diff --git a/inside.go b/inside.go
index 0d53f95..0f6e18e 100644
--- a/inside.go
+++ b/inside.go
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/header"
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/iputil"
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/noiseutil"
+	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/packet"
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/routing"
 )
 
-func (f *Interface) consumeInsidePacket(packet []byte, fwPacket *firewall.Packet, nb, out []byte, q int, localCache firewall.ConntrackCache) {
+func (f *Interface) consumeInsidePacket(packet []byte, fwPacket *firewall.Packet, nb []byte, out *packet.Packet, q int, localCache firewall.ConntrackCache) {
 	err := newPacket(packet, false, fwPacket)
 	if err != nil {
 		if f.l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (f *Interface) consumeInsidePacket(packet []byte, fwPacket *firewall.Packet
 	})
 
 	if hostinfo == nil {
-		f.rejectInside(packet, out, q)
+		f.rejectInside(packet, out.Payload, q) //todo vector?
 		if f.l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 			f.l.WithField("vpnAddr", fwPacket.RemoteAddr).
 				WithField("fwPacket", fwPacket).
@@ -68,10 +69,9 @@ func (f *Interface) consumeInsidePacket(packet []byte, fwPacket *firewall.Packet
 
 	dropReason := f.firewall.Drop(*fwPacket, false, hostinfo, f.pki.GetCAPool(), localCache)
 	if dropReason == nil {
-		f.sendNoMetrics(header.Message, 0, hostinfo.ConnectionState, hostinfo, netip.AddrPort{}, packet, nb, out, q)
-
+		f.sendNoMetricsDelayed(header.Message, 0, hostinfo.ConnectionState, hostinfo, netip.AddrPort{}, packet, nb, out, q)
 	} else {
-		f.rejectInside(packet, out, q)
+		f.rejectInside(packet, out.Payload, q) //todo vector?
 		if f.l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
 			hostinfo.logger(f.l).
 				WithField("fwPacket", fwPacket).
@@ -410,3 +410,81 @@ func (f *Interface) sendNoMetrics(t header.MessageType, st header.MessageSubType
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func (f *Interface) sendNoMetricsDelayed(t header.MessageType, st header.MessageSubType, ci *ConnectionState, hostinfo *HostInfo, remote netip.AddrPort, p, nb []byte, out *packet.Packet, q int) {
+	if ci.eKey == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	useRelay := !remote.IsValid() && !hostinfo.remote.IsValid()
+	fullOut := out.Payload
+
+	if useRelay {
+		if len(out.Payload) < header.Len {
+			// out always has a capacity of mtu, but not always a length greater than the header.Len.
+			// Grow it to make sure the next operation works.
+			out.Payload = out.Payload[:header.Len]
+		}
+		// Save a header's worth of data at the front of the 'out' buffer.
+		out.Payload = out.Payload[header.Len:]
+	}
+
+	if noiseutil.EncryptLockNeeded {
+		// NOTE: for goboring AESGCMTLS we need to lock because of the nonce check
+		ci.writeLock.Lock()
+	}
+	c := ci.messageCounter.Add(1)
+
+	//l.WithField("trace", string(debug.Stack())).Error("out Header ", &Header{Version, t, st, 0, hostinfo.remoteIndexId, c}, p)
+	out.Payload = header.Encode(out.Payload, header.Version, t, st, hostinfo.remoteIndexId, c)
+	f.connectionManager.Out(hostinfo)
+
+	// Query our LH if we haven't since the last time we've been rebound, this will cause the remote to punch against
+	// all our addrs and enable a faster roaming.
+	if t != header.CloseTunnel && hostinfo.lastRebindCount != f.rebindCount {
+		//NOTE: there is an update hole if a tunnel isn't used and exactly 256 rebinds occur before the tunnel is
+		// finally used again. This tunnel would eventually be torn down and recreated if this action didn't help.
+		f.lightHouse.QueryServer(hostinfo.vpnAddrs[0])
+		hostinfo.lastRebindCount = f.rebindCount
+		if f.l.Level >= logrus.DebugLevel {
+			f.l.WithField("vpnAddrs", hostinfo.vpnAddrs).Debug("Lighthouse update triggered for punch due to rebind counter")
+		}
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	out.Payload, err = ci.eKey.EncryptDanger(out.Payload, out.Payload, p, c, nb)
+	if noiseutil.EncryptLockNeeded {
+		ci.writeLock.Unlock()
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		hostinfo.logger(f.l).WithError(err).
+			WithField("udpAddr", remote).WithField("counter", c).
+			WithField("attemptedCounter", c).
+			Error("Failed to encrypt outgoing packet")
+		return
+	}
+
+	if remote.IsValid() {
+		err = f.writers[q].Prep(out, remote)
+		if err != nil {
+			hostinfo.logger(f.l).WithError(err).WithField("udpAddr", remote).Error("Failed to write outgoing packet")
+		}
+	} else if hostinfo.remote.IsValid() {
+		err = f.writers[q].Prep(out, hostinfo.remote)
+		if err != nil {
+			hostinfo.logger(f.l).WithError(err).WithField("udpAddr", remote).Error("Failed to write outgoing packet")
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Try to send via a relay
+		for _, relayIP := range hostinfo.relayState.CopyRelayIps() {
+			relayHostInfo, relay, err := f.hostMap.QueryVpnAddrsRelayFor(hostinfo.vpnAddrs, relayIP)
+			if err != nil {
+				hostinfo.relayState.DeleteRelay(relayIP)
+				hostinfo.logger(f.l).WithField("relay", relayIP).WithError(err).Info("sendNoMetrics failed to find HostInfo")
+				continue
+			}
+			//todo vector!!
+			f.SendVia(relayHostInfo, relay, out.Payload, nb, fullOut[:header.Len+len(out.Payload)], true)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/interface.go b/interface.go
index e6da5b8..cefd330 100644
--- a/interface.go
+++ b/interface.go
@@ -318,15 +318,16 @@ func (f *Interface) listenIn(reader overlay.TunDev, queueNum int) {
 	for i := 0; i < batch; i++ {
 		originalPackets[i] = make([]byte, 0xffff)
 	}
-	out := make([]byte, mtu)
 	fwPacket := &firewall.Packet{}
 	nb := make([]byte, 12, 12)
 
