diff --git a/src/DSi_NWifi.cpp b/src/DSi_NWifi.cpp
index 81627080..76cfe77d 100644
--- a/src/DSi_NWifi.cpp
+++ b/src/DSi_NWifi.cpp
@@ -1443,19 +1443,25 @@ void DSi_NWifi::CheckRX()
         return;
 
     int rxlen = Platform::LAN_RecvPacket(LANBuffer, DSi.UserData);
-    if (rxlen > 0)
+    while (rxlen > 0)
     {
         //printf("WMI packet recv %04X %04X %04X\n", *(u16*)&LANBuffer[0], *(u16*)&LANBuffer[2], *(u16*)&LANBuffer[4]);
         // check destination MAC
         if (*(u32*)&LANBuffer[0] != 0xFFFFFFFF || *(u16*)&LANBuffer[4] != 0xFFFF)
         {
             if (memcmp(&LANBuffer[0], &EEPROM[0x00A], 6))
-                return;
+            {
+                rxlen = Platform::LAN_RecvPacket(LANBuffer, DSi.UserData);
+                continue;
+            }
         }
 
         // check source MAC, in case we get a packet we just sent out
         if (!memcmp(&LANBuffer[6], &EEPROM[0x00A], 6))
-            return;
+        {
+            rxlen = Platform::LAN_RecvPacket(LANBuffer, DSi.UserData);
+            continue;
+        }
 
         // packet is good
 
diff --git a/src/WifiAP.cpp b/src/WifiAP.cpp
index 8d26f81b..a782b323 100644
--- a/src/WifiAP.cpp
+++ b/src/WifiAP.cpp
@@ -369,13 +369,22 @@ int WifiAP::RecvPacket(u8* data)
     if (ClientStatus < 2) return 0;
 
     int rxlen = Platform::LAN_RecvPacket(LANBuffer, UserData);
-    if (rxlen > 0)
+    while (rxlen > 0)
     {
         // check destination MAC
         if (!MACIsBroadcast(&LANBuffer[0]))
         {
             if (!MACEqual(&LANBuffer[0], Client->GetMAC()))
-                return 0;
+            {
+                rxlen = Platform::LAN_RecvPacket(LANBuffer, UserData);
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (MACEqual(&LANBuffer[6], Client->GetMAC()))
+        {
+            rxlen = Platform::LAN_RecvPacket(LANBuffer, UserData);
+            continue;
         }
 
         // packet is good
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
index c6dfc158..b39bf040 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "EmuInstance.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "Platform.h"
+#include "Net.h"
 #include "LocalMP.h"
 
 #include "NDS.h"
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ EmuInstance::EmuInstance(int inst) : instanceID(inst),
     audioInit();
     inputInit();
 
+    Net::RegisterInstance(instanceID);
+
     emuThread = new EmuThread(this);
 
     numWindows = 0;
@@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ EmuInstance::~EmuInstance()
     emuThread->wait();
     delete emuThread;
 
+    Net::UnregisterInstance(instanceID);
+
     audioDeInit();
     inputDeInit();
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.cpp
index 6e64a5b6..7a71bab6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <QMutex>
 #include "Net.h"
-#include "FIFO.h"
+#include "PacketDispatcher.h"
 #include "Platform.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 
@@ -35,22 +35,21 @@ using Platform::LogLevel;
 bool Inited = false;
 bool DirectMode;
 
-QMutex RXMutex;
-RingBuffer<0x10000> RXBuffer;
+PacketDispatcher Dispatcher;
 
 
 bool Init()
 {
     if (Inited) DeInit();
 
-    RXBuffer.Clear();
+    Dispatcher.clear();
 
     Config::Table cfg = Config::GetGlobalTable();
     DirectMode = cfg.GetBool("LAN.DirectMode");
 
     bool ret = false;
     if (DirectMode)
-        ret = Net_PCap::Init();
+        ret = Net_PCap::Init(true);
     else
         ret = Net_Slirp::Init();
 
@@ -71,27 +70,24 @@ void DeInit()
 }
 
 
-void RXEnqueue(const void* buf, int len)
+void RegisterInstance(int inst)
 {
-    int totallen = len + 4;
+    Dispatcher.registerInstance(inst);
+}
 
-    RXMutex.lock();
-
-    if (!RXBuffer.CanFit(totallen))
-    {
-        RXMutex.unlock();
-        Log(LogLevel::Warn, "Net: !! NOT ENOUGH SPACE IN RX BUFFER\n");
-        return;
-    }
-
-    u32 header = (len & 0xFFFF) | (len << 16);
-    RXBuffer.Write(&header, sizeof(u32));
-    RXBuffer.Write(buf, len);
-    RXMutex.unlock();
+void UnregisterInstance(int inst)
+{
+    Dispatcher.unregisterInstance(inst);
 }
 
