d.%d.%d.%d\n",
+		atoi(argv[8]),
+		atoi(argv[9]),
+		atoi(argv[10]),
+		atoi(argv[11]));
+	
+	printf("Error str `%s`\n", reowolf_error_peek(NULL));
+
+	unsigned char pdl[] = "";
+	Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse(pdl, sizeof(pdl)-1);
+	Connector * c = connector_new_with_id(pd, cid);
+	PortId putters[ports_tot], getters[ports_tot];
+	for(i=0; i<ports_tot; i++) {
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &putters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){
+				{atoi(argv[8]),atoi(argv[9]),atoi(argv[10]),atoi(argv[11]),},
+				min_putter+i
+			},
+			Polarity_Putter, EndpointPolarity_Active);
+		connector_add_net_port(c, &getters[i],
+			(FfiSocketAddr){
+				{0,0,0,0},
+				min_getter+i
+			},
+			Polarity_Getter, EndpointPolarity_Passive);
+	}
+	connector_connect(c, -1);
+	printf("connect ok!\n");
+	
+	clock_t begin = clock();
+	char msg[] = "Hello, world!";
+	for (i=0; i<n_rounds; i++) {
+		for(j=0; j<ports_used; j++) {
+			if(do_gets=='y') connector_get(c, getters[j]);
+			if(do_puts=='y') connector_put_bytes(c, putters[j], msg, sizeof(msg)-1);
+		}
+		connector_sync(c, -1);
+	}
+	clock_t end = clock();
+	double time_spent = (double)(end - begin) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+	printf("Time taken: %f\n", time_spent);
+	return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/examples/zoop.sh b/examples/zoop.sh
index 415636af420ed0f309feca0056e4768ee4ec0882..4ec00ed427bf924de18493f4c33c63981236ab42 100644
--- a/examples/zoop.sh
+++ b/examples/zoop.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-for included in {0..13}
+for ports in 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
 do
-	./bench_13/main.exe 65535 $included 13
-done
\ No newline at end of file
+	./bench_19/main.exe 98 7500 7000 16 $ports y y 192 168 1 4 1000
+done
diff --git a/src/runtime/setup.rs b/src/runtime/setup.rs
index 701228314b31045c8fbdd3db4187345179253120..53556e16b76f60bd91f77ee79d2fdd5a2f8704fb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/setup.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/setup.rs
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ fn setup_endpoints_and_pair_ports(
                             .expect("Net Setup's getter port info isn't known"); // unreachable
                         if event.is_writable() && !net_todo.sent_local_port {
                             // can write and didn't send setup msg yet? Do so!
+                            let _ = net_endpoint.stream.set_nodelay(true);
                             let msg = Msg::SetupMsg(SetupMsg::MyPortInfo(MyPortInfo {
                                 owner: local_info.owner,
                                 polarity: local_info.polarity,