diff --git a/src/network/packet.rs b/src/network/packet.rs
index 1fa0b12..8b2dff9 100644
--- a/src/network/packet.rs
+++ b/src/network/packet.rs
@@ -391,6 +391,12 @@ async fn handle_packet_register_ack(
         return Ok(());
     };
 
+    let via_multicast = is_multi_broadcast(&dst_mac);
+    if via_multicast && src_mac == eee.device_config.get_mac() {
+        debug!("skipping register ack from self");
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
     debug!(
         "Rx REGISTER ACK from {} [{}] to {} via {}",
         mac_to_string(&src_mac),
@@ -661,10 +667,7 @@ async fn register_with_new_peer(
 }
 
 async fn register_with_local_peers(eee: &Node) {
-    if eee.config.allow_p2p {
-        debug!("send register to multicast sock");
-        send_register(eee, &eee.multicast_sock, NULL_MAC, &None).await;
-    }
+    send_register(eee, &eee.multicast_sock, NULL_MAC, &None).await;
 }
 
 async fn send_register(eee: &Node, sock: &SdlanSock, mac: Mac, _v6_info: &Option<V6Info>) {
diff --git a/src/network/tun_linux.rs b/src/network/tun_linux.rs
index 7c12123..66a5840 100644
--- a/src/network/tun_linux.rs
+++ b/src/network/tun_linux.rs
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ impl TunTapPacketHandler for Iface {
                         }
                     }
 
-                    println!("got ip packet");
-                    println!("got data: {:?}", rest);
+                    // println!("got ip packet");
+                    // println!("got data: {:?}", rest);
                     match edge.device.send(rest) {
                         Ok(size) => {
                             debug!("send to tun {} bytes", size);
diff --git a/src/network/tuntap.rs b/src/network/tuntap.rs
index bbc3cd3..abc7978 100644
--- a/src/network/tuntap.rs
+++ b/src/network/tuntap.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use etherparse::Ethernet2Header;
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use sdlan_sn_rs::{
     config::SDLAN_DEFAULT_TTL,
-    utils::{aes_encrypt, get_current_timestamp, ip_to_string, mac_to_string, Mac},
+    utils::{aes_encrypt, get_current_timestamp, ip_to_string, Mac},
 };
 
 use tracing::error;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
     network::{form_ethernet_packet, send_packet_to_net},
     pb::{encode_to_udp_message, SdlData},
     tcp::PacketType,
+    utils::mac_to_string,
 };
 
 use super::get_edge;