 	conntrackCache := firewall.NewConntrackCacheTicker(f.conntrackCacheTimeout)
 
 	packets := make([]*packet.VirtIOPacket, batch)
+	outPackets := make([]*packet.Packet, batch)
 	for i := 0; i < batch; i++ {
 		packets[i] = packet.NewVIO()
+		outPackets[i] = packet.New(false) //todo?
 	}
 
 	for {
@@ -343,9 +344,13 @@ func (f *Interface) listenIn(reader overlay.TunDev, queueNum int) {
 			os.Exit(2)
 		}
 
-		//todo vectorize
-		for _, pkt := range packets[:n] {
-			f.consumeInsidePacket(pkt.Payload, fwPacket, nb, out, queueNum, conntrackCache.Get(f.l))
+		for i, pkt := range packets[:n] {
+			outPackets[i].OutLen = -1
+			f.consumeInsidePacket(pkt.Payload, fwPacket, nb, outPackets[i], queueNum, conntrackCache.Get(f.l))
+		}
+		_, err = f.writers[queueNum].WriteBatch(outPackets[:n])
+		if err != nil {
+			f.l.WithError(err).Error("Error while writing outbound packets")
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/packet/packet.go b/packet/packet.go
index 8eeb448..2b7a43b 100644
--- a/packet/packet.go
+++ b/packet/packet.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"iter"
 	"net/netip"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
@@ -73,6 +75,32 @@ func (p *Packet) Update(ctrlLen int) {
 	p.updateCtrl(ctrlLen)
 }
 
+func (p *Packet) SetSegSizeForTX() {
+	p.SegSize = len(p.Payload)
+	hdr := (*unix.Cmsghdr)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.Control[0]))
+	hdr.Level = unix.SOL_UDP
+	hdr.Type = unix.UDP_SEGMENT
+	hdr.SetLen(syscall.CmsgLen(2))
+	//setCmsgLen(hdr, unix.CmsgLen(2))
+	binary.NativeEndian.PutUint16(p.Control[unix.CmsgLen(0):unix.CmsgLen(0)+2], uint16(p.SegSize))
+	//data := p.Control[syscall.CmsgSpace(0)-syscall.CmsgSpace(2)+syscall.SizeofCmsghdr:]
+	//binary.NativeEndian.PutUint16(data, uint16(p.SegSize))
+}
+
+func (p *Packet) CompatibleForSegmentationWith(otherP *Packet) bool {
+	//same dest
+
+	if p.AddrPort() != otherP.AddrPort() {
+		return false //todo more efficient?
+	}
+
+	//same body len
+	if len(p.Payload) != len(otherP.Payload) {
+		return false //todo technically you can cram one extra in
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (p *Packet) Segments() iter.Seq[[]byte] {
 	return func(yield func([]byte) bool) {
 		//cursor := 0
diff --git a/udp/conn.go b/udp/conn.go
index d7583f2..ba26c00 100644
--- a/udp/conn.go
+++ b/udp/conn.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ type Conn interface {
 	ListenOut(r EncReader)
 	WriteTo(b []byte, addr netip.AddrPort) error
 	ReloadConfig(c *config.C)
+	Prep(pkt *packet.Packet, addr netip.AddrPort) error
+	WriteBatch(pkt []*packet.Packet) (int, error)
 	Close() error
 }
 
diff --git a/udp/udp_linux.go b/udp/udp_linux.go
index dac89d6..187e411 100644
--- a/udp/udp_linux.go
+++ b/udp/udp_linux.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/config"
+	"github.com/slackhq/nebula/packet"
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
@@ -191,6 +192,124 @@ func (u *StdConn) WriteToBatch(b []byte, ip netip.AddrPort) error {
 	return u.writeTo6(b, ip)
 }
 