 
-int SendPacket(u8* data, int len)
+void RXEnqueue(const void* buf, int len)
+{
+    Dispatcher.sendPacket(nullptr, 0, buf, len, 16, 0xFFFF);
+}
+
+
+int SendPacket(u8* data, int len, int inst)
 {
     if (DirectMode)
         return Net_PCap::SendPacket(data, len);
@@ -99,15 +95,18 @@ int SendPacket(u8* data, int len)
         return Net_Slirp::SendPacket(data, len);
 }
 
-int RecvPacket(u8* data)
+int RecvPacket(u8* data, int inst)
 {
     if (DirectMode)
         Net_PCap::RecvCheck();
     else
         Net_Slirp::RecvCheck();
 
-    // TODO: check MAC
-    // FIFO header | destination MAC | source MAC | frame type
+    int ret = 0;
+    if (!Dispatcher.recvPacket(nullptr, nullptr, data, &ret, inst))
+        return 0;
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.h b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.h
index dd3feff3..97c65ef3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.h
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net.h
@@ -30,10 +30,13 @@ using namespace melonDS;
 bool Init();
 void DeInit();
 
+void RegisterInstance(int inst);
+void UnregisterInstance(int inst);
+
 void RXEnqueue(const void* buf, int len);
 
-int SendPacket(u8* data, int len);
-int RecvPacket(u8* data);
+int SendPacket(u8* data, int len, int inst);
+int RecvPacket(u8* data, int inst);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net_Slirp.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net_Slirp.cpp
index a3c44844..a65d1a43 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net_Slirp.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Net_Slirp.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ bool Init()
     *(u32*)&cfg.vnameserver = htonl(kDNSIP);
 
     Ctx = slirp_new(&cfg, &cb, nullptr);
-
+printf("SLIRP INIT\n");
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ void HandleDNSFrame(u8* data, int len)
 
 int SendPacket(u8* data, int len)
 {
+    printf("SLIRP SEND PACKET %p %p %d\n", Ctx, data, len);
     if (!Ctx) return 0;
 
     if (len > 2048)
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.cpp
index 6ea4356e..28b62d71 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.cpp
@@ -64,16 +64,31 @@ void PacketDispatcher::unregisterInstance(int inst)
 }
 
 
+void PacketDispatcher::clear()
+{
+    mutex.lock();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+    {
+        if (!(instanceMask & (1 << i)))
+            continue;
+
+        PacketQueue* queue = packetQueues[i];
+        queue->Clear();
+    }
+    mutex.unlock();
+}
+
+
 void PacketDispatcher::sendPacket(const void* header, int headerlen, const void* data, int datalen, int sender, u16 recv_mask)
 {
     if (!header) headerlen = 0;
     if (!data) datalen = 0;
     if ((!headerlen) && (!datalen)) return;
     if ((sizeof(PacketHeader) + headerlen + datalen) >= 0x8000) return;
-    if (sender < 0 || sender > 15) return;
+    if (sender < 0 || sender > 16) return;
 
     recv_mask &= instanceMask;
-    recv_mask &= ~(1 << sender);
+    if (sender < 16) recv_mask &= ~(1 << sender);
     if (!recv_mask) return;
 
     PacketHeader phdr;
@@ -82,6 +97,8 @@ void PacketDispatcher::sendPacket(const void* header, int headerlen, const void*
     phdr.headerLength = headerlen;
     phdr.dataLength = datalen;
 
+    int totallen = sizeof(phdr) + headerlen + datalen;
+
     mutex.lock();
     for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++)
     {
@@ -89,6 +106,15 @@ void PacketDispatcher::sendPacket(const void* header, int headerlen, const void*
             continue;
 
         PacketQueue* queue = packetQueues[i];
+
+        // if we run out of space: discard old packets
+        while (!queue->CanFit(totallen))
+        {
+            PacketHeader tmp;
+            queue->Read(&tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+            queue->Skip(tmp.headerLength + tmp.dataLength);
+        }
+
         queue->Write(&phdr, sizeof(phdr));
         if (headerlen) queue->Write(header, headerlen);
         if (datalen) queue->Write(data, datalen);
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.h b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.h
index b6715433..428fc805 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.h
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/PacketDispatcher.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public:
     void registerInstance(int inst);
     void unregisterInstance(int inst);
 
