From 802ca9aba43889714102a2d73f0b298d165e79a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jdl <jdl@private.local>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:59:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] WIP: improve responsiveness.

---
 peer/app.go           | 10 ++++++----
 peer/on_pingticker.go | 15 +++++++++++++++
 peer/on_tick.go       |  6 ------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 peer/on_pingticker.go

diff --git a/peer/app.go b/peer/app.go
index 2c94a76..5f3e990 100644
--- a/peer/app.go
+++ b/peer/app.go
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func (a *App) Run() error {
 	// while we were down).
 	a.updateHosts()
 
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(PingInterval)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
+	stateTicker := time.NewTicker(time.Second) // TODO: Const.
+	pingTicker := time.NewTicker(PingInterval)
 
 	sig := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sig, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGINT)
@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@ func (a *App) Run() error {
 			a.onPing(e)
 		case e := <-a.multicastCh:
 			a.onMulticastDiscovery(e)
-		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-stateTicker.C:
 			a.onTick()
+		case <-pingTicker.C:
+			a.onPingTicker()
 			tickCount++
-			if tickCount%8 == 0 {
+			if tickCount == 0 {
 				a.logNetworkState()
 			}
 
diff --git a/peer/on_pingticker.go b/peer/on_pingticker.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eb44d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peer/on_pingticker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package peer
+
+import (
+	"time"
+	"vppn/peer/control"
+)
+
+func (a *App) onPingTicker() {
+	now := time.Now().UnixNano()
+	for _, p := range a.peersByIP {
+		if p.Role == control.Client {
+			a.sendPing(p, now)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/peer/on_tick.go b/peer/on_tick.go
index 465620d..8fcf0ff 100644
--- a/peer/on_tick.go
+++ b/peer/on_tick.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"net/netip"
 	"time"
 
-	"vppn/peer/control"
 	"vppn/peer/wginterface"
 )
 
@@ -30,11 +29,6 @@ func (a *App) onTick() {
 			p.EndpointWG = ep
 		}
 
-		// Send pings to peers where we're the client.
-		if p.Role == control.Client {
-			a.sendPing(p, now)
-		}
-
 		switch p.State {
 		case StateRelayed:
 			// If we have an ep to probe, add it.