diff --git a/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py b/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py
index c0540a9d..59ad30a9 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/engines/mlx/utils_mlx.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+import json
 import os
 import resource
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Callable, cast
-import json
-
 
 from mlx_lm.models.cache import KVCache, QuantizedKVCache, RotatingKVCache
 from mlx_lm.models.deepseek_v3 import DeepseekV3Model
diff --git a/src/exo/worker/main.py b/src/exo/worker/main.py
index aa53ff23..8629ee55 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/main.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/main.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from exo.worker.download.shard_downloader import RepoDownloadProgress, ShardDown
 from exo.worker.plan import plan
 from exo.worker.runner.runner_supervisor import RunnerSupervisor
 from exo.worker.utils import start_polling_memory_metrics, start_polling_node_metrics
+from exo.worker.utils.net_profile import connect_all
 
 
 class Worker:
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ class Worker:
             tg.start_soon(self._resend_out_for_delivery)
             tg.start_soon(self._event_applier)
             tg.start_soon(self._forward_events)
+            tg.start_soon(self._poll_connection_updates)
             # TODO: This is a little gross, but not too bad
             for msg in self._initial_connection_messages:
                 await self.event_sender.send(
@@ -394,6 +396,26 @@ class Worker:
                 await self.local_event_sender.send(fe)
                 self.out_for_delivery[event.event_id] = fe
 
+    async def _poll_connection_updates(self):
+        while True:
+            # TODO: EdgeDeleted
+            edges = set(self.state.topology.list_connections())
+            conns = await connect_all(self.state.topology)
+            for nid in conns:
+                for ip in conns[nid]:
+                    edge = Connection(
+                        local_node_id=self.node_id,
+                        send_back_node_id=nid,
+                        send_back_multiaddr=Multiaddr(address=f"/ip4/{ip}/tcp/8000")
+                        if "." in ip
+                        else Multiaddr(address=f"/ip6/{ip}/tcp/8000"),
+                    )
+                    if edge not in edges:
+                        logger.debug(f"manually discovered {edge=}")
+                        await self.event_sender.send(TopologyEdgeCreated(edge=edge))
+
+            await anyio.sleep(10)
+
 
 def event_relevant_to_worker(event: Event, worker: Worker):
     # TODO
diff --git a/src/exo/worker/utils/net_profile.py b/src/exo/worker/utils/net_profile.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..923048b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/exo/worker/utils/net_profile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import socket
+
+from anyio import create_task_group, to_thread
+
+from exo.shared.topology import Topology
+from exo.shared.types.common import NodeId
+
+
+# TODO: ref. api port
+async def check_reachability(
+    target_ip: str, target_node_id: NodeId, out: dict[NodeId, set[str]]
+) -> None:
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    sock.settimeout(1)  # 1 second timeout
+    try:
+        result = await to_thread.run_sync(sock.connect_ex, (target_ip, 8000))
+    except socket.gaierror:
+        # seems to throw on ipv6 loopback. oh well
+        # logger.warning(f"invalid {target_ip=}")
+        return
+    finally:
+        sock.close()
+
+    if result == 0:
+        if target_node_id not in out:
+            out[target_node_id] = set()
+        out[target_node_id].add(target_ip)
+
+
+async def connect_all(topology: Topology) -> dict[NodeId, set[str]]:
+    reachable: dict[NodeId, set[str]] = {}
+    async with create_task_group() as tg:
+        for node in topology.list_nodes():
+            if not node.node_profile:
+                continue
+            for iface in node.node_profile.network_interfaces:
+                tg.start_soon(
+                    check_reachability, iface.ip_address, node.node_id, reachable
+                )
+
+    return reachable
diff --git a/src/exo/worker/utils/profile.py b/src/exo/worker/utils/profile.py
index 9506428b..30aca08c 100644
--- a/src/exo/worker/utils/profile.py
+++ b/src/exo/worker/utils/profile.py
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ from exo.shared.types.profiling import (
     NodePerformanceProfile,
     SystemPerformanceProfile,
 )
-from exo.worker.utils.macmon import (
+
+from .macmon import (
     MacMonError,
     Metrics,
 )
-from exo.worker.utils.macmon import (
+from .macmon import (
     get_metrics_async as macmon_get_metrics_async,
 )
-from exo.worker.utils.system_info import (
+from .system_info import (
     get_friendly_name,
     get_model_and_chip,
     get_network_interfaces,
diff --git a/tmp/disable_bridge_enable_dhcp.sh b/tmp/disable_bridge_enable_dhcp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8bce9333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/disable_bridge_enable_dhcp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+networksetup -listallnetworkservices | grep -q '^Thunderbolt Bridge$' \
+  && echo "Disabling bridge in networksetup" \
+  && networksetup -setnetworkserviceenabled "Thunderbolt Bridge" off
+
+networksetup -listallnetworkservices | grep -q '^\*Thunderbolt Bridge$' \
+  && echo "Bridge disabled in networksetup"
+
+ifconfig bridge0 &>/dev/null && {
+  ifconfig bridge0 | grep -q 'member' && echo "Removing bridge members in ifconfig" && {
+    ifconfig bridge0 | \
+      awk '/member/ {print $2}' | \
+      xargs -n1 sudo ifconfig bridge0 deletem
+  }
+  ifconfig bridge0 | grep -q 'status: active' && sudo ifconfig bridge0 down
+  ifconfig bridge0 | grep -q 'status: inactive' && echo "Bridge disabled in ifconfig"
+}
+
+for iface in $(seq 2 7); do
+  sudo ipconfig set "en$iface" dhcp && echo "enabled dhcp on en$iface" || echo "failed to enable dhcp on en$iface"
+done
+