diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/core.go b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
index ed07581..fa5d02a 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/core.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/core.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ type Core struct {
 	searches    searches
 	multicast   multicast
 	tcp         tcpInterface
-	awdl        awdl
+	link        link
 	log         *log.Logger
 }
 
@@ -198,10 +198,12 @@ func (c *Core) Start(nc *config.NodeConfig, log *log.Logger) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.awdl.init(c); err != nil {
-		c.log.Println("Failed to start AWDL interface")
-		return err
-	}
+	/*
+		if err := c.awdl.init(c); err != nil {
+			c.log.Println("Failed to start AWDL interface")
+			return err
+		}
+	*/
 
 	if nc.SwitchOptions.MaxTotalQueueSize >= SwitchQueueTotalMinSize {
 		c.switchTable.queueTotalMaxSize = nc.SwitchOptions.MaxTotalQueueSize
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/awdl.go b/src/yggdrasil/link.go
similarity index 72%
rename from src/yggdrasil/awdl.go
rename to src/yggdrasil/link.go
index 633d5f9..1bbd0c3 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/awdl.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/link.go
@@ -11,34 +11,35 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/util"
 )
 
-type awdl struct {
+type link struct {
 	core       *Core
 	mutex      sync.RWMutex // protects interfaces below
-	interfaces map[string]*awdlInterface
+	interfaces map[string]*linkInterface
 }
 
-type awdlInterface struct {
-	awdl     *awdl
-	fromAWDL chan []byte
-	toAWDL   chan []byte
+type linkInterface struct {
+	link     *link
+	fromlink chan []byte
+	tolink   chan []byte
 	shutdown chan bool
 	peer     *peer
+	stream   stream
 }
 
-func (l *awdl) init(c *Core) error {
+func (l *link) init(c *Core) error {
 	l.core = c
 	l.mutex.Lock()
-	l.interfaces = make(map[string]*awdlInterface)
+	l.interfaces = make(map[string]*linkInterface)
 	l.mutex.Unlock()
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (l *awdl) create(fromAWDL chan []byte, toAWDL chan []byte /*boxPubKey *crypto.BoxPubKey, sigPubKey *crypto.SigPubKey*/, name string) (*awdlInterface, error) {
-	intf := awdlInterface{
-		awdl:     l,
-		fromAWDL: fromAWDL,
-		toAWDL:   toAWDL,
+func (l *link) create(fromlink chan []byte, tolink chan []byte /*boxPubKey *crypto.BoxPubKey, sigPubKey *crypto.SigPubKey*/, name string) (*linkInterface, error) {
+	intf := linkInterface{
+		link:     l,
+		fromlink: fromlink,
+		tolink:   tolink,
 		shutdown: make(chan bool),
 	}
 	l.mutex.Lock()
@@ -50,35 +51,29 @@ func (l *awdl) create(fromAWDL chan []byte, toAWDL chan []byte /*boxPubKey *cryp
 	meta.sig = l.core.sigPub
 	meta.link = *myLinkPub
 	metaBytes := meta.encode()
-	l.core.log.Println("toAWDL <- metaBytes")
-	toAWDL <- metaBytes
-	l.core.log.Println("metaBytes = <-fromAWDL")
-	metaBytes = <-fromAWDL
-	l.core.log.Println("version_metadata{}")
+	tolink <- metaBytes
+	metaBytes = <-fromlink
 	meta = version_metadata{}
 	if !meta.decode(metaBytes) || !meta.check() {
 		return nil, errors.New("Metadata decode failure")
 	}
-	l.core.log.Println("version_getBaseMetadata{}")
 	base := version_getBaseMetadata()
 	if meta.ver > base.ver || meta.ver == base.ver && meta.minorVer > base.minorVer {
 		return nil, errors.New("Failed to connect to node: " + name + " version: " + fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d", meta.ver, meta.minorVer))
 	}
-	l.core.log.Println("crypto.GetSharedKey")
 	shared := crypto.GetSharedKey(myLinkPriv, &meta.link)
 	//shared := crypto.GetSharedKey(&l.core.boxPriv, boxPubKey)
-	l.core.log.Println("l.core.peers.newPeer")
 	intf.peer = l.core.peers.newPeer(&meta.box, &meta.sig, shared, name)
 	if intf.peer != nil {
 		intf.peer.linkOut = make(chan []byte, 1) // protocol traffic
 		intf.peer.out = func(msg []byte) {
 			defer func() { recover() }()
-			intf.toAWDL <- msg
+			intf.tolink <- msg
 		} // called by peer.sendPacket()
 		l.core.switchTable.idleIn <- intf.peer.port // notify switch that we're idle
 		intf.peer.close = func() {
-			close(intf.fromAWDL)
-			close(intf.toAWDL)
+			close(intf.fromlink)
+			close(intf.tolink)
 		}
 		go intf.handler()
 		go intf.peer.linkLoop()
@@ -88,7 +83,7 @@ func (l *awdl) create(fromAWDL chan []byte, toAWDL chan []byte /*boxPubKey *cryp
 	return nil, errors.New("l.core.peers.newPeer failed")
 }
 
