diff --git a/internal/client/auth.go b/internal/client/auth.go
index 3740eb1..d26ebc3 100644
--- a/internal/client/auth.go
+++ b/internal/client/auth.go
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
+const (
+	UNORDERED_FLAG = 0x01 // 0000 0001
+)
+
 func makeHiddenData(sta *State) (random, TLSsessionID, keyShare, sharedSecret []byte) {
 	// random is marshalled ephemeral pub key 32 bytes
-	// TLSsessionID || keyShare is [encrypted UID 16 bytes, proxy method 12 bytes, encryption method 1 byte, timestamp 8 bytes, sessionID 4 bytes] [unused data] [16 bytes authentication tag]
+	// TLSsessionID || keyShare is [encrypted UID 16 bytes, proxy method 12 bytes, encryption method 1 byte, timestamp 8 bytes, sessionID 4 bytes] [1 byte flag] [6 bytes reserved] [16 bytes authentication tag]
 	ephPv, ephPub, _ := ecdh.GenerateKey(rand.Reader)
 	random = ecdh.Marshal(ephPub)
 
@@ -21,6 +25,10 @@ func makeHiddenData(sta *State) (random, TLSsessionID, keyShare, sharedSecret []
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(plaintext[29:37], uint64(sta.Now().Unix()))
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(plaintext[37:41], atomic.LoadUint32(&sta.SessionID))
 
+	if sta.Unordered {
+		plaintext[41] |= UNORDERED_FLAG
+	}
+
 	sharedSecret = ecdh.GenerateSharedSecret(ephPv, sta.staticPub)
 	nonce := random[0:12]
 	ciphertext, _ := util.AESGCMEncrypt(nonce, sharedSecret, plaintext)
diff --git a/internal/client/state.go b/internal/client/state.go
index 0d44229..b5283ed 100644
--- a/internal/client/state.go
+++ b/internal/client/state.go
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ type rawConfig struct {
 	PublicKey        string
 	BrowserSig       string
 	Unordered        bool
-
-	NumConn int
+	NumConn          int
 }
 
 // State stores global variables
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ type State struct {
 	EncryptionMethod byte
 	ServerName       string
 	NumConn          int
+	Unordered        bool
 }
 
 func InitState(localHost, localPort, remoteHost, remotePort string, nowFunc func() time.Time) *State {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func ssvToJson(ssv string) (ret []byte) {
 		value := sp[1]
 		// JSON doesn't like quotation marks around int
 		// Yes this is extremely ugly but it's still better than writing a tokeniser
-		if key == "NumConn" {
+		if key == "NumConn" || key == "Unordered" {
 			ret = append(ret, []byte(`"`+key+`":`+value+`,`)...)
 		} else {
 			ret = append(ret, []byte(`"`+key+`":"`+value+`",`)...)
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func (sta *State) ParseConfig(conf string) (err error) {
 	sta.ProxyMethod = preParse.ProxyMethod
 	sta.ServerName = preParse.ServerName
 	sta.NumConn = preParse.NumConn
+	sta.Unordered = preParse.Unordered
 
 	uid, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(preParse.UID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/multiplex/session.go b/internal/multiplex/session.go
index 210d3a4..cf4b98e 100644
--- a/internal/multiplex/session.go
+++ b/internal/multiplex/session.go
@@ -25,12 +25,7 @@ type Obfuscator struct {
 	SessionKey []byte
 }
 
-type SwitchboardStrategy int
-
-const (
-	FixedConnMapping SwitchboardStrategy = iota
-	Uniform
-)
+type switchboardStrategy int
 
 type SessionConfig struct {
 	*Obfuscator
@@ -41,8 +36,6 @@ type SessionConfig struct {
 	UnitRead func(net.Conn, []byte) (int, error)
 
 	Unordered bool
-
-	SwitchboardStrategy SwitchboardStrategy
 }
 
 type Session struct {
@@ -84,9 +77,12 @@ func MakeSession(id uint32, config *SessionConfig) *Session {
 	}
 
 	sbConfig := &switchboardConfig{
-		Valve:     config.Valve,
-		unordered: config.Unordered,
-		strategy:  config.SwitchboardStrategy,
+		Valve: config.Valve,
+	}
+	if config.Unordered {
+		sbConfig.strategy = UNIFORM_SPREAD
+	} else {
+		sbConfig.strategy = FIXED_CONN_MAPPING
 	}
 	sesh.sb = makeSwitchboard(sesh, sbConfig)
 	go sesh.timeoutAfter(30 * time.Second)
diff --git a/internal/multiplex/switchboard.go b/internal/multiplex/switchboard.go
index 8a98a30..bec8c5f 100644
--- a/internal/multiplex/switchboard.go
+++ b/internal/multiplex/switchboard.go
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 )
 
+const (
+	FIXED_CONN_MAPPING switchboardStrategy = iota
+	UNIFORM_SPREAD
+)
+
 type switchboardConfig struct {
 	Valve
-	unordered bool
-	strategy  SwitchboardStrategy
+	strategy switchboardStrategy
 }
 
 // switchboard is responsible for keeping the reference of TLS connections between client and server
@@ -64,34 +68,39 @@ func (sb *switchboard) removeConn(connId uint32) {
 