+func (u *StdConn) Prep(pkt *packet.Packet, addr netip.AddrPort) error {
+	nl, err := u.encodeSockaddr(pkt.Name, addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	pkt.Name = pkt.Name[:nl]
+	pkt.OutLen = len(pkt.Payload)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (u *StdConn) WriteBatch(pkts []*packet.Packet) (int, error) {
+	if len(pkts) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	msgs := make([]rawMessage, 0, len(pkts)) //todo recycle
+	iovs := make([][]iovec, 0, len(pkts))
+
+	sent := 0
+
+	var mostRecentPkt *packet.Packet
+	//segmenting := false
+	idx := 0
+	for _, pkt := range pkts {
+		if len(pkt.Payload) == 0 || pkt.OutLen == -1 {
+			sent++
+			continue
+		}
+		lastIdx := idx - 1
+		if mostRecentPkt != nil && pkt.CompatibleForSegmentationWith(mostRecentPkt) && msgs[lastIdx].Hdr.Iovlen < 4 {
+
+			msgs[lastIdx].Hdr.Controllen = uint64(len(mostRecentPkt.Control))
+			msgs[lastIdx].Hdr.Control = &mostRecentPkt.Control[0]
+			msgs[lastIdx].Hdr.Iovlen++
+			iovs[lastIdx] = append(iovs[lastIdx], iovec{
+				Base: &pkt.Payload[0],
+				Len:  uint64(len(pkt.Payload)),
+			})
+			mostRecentPkt.SetSegSizeForTX()
+		} else {
+			msgs = append(msgs, rawMessage{})
+			iovs = append(iovs, make([]iovec, 1, 8)) //todo
+			iovs[idx][0] = iovec{
+				Base: &pkt.Payload[0],
+				Len:  uint64(len(pkt.Payload)),
+			}
+
+			msg := &msgs[idx]
+			iov := &iovs[idx][0]
+			idx++
+
+			msg.Hdr.Iov = iov
+			msg.Hdr.Iovlen = 1
+			setRawMessageControl(msg, nil)
+			msg.Hdr.Flags = 0
+
+			msg.Hdr.Name = &pkt.Name[0]
+			msg.Hdr.Namelen = uint32(len(pkt.Name))
+			mostRecentPkt = pkt
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	if len(msgs) == 0 {
+		return sent, nil
+	}
+
+	offset := 0
+	for offset < len(msgs) {
+		n, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(
+			unix.SYS_SENDMMSG,
+			uintptr(u.sysFd),
+			uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&msgs[offset])),
+			uintptr(len(msgs)-offset),
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+		)
+
+		if errno != 0 {
+			if errno == unix.EINTR {
+				continue
+			}
+			return sent + offset, &net.OpError{Op: "sendmmsg", Err: errno}
+		}
+
+		if n == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+		offset += int(n)
+	}
+
+	return sent + len(msgs), nil
+}
+
+func (u *StdConn) encodeSockaddr(dst []byte, addr netip.AddrPort) (uint32, error) {
+	if u.isV4 {
+		if !addr.Addr().Is4() {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("Listener is IPv4, but writing to IPv6 remote")
+		}
+		var sa unix.RawSockaddrInet4
+		sa.Family = unix.AF_INET
+		sa.Addr = addr.Addr().As4()
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint16((*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa.Port))[:], addr.Port())
+		size := unix.SizeofSockaddrInet4
+		copy(dst[:size], (*(*[unix.SizeofSockaddrInet4]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa)))[:])
+		return uint32(size), nil
+	}
+
+	var sa unix.RawSockaddrInet6
+	sa.Family = unix.AF_INET6
+	sa.Addr = addr.Addr().As16()
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16((*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa.Port))[:], addr.Port())
+	size := unix.SizeofSockaddrInet6
+	copy(dst[:size], (*(*[unix.SizeofSockaddrInet6]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa)))[:])
+	return uint32(size), nil
+}
+
 func (u *StdConn) writeTo6(b []byte, ip netip.AddrPort) error {
 	var rsa unix.RawSockaddrInet6
 	rsa.Family = unix.AF_INET6
diff --git a/udp/udp_linux_64.go b/udp/udp_linux_64.go
index 8e778f0..e9e3ccb 100644
--- a/udp/udp_linux_64.go
+++ b/udp/udp_linux_64.go
@@ -80,3 +80,13 @@ func (u *StdConn) PrepareRawMessages(n int, isV4 bool) ([]rawMessage, []*packet.
 
 	return msgs, packets
 }
+
+func setIovecSlice(iov *iovec, b []byte) {
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		iov.Base = nil
+		iov.Len = 0
+		return
+	}
+	iov.Base = &b[0]
+	iov.Len = uint64(len(b))
+}