+    void clear();
+
     void sendPacket(const void* header, int headerlen, const void* data, int datalen, int sender, melonDS::u16 recv_mask);
     bool recvPacket(void* header, int* headerlen, void* data, int* datalen, int receiver);
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp
index 760eee35..47ef60d6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <QThread>
 #include <QSemaphore>
 #include <QMutex>
-//#include <QOpenGLContext>
 #include <QSharedMemory>
 #include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <SDL_loadso.h>
@@ -38,8 +37,7 @@
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "main.h"
 #include "CameraManager.h"
-#include "Net_Slirp.h"
-#include "Net_PCap.h"
+#include "Net.h"
 #include "LocalMP.h"
 #include "SPI_Firmware.h"
 
@@ -542,6 +540,8 @@ int LAN_SendPacket(u8* data, int len, void* userdata)
         return LAN_PCap::SendPacket(data, len);
     else
         return LAN_Socket::SendPacket(data, len);*/
+    int inst = ((EmuInstance*)userdata)->getInstanceID();
+    Net::SendPacket(data, len, inst);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ int LAN_RecvPacket(u8* data, void* userdata)
         return LAN_PCap::RecvPacket(data);
     else
         return LAN_Socket::RecvPacket(data);*/
-    return 0;
+    int inst = ((EmuInstance*)userdata)->getInstanceID();
+    return Net::RecvPacket(data, inst);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp
index aa3d7979..75f8ebc6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ WifiSettingsDialog::WifiSettingsDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(ne
     emuInstance = ((MainWindow*)parent)->getEmuInstance();
     auto& cfg = emuInstance->getGlobalConfig();
 
-    haspcap = LAN_PCap::Init(false);
+    haspcap = Net_PCap::Init(false);
 
     ui->rbDirectMode->setText("Direct mode (requires " PCAP_NAME " and ethernet connection)");
 
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ WifiSettingsDialog::WifiSettingsDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(ne
     ui->lblAdapterIP->setText("(none)");
 
     int sel = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < LAN_PCap::NumAdapters; i++)
+    for (int i = 0; i < Net_PCap::NumAdapters; i++)
     {
-        LAN_PCap::AdapterData* adapter = &LAN_PCap::Adapters[i];
+        Net_PCap::AdapterData* adapter = &Net_PCap::Adapters[i];
 
         ui->cbxDirectAdapter->addItem(QString(adapter->FriendlyName));
 
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ void WifiSettingsDialog::done(int r)
         cfg.SetBool("LAN.DirectMode", ui->rbDirectMode->isChecked());
 
         int sel = ui->cbxDirectAdapter->currentIndex();
-        if (sel < 0 || sel >= LAN_PCap::NumAdapters) sel = 0;
-        if (LAN_PCap::NumAdapters < 1)
+        if (sel < 0 || sel >= Net_PCap::NumAdapters) sel = 0;
+        if (Net_PCap::NumAdapters < 1)
         {
             cfg.SetString("LAN.Device", "");
         }
         else
         {
-            cfg.SetString("LAN.Device", LAN_PCap::Adapters[sel].DeviceName);
+            cfg.SetString("LAN.Device", Net_PCap::Adapters[sel].DeviceName);
         }
 
         Config::Save();
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ void WifiSettingsDialog::on_cbxDirectAdapter_currentIndexChanged(int sel)
 {
     if (!haspcap) return;
 
-    if (sel < 0 || sel >= LAN_PCap::NumAdapters) return;
-    if (LAN_PCap::NumAdapters < 1) return;
+    if (sel < 0 || sel >= Net_PCap::NumAdapters) return;
+    if (Net_PCap::NumAdapters < 1) return;
 
-    LAN_PCap::AdapterData* adapter = &LAN_PCap::Adapters[sel];
+    Net_PCap::AdapterData* adapter = &Net_PCap::Adapters[sel];
     char tmp[64];
 
     sprintf(tmp, "%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp
index 658baa81..2ecb00ea 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/main.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 #include "ArchiveUtil.h"
 #include "CameraManager.h"
 #include "LocalMP.h"
+#include "Net.h"
 
 #include "CLI.h"
 
@@ -268,6 +269,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     }
 
     LocalMP::Init();
+    Net::Init();
 
    /* mainWindow = new MainWindow();
     if (options->fullscreen)
@@ -322,6 +324,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     deleteAllEmuInstances();
 
     LocalMP::DeInit();
+    Net::DeInit();
 
     //AudioInOut::DeInit();
     delete camManager[0];