 // a pointer to connId is passed here so that the switchboard can reassign it
 func (sb *switchboard) send(data []byte, connId *uint32) (int, error) {
-	sb.Valve.rxWait(len(data))
 	sb.connsM.RLock()
 	defer sb.connsM.RUnlock()
-	var conn net.Conn
-	conn, ok := sb.conns[*connId]
-	if ok {
-		n, err := conn.Write(data)
-		sb.Valve.AddTx(int64(n))
-		return n, err
-	} else {
-		// do not call assignRandomConn() here.
-		// we'll have to do connsM.RLock() after we get a new connId from assignRandomConn, in order to
-		// get the new conn through conns[newConnId]
-		// however between connsM.RUnlock() in assignRandomConn and our call to connsM.RLock(), things may happen.
-		// in particular if newConnId is removed between the RUnlock and RLock, conns[newConnId] will return
-		// a nil pointer. To prevent this we must get newConnId and the reference to conn itself in one single mutex
-		// protection
-		if atomic.LoadUint32(&sb.broken) == 1 || len(sb.conns) == 0 {
-			return 0, errBrokenSwitchboard
-		}
-		newConnId := rand.Intn(len(sb.conns))
-		conn, ok = sb.conns[uint32(newConnId)]
+	if sb.strategy == UNIFORM_SPREAD {
+		randConnId := rand.Intn(len(sb.conns))
+		conn, ok := sb.conns[uint32(randConnId)]
 		if !ok {
 			return 0, errBrokenSwitchboard
 		} else {
-			n, err := conn.Write(data)
-			sb.Valve.AddTx(int64(n))
-			return n, err
+			return conn.Write(data)
+		}
+	} else {
+		var conn net.Conn
+		conn, ok := sb.conns[*connId]
+		if ok {
+			return conn.Write(data)
+		} else {
+			// do not call assignRandomConn() here.
+			// we'll have to do connsM.RLock() after we get a new connId from assignRandomConn, in order to
+			// get the new conn through conns[newConnId]
+			// however between connsM.RUnlock() in assignRandomConn and our call to connsM.RLock(), things may happen.
+			// in particular if newConnId is removed between the RUnlock and RLock, conns[newConnId] will return
+			// a nil pointer. To prevent this we must get newConnId and the reference to conn itself in one single mutex
+			// protection
+			if atomic.LoadUint32(&sb.broken) == 1 || len(sb.conns) == 0 {
+				return 0, errBrokenSwitchboard
+			}
+			newConnId := rand.Intn(len(sb.conns))
+			conn, ok = sb.conns[uint32(newConnId)]
+			if !ok {
+				return 0, errBrokenSwitchboard
+			} else {
+				return conn.Write(data)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/multiplex/switchboard_test.go b/internal/multiplex/switchboard_test.go
index 89e410f..756cc83 100644
--- a/internal/multiplex/switchboard_test.go
+++ b/internal/multiplex/switchboard_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package multiplex
 
 import (
-	"github.com/cbeuw/Cloak/internal/util"
 	"math/rand"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -10,13 +9,17 @@ func BenchmarkSwitchboard_Send(b *testing.B) {
 	seshConfig := &SessionConfig{
 		Obfuscator: nil,
 		Valve:      nil,
-		UnitRead:   util.ReadTLS,
+		UnitRead:   nil,
 	}
 	sesh := MakeSession(0, seshConfig)
-
+	sbConfig := &switchboardConfig{
+		Valve:    UNLIMITED_VALVE,
+		strategy: FIXED_CONN_MAPPING,
+	}
+	sb := makeSwitchboard(sesh, sbConfig)
 	hole := newBlackHole()
-	sesh.sb.addConn(hole)
-	connId, err := sesh.sb.assignRandomConn()
+	sb.addConn(hole)
+	connId, err := sb.assignRandomConn()
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Error("failed to get a random conn", err)
 		return
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ func BenchmarkSwitchboard_Send(b *testing.B) {
 	rand.Read(data)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		n, err := sesh.sb.send(data, &connId)
+		n, err := sb.send(data, &connId)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.Error(err)
 			return
@@ -33,34 +36,3 @@ func BenchmarkSwitchboard_Send(b *testing.B) {
 		b.SetBytes(int64(n))
 	}
 }
-
-func TestSwitchboard_TxCredit(t *testing.T) {
-	seshConfig := &SessionConfig{
-		Obfuscator: nil,
-		Valve:      MakeValve(1<<20, 1<<20),
-		UnitRead:   util.ReadTLS,
-	}
-	sesh := MakeSession(0, seshConfig)
-	hole := newBlackHole()
-	sesh.sb.addConn(hole)
-	connId, err := sesh.sb.assignRandomConn()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error("failed to get a random conn", err)
-		return
-	}
-	data := make([]byte, 1000)
-	rand.Read(data)
-
-	n, err := sesh.sb.send(data[:10], &connId)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-		return
-	}
-	if n != 10 {
-		t.Errorf("wanted to send %v, got %v", 10, n)
-		return
-	}
-	if *sesh.sb.Valve.(*LimitedValve).tx != 10 {
-		t.Error("tx credit didn't increase by 10")
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/server/auth.go b/internal/server/auth.go
index 761dd7a..e7dbb3d 100644
--- a/internal/server/auth.go
+++ b/internal/server/auth.go
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ type ClientInfo struct {
 	SessionId        uint32
 	ProxyMethod      string
 	EncryptionMethod byte
+	Unordered        bool
 }
 
+const (
+	UNORDERED_FLAG = 0x01 // 0000 0001
+)
+
 var ErrReplay = errors.New("duplicate random")
 var ErrInvalidPubKey = errors.New("public key has invalid format")
 var ErrCiphertextLength = errors.New("ciphertext has the wrong length")
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ func TouchStone(ch *ClientHello, sta *State) (info ClientInfo, sharedSecret []by
 		SessionId:        0,
 		ProxyMethod:      string(bytes.Trim(plaintext[16:28], "\x00")),
 		EncryptionMethod: plaintext[28],
+		Unordered:        plaintext[41]&UNORDERED_FLAG != 0,
 	}
 
 	timestamp := int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(plaintext[29:37]))