-func (l *awdl) getInterface(identity string) *awdlInterface {
+func (l *link) getInterface(identity string) *linkInterface {
 	l.mutex.RLock()
 	defer l.mutex.RUnlock()
 	if intf, ok := l.interfaces[identity]; ok {
@@ -97,7 +92,7 @@ func (l *awdl) getInterface(identity string) *awdlInterface {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (l *awdl) shutdown(identity string) error {
+func (l *link) shutdown(identity string) error {
 	if intf, ok := l.interfaces[identity]; ok {
 		intf.shutdown <- true
 		l.core.peers.removePeer(intf.peer.port)
@@ -110,9 +105,9 @@ func (l *awdl) shutdown(identity string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (ai *awdlInterface) handler() {
+func (ai *linkInterface) handler() {
 	send := func(msg []byte) {
-		ai.toAWDL <- msg
+		ai.tolink <- msg
 		atomic.AddUint64(&ai.peer.bytesSent, uint64(len(msg)))
 		util.PutBytes(msg)
 	}
@@ -138,9 +133,9 @@ func (ai *awdlInterface) handler() {
 		case p := <-ai.peer.linkOut:
 			send(p)
 			continue
-		case r := <-ai.fromAWDL:
+		case r := <-ai.fromlink:
 			ai.peer.handlePacket(r)
-			ai.awdl.core.switchTable.idleIn <- ai.peer.port
+			ai.link.core.switchTable.idleIn <- ai.peer.port
 		case <-ai.shutdown:
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/stream.go b/src/yggdrasil/stream.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d67ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/stream.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package yggdrasil
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/util"
+)
+
+type stream struct {
+	buffer []byte
+	cursor int
+}
+
+const streamMsgSize = 2048 + 65535
+
+var streamMsg = [...]byte{0xde, 0xad, 0xb1, 0x75} // "dead bits"
+
+func (s *stream) init() {
+	s.buffer = make([]byte, 2*streamMsgSize)
+	s.cursor = 0
+}
+
+// This reads from the channel into a []byte buffer for incoming messages. It
+// copies completed messages out of the cache into a new slice, and passes them
+// to the peer struct via the provided `in func([]byte)` argument. Then it
+// shifts the incomplete fragments of data forward so future reads won't
+// overwrite it.
+func (s *stream) write(bs []byte, in func([]byte)) error {
+	frag := s.buffer[:0]
+	if n := len(bs); n > 0 {
+		frag = append(frag, bs[:n]...)
+		msg, ok, err2 := stream_chopMsg(&frag)
+		if err2 != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("message error: %v", err2)
+		}
+		if !ok {
+			// We didn't get the whole message yet
+			return nil
+		}
+		newMsg := append(util.GetBytes(), msg...)
+		in(newMsg)
+		util.Yield()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// This takes a pointer to a slice as an argument. It checks if there's a
+// complete message and, if so, slices out those parts and returns the message,
+// true, and nil. If there's no error, but also no complete message, it returns
+// nil, false, and nil. If there's an error, it returns nil, false, and the
+// error, which the reader then handles (currently, by returning from the
+// reader, which causes the connection to close).
+func stream_chopMsg(bs *[]byte) ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	// Returns msg, ok, err
+	if len(*bs) < len(streamMsg) {
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+	for idx := range streamMsg {
+		if (*bs)[idx] != streamMsg[idx] {
+			return nil, false, errors.New("bad message")
+		}
+	}
+	msgLen, msgLenLen := wire_decode_uint64((*bs)[len(streamMsg):])
+	if msgLen > streamMsgSize {
+		return nil, false, errors.New("oversized message")
+	}
+	msgBegin := len(streamMsg) + msgLenLen
+	msgEnd := msgBegin + int(msgLen)
+	if msgLenLen == 0 || len(*bs) < msgEnd {
+		// We don't have the full message
+		// Need to buffer this and wait for the rest to come in
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+	msg := (*bs)[msgBegin:msgEnd]
+	(*bs) = (*bs)[msgEnd:]
+	return msg, true, nil
+}
+
+/*
+func (s *stream) chopMsg() ([]byte, bool, error) {
+	// Returns msg, ok, err
+	if len(s.buffer) < len(streamMsg) {
+		fmt.Println("*** too short")
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+	for idx := range streamMsg {
+		if s.buffer[idx] != streamMsg[idx] {
+			fmt.Println("*** bad message")
+			return nil, false, errors.New("bad message")
+		}
+	}
+	msgLen, msgLenLen := wire_decode_uint64((s.buffer)[len(streamMsg):])
+	if msgLen > streamMsgSize {
+		fmt.Println("*** oversized message")
+		return nil, false, errors.New("oversized message")
+	}
+	msgBegin := len(streamMsg) + msgLenLen
+	msgEnd := msgBegin + int(msgLen)
+	if msgLenLen == 0 || len(s.buffer) < msgEnd {
+		// We don't have the full message
+		// Need to buffer this and wait for the rest to come in
+		fmt.Println("*** still waiting")
+		return nil, false, nil
+	}
+	msg := s.buffer[msgBegin:msgEnd]
+	s.buffer = s.buffer[msgEnd:]
+	fmt.Println("*** done")
+	return msg, true, nil
+}
+*/
diff --git a/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go b/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
index 78e39ef..682796e 100644
--- a/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
+++ b/src/yggdrasil/tcp.go
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ package yggdrasil
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -32,21 +30,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/util"
 )
 
