diff --git a/src/benches.rs b/src/benches.rs
index 694ba4b..b3ec0e0 100644
--- a/src/benches.rs
+++ b/src/benches.rs
@@ -5,13 +5,19 @@
 use test::Bencher;
 
 use std::str::FromStr;
-use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+use std::net::{UdpSocket, ToSocketAddrs, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4};
+use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 
+use super::cloud::GenericCloud;
+use super::device::Device;
 use super::udpmessage::{Options, Message, encode, decode};
 use super::crypto::{Crypto, CryptoMethod};
 use super::ethernet::{Frame, SwitchTable};
 use super::types::{Address, Table, Protocol};
 use super::ip::Packet;
+use super::util::now as util_now;
+
+use epoll;
 
 #[bench]
 fn crypto_salsa20(b: &mut Bencher) {
@@ -117,3 +123,62 @@ fn ipv6_parse(b: &mut Bencher) {
         Packet::parse(&data).unwrap()
     })
 }
+
+#[bench]
+fn now(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    b.iter(|| {
+        util_now()
+    })
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn epoll_wait(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let socket = UdpSocket::bind("0.0.0.0:0").unwrap();
+    let epoll_handle = epoll::create1(0).unwrap();
+    let fd = socket.as_raw_fd();
+    let mut event = epoll::EpollEvent{events: epoll::util::event_type::EPOLLOUT, data: 0};
+    epoll::ctl(epoll_handle, epoll::util::ctl_op::ADD, fd, &mut event).unwrap();
+    let mut events = [epoll::EpollEvent{events: 0, data: 0}; 1];
+    b.iter(|| {
+        epoll::wait(epoll_handle, &mut events, 1000).unwrap()
+    });
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn handle_interface_data(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let mut node = GenericCloud::<Frame>::new(
+        Device::dummy("vpncloud0", "/dev/null").unwrap(), "127.0.0.1:0", None,
+        Box::new(SwitchTable::new(300)), 1800, true, true, vec![], Crypto::None
+    );
+    let mut data = [0; 1500];
+    data[105] = 45;
+    b.iter(|| {
+        node.handle_interface_data(&mut data, 100, 1400).unwrap()
+    });
+    b.bytes = 1400;
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn handle_net_message(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let mut node = GenericCloud::<Frame>::new(
+        Device::dummy("vpncloud0", "/dev/null").unwrap(), "127.0.0.1:0", None,
+        Box::new(SwitchTable::new(300)), 1800, true, true, vec![], Crypto::None
+    );
+    let addr = SocketAddr::V4(SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::new(127, 0, 0, 1), 1));
+    let mut data = [0; 1500];
+    data[105] = 45;
+    b.iter(|| {
+        node.handle_net_message(addr.clone(), Options::default(), Message::Data(&mut data, 0, 1400)).unwrap()
+    });
+    b.bytes = 1400;
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn udp_send(b: &mut Bencher) {
+    let sock = UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+    let data = [0; 1400];
+    b.iter(|| {
+        sock.send_to(&data, "127.0.0.1:1").unwrap()
+    });
+    b.bytes = 1400;
+}
diff --git a/src/cloud.rs b/src/cloud.rs
index 338b704..c2567fb 100644
--- a/src/cloud.rs
+++ b/src/cloud.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::hash::Hasher;
 use std::net::UdpSocket;
 use std::io::Read;
+use std::io::Result as IoResult;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
@@ -171,6 +172,16 @@ impl<P: Protocol> GenericCloud<P> {
         }
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn address(&self) -> IoResult<SocketAddr> {
+        self.socket.local_addr()
+    }
+
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn peer_count(&self) -> usize {
+        self.peers.len()
+    }
+
     pub fn connect<Addr: ToSocketAddrs+fmt::Display>(&mut self, addr: Addr, reconnect: bool) -> Result<(), Error> {
         if let Ok(mut addrs) = addr.to_socket_addrs() {
             while let Some(a) = addrs.next() {
@@ -225,7 +236,7 @@ impl<P: Protocol> GenericCloud<P> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn handle_interface_data(&mut self, payload: &mut [u8], start: usize, end: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub fn handle_interface_data(&mut self, payload: &mut [u8], start: usize, end: usize) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let (src, dst) = try!(P::parse(&payload[start..end]));
         debug!("Read data from interface: src: {}, dst: {}, {} bytes", src, dst, end-start);
         match self.table.lookup(&dst) {
@@ -250,7 +261,7 @@ impl<P: Protocol> GenericCloud<P> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn handle_net_message(&mut self, peer: SocketAddr, options: Options, msg: Message) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub fn handle_net_message(&mut self, peer: SocketAddr, options: Options, msg: Message) -> Result<(), Error> {
         if self.options.network_id != options.network_id {
             info!("Ignoring message from {} with wrong token {:?}", peer, options.network_id);
             return Err(Error::WrongNetwork(options.network_id));
diff --git a/src/device.rs b/src/device.rs
index 121d680..6239f30 100644
--- a/src/device.rs
+++ b/src/device.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ impl Device {
         }
     }
 
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn dummy(ifname: &str, path: &str) -> IoResult<Self> {
+        Ok(Device{fd: try!(fs::OpenOptions::new().create(true).read(true).write(true).open(path)), ifname: ifname.to_string()})
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn ifname(&self) -> &str {
         &self.ifname