-const tcp_msgSize = 2048 + 65535 // TODO figure out what makes sense
-const default_tcp_timeout = 6 * time.Second
-const tcp_ping_interval = (default_tcp_timeout * 2 / 3)
+const default_timeout = 6 * time.Second
+const tcp_ping_interval = (default_timeout * 2 / 3)
 
 // The TCP listener and information about active TCP connections, to avoid duplication.
 type tcpInterface struct {
 	core        *Core
 	reconfigure chan chan error
 	serv        net.Listener
-	serv_stop   chan bool
-	tcp_timeout time.Duration
-	tcp_addr    string
+	stop        chan bool
+	timeout     time.Duration
+	addr        string
 	mutex       sync.Mutex // Protecting the below
 	calls       map[string]struct{}
 	conns       map[tcpInfo](chan struct{})
+	stream      stream
 }
 
 // This is used as the key to a map that tracks existing connections, to prevent multiple connections to the same keys and local/remote address pair from occuring.
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) connectSOCKS(socksaddr, peeraddr string) {
 // Initializes the struct.
 func (iface *tcpInterface) init(core *Core) (err error) {
 	iface.core = core
-	iface.serv_stop = make(chan bool, 1)
+	iface.stop = make(chan bool, 1)
 	iface.reconfigure = make(chan chan error, 1)
 	go func() {
 		for {
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) init(core *Core) (err error) {
 			updated := iface.core.config.Listen != iface.core.configOld.Listen
 			iface.core.configMutex.RUnlock()
 			if updated {
-				iface.serv_stop <- true
+				iface.stop <- true
 				iface.serv.Close()
 				e <- iface.listen()
 			} else {
@@ -111,19 +109,19 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) listen() error {
 	var err error
 
 	iface.core.configMutex.RLock()
-	iface.tcp_addr = iface.core.config.Listen
-	iface.tcp_timeout = time.Duration(iface.core.config.ReadTimeout) * time.Millisecond
+	iface.addr = iface.core.config.Listen
+	iface.timeout = time.Duration(iface.core.config.ReadTimeout) * time.Millisecond
 	iface.core.configMutex.RUnlock()
 
-	if iface.tcp_timeout >= 0 && iface.tcp_timeout < default_tcp_timeout {
-		iface.tcp_timeout = default_tcp_timeout
+	if iface.timeout >= 0 && iface.timeout < default_timeout {
+		iface.timeout = default_timeout
 	}
 
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	lc := net.ListenConfig{
 		Control: iface.tcpContext,
 	}
-	iface.serv, err = lc.Listen(ctx, "tcp", iface.tcp_addr)
+	iface.serv, err = lc.Listen(ctx, "tcp", iface.addr)
 	if err == nil {
 		iface.mutex.Lock()
 		iface.calls = make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) listener() {
 			return
 		}
 		select {
-		case <-iface.serv_stop:
+		case <-iface.stop:
 			iface.core.log.Println("Stopping listener")
 			return
 		default:
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) call(saddr string, socksaddr *string, sintf string) {
 		iface.mutex.Unlock()
 		defer func() {
 			// Block new calls for a little while, to mitigate livelock scenarios
-			time.Sleep(default_tcp_timeout)
+			time.Sleep(default_timeout)
 			time.Sleep(time.Duration(rand.Intn(1000)) * time.Millisecond)
 			iface.mutex.Lock()
 			delete(iface.calls, callname)
@@ -299,8 +297,8 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock net.Conn, incoming bool) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if iface.tcp_timeout > 0 {
-		sock.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(iface.tcp_timeout))
+	if iface.timeout > 0 {
+		sock.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(iface.timeout))
 	}
 	_, err = sock.Read(metaBytes)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -389,9 +387,9 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock net.Conn, incoming bool) {
 		// This goroutine waits for outgoing packets, link protocol traffic, or sends idle keep-alive traffic
 		send := func(msg []byte) {
 			msgLen := wire_encode_uint64(uint64(len(msg)))
-			buf := net.Buffers{tcp_msg[:], msgLen, msg}
+			buf := net.Buffers{streamMsg[:], msgLen, msg}
 			buf.WriteTo(sock)
-			atomic.AddUint64(&p.bytesSent, uint64(len(tcp_msg)+len(msgLen)+len(msg)))
+			atomic.AddUint64(&p.bytesSent, uint64(len(streamMsg)+len(msgLen)+len(msg)))
 			util.PutBytes(msg)
 		}
 		timerInterval := tcp_ping_interval
@@ -445,7 +443,21 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock net.Conn, incoming bool) {
 	themAddrString := net.IP(themAddr[:]).String()
 	themString := fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", themAddrString, them)
 	iface.core.log.Printf("Connected: %s, source: %s", themString, us)
-	err = iface.reader(sock, in) // In this goroutine, because of defers
+	iface.stream.init()
+	bs := make([]byte, 2*streamMsgSize)
+	var n int
+	for {
+		if iface.timeout > 0 {
+			sock.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(iface.timeout))
+		}
+		n, err = sock.Read(bs)
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		if n > 0 {
+			iface.stream.write(bs[:n], in)
+		}
+	}
 	if err == nil {
 		iface.core.log.Printf("Disconnected: %s, source: %s", themString, us)
 	} else {
@@ -453,75 +465,3 @@ func (iface *tcpInterface) handler(sock net.Conn, incoming bool) {
 	}
 	return
 }
-
-// This reads from the socket into a []byte buffer for incomping messages.
-// It copies completed messages out of the cache into a new slice, and passes them to the peer struct via the provided `in func([]byte)` argument.
-// Then it shifts the incomplete fragments of data forward so future reads won't overwrite it.
-func (iface *tcpInterface) reader(sock net.Conn, in func([]byte)) error {
-	bs := make([]byte, 2*tcp_msgSize)
-	frag := bs[:0]
-	for {
-		if iface.tcp_timeout > 0 {
-			sock.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(iface.tcp_timeout))
-		}
-		n, err := sock.Read(bs[len(frag):])
-		if n > 0 {
-			frag = bs[:len(frag)+n]
-			for {
-				msg, ok, err2 := tcp_chop_msg(&frag)
-				if err2 != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Message error: %v", err2)
-				}
-				if !ok {
-					// We didn't get the whole message yet
-					break
-				}
-				newMsg := append(util.GetBytes(), msg...)
-				in(newMsg)
-				util.Yield()
-			}
-			frag = append(bs[:0], frag...)
-		}
-		if err != nil || n == 0 {
-			if err != io.EOF {
-				return err
-			}
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-// These are 4 bytes of padding used to catch if something went horribly wrong with the tcp connection.
-var tcp_msg = [...]byte{0xde, 0xad, 0xb1, 0x75} // "dead bits"
-
-// This takes a pointer to a slice as an argument.
-// It checks if there's a complete message and, if so, slices out those parts and returns the message, true, and nil.
-// If there's no error, but also no complete message, it returns nil, false, and nil.
-// If there's an error, it returns nil, false, and the error, which the reader then handles (currently, by returning from the reader, which causes the connection to close).
-func tcp_chop_msg(bs *[]byte) ([]byte, bool, error) {
-	// Returns msg, ok, err
-	if len(*bs) < len(tcp_msg) {
-		return nil, false, nil
-	}
-	for idx := range tcp_msg {
-		if (*bs)[idx] != tcp_msg[idx] {
-			return nil, false, errors.New("Bad message!")
-		}
-	}
-	msgLen, msgLenLen := wire_decode_uint64((*bs)[len(tcp_msg):])
-	if msgLen > tcp_msgSize {
-		return nil, false, errors.New("Oversized message!")
-	}
-	msgBegin := len(tcp_msg) + msgLenLen
-	msgEnd := msgBegin + int(msgLen)
-	if msgLenLen == 0 || len(*bs) < msgEnd {
-		// We don't have the full message
-		// Need to buffer this and wait for the rest to come in
-		return nil, false, nil
-	}
-	msg := (*bs)[msgBegin:msgEnd]
-	(*bs) = (*bs)[msgEnd:]
-	return msg, true, nil
-}