diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c
index 45bf8325..5e697fe4 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_core.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "member_sync.h"
 
 #include "../../../src/utun_instance.h"
-#include "../../../src/etcp_router.h"
 #include "../../../src/etcp_api.h"
 #include "../../../src/topo_group.h"
 #include "../../../src/topo_node.h"
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.c b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.c
index 26fe06b4..8f13d08b 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.c
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "member_sync.h"
 
 #include "../../../src/utun_instance.h"
-#include "../../../src/etcp_router.h"
 #include "../../../src/etcp_api.h"
 #include "../../../src/etcp.h"
 #include "../../../src/conn_mgr.h"
@@ -304,6 +303,9 @@ static void cs_cancel_proto_timers(struct chat_sync* cs) {
     if (cs->join_timer)     { uasync_cancel_timeout(cs->inst->ua, cs->join_timer);     cs->join_timer     = NULL; }
 }
 
+/* ── Forward decl ── */
+static struct ETCP_CONN* cs_find_conn_for_node(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t node_id);
+
 /* ── Send ── */
 
 static int cs_send(struct chat_sync* cs, const char* ch_id, uint64_t dst,
@@ -324,7 +326,9 @@ static int cs_send(struct chat_sync* cs, const char* ch_id, uint64_t dst,
     entry->dgram = buf; entry->len = total;
     DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CONNECTIVITY, "%s: SEND %s to=%016llx ch=%s len=%zu",
                CS_ID, cs_msg_name(payload[0]), (unsigned long long)dst, ch_id, len);
-    return etcp_route_send(cs->inst, dst, entry, 0);
+    struct ETCP_CONN* conn = cs_find_conn_for_node(cs->inst, dst);
+    if (!conn) { DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CONNECTIVITY, "%s: no conn for node %016llx", CS_ID, (unsigned long long)dst); u_free(buf); queue_entry_free(entry); return -1; }
+    return etcp_send(conn, entry);
 }
 
 /* ── Channel cache ── */
@@ -650,6 +654,17 @@ static void cs_join_timeout_cb(void* arg) {
     cs->pending_invite_ch_id = 0;
 }
 
+/* ── helper: find active ETCP_CONN for node ── */
+
+static struct ETCP_CONN* cs_find_conn_for_node(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t node_id) {
+    struct ETCP_CONN* c = inst->connections;
+    while (c) {
+        if (c->peer_node_id == node_id && c->initialized && c->links_up) return c;
+        c = c->next;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* ── helper: check if peer has active ETCP link ── */
 
 static int cs_is_peer_online(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t peer_id) {
@@ -851,7 +866,7 @@ int chat_sync_init(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst,
     cs->initialized = 1;
     g_cs = cs;
 
-    etcp_router_bind(inst, ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT_SYNC, chat_sync_recv_cb);
+    etcp_bind(inst, ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT_SYNC, chat_sync_recv_cb);
     etcp_add_new_conn_cbk(inst, cs_on_new_conn, NULL);
 
     struct ETCP_CONN* c = inst->connections;
@@ -883,7 +898,7 @@ void chat_sync_destroy(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst) {
     member_sync_destroy(inst);
     cs->initialized = 0; g_cs = NULL;
 
-    etcp_router_unbind(inst, ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT_SYNC);
+    etcp_unbind(inst, ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT_SYNC);
     if (cs->refresh_timer) { uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, cs->refresh_timer); cs->refresh_timer = NULL; }
     if (cs->ttl_timer) { uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, cs->ttl_timer); cs->ttl_timer = NULL; }
     cs_cancel_proto_timers(cs);
@@ -1027,7 +1042,7 @@ static void cs_propagate(struct chat_sync* cs, const char* ch_id, uint64_t exclu
     for (int i = 0; i < ch->peer_count; i++) {
         uint64_t pid = ch->peer_ids[i];
         if (pid == exclude_id || pid == myid) continue;
-        if (!etcp_router_conn_get(cs->inst, pid, ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT_SYNC)) continue;
+        if (!cs_find_conn_for_node(cs->inst, pid)) continue;
         cs_send(cs, ch_id, pid, payload, len);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.h b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.h
index e679d04c..f3088705 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.h
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/chat_sync.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern "C" {
 struct UTUN_INSTANCE;
 struct UASYNC;
 
-/* etcp_router service ID */
+/* etcp service ID (direct P2P) */
 #define ETCP_RT_ID_CHAT_SYNC    0x30
 #define ETCP_RT_ID_MEMBER_SYNC  0x31
 
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.c b/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.c
index db3e0f5a..60eb8e5c 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.c
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.c
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "merkle_sync.h"
 
 #include "../../../src/utun_instance.h"
-#include "../../../src/etcp_router.h"
 #include "../../../src/etcp_api.h"
 #include "../../../src/etcp.h"
 #include "../../../src/topo_group.h"
@@ -174,6 +173,15 @@ static int _get_level_hashes(struct merkle_sync* ms, const char* ns,
 
 /* ── Send helpers ── */
 
+static struct ETCP_CONN* ms_find_conn_for_node(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint64_t node_id) {
+    struct ETCP_CONN* c = inst->connections;
+    while (c) {
+        if (c->peer_node_id == node_id && c->initialized && c->links_up) return c;
+        c = c->next;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 static int _send_msg(struct merkle_sync* ms, uint64_t peer,
                      const uint8_t* payload, size_t len) {
     if (!ms->inst || len < 1) return -1;
@@ -184,7 +192,9 @@ static int _send_msg(struct merkle_sync* ms, uint64_t peer,
     struct ll_entry* entry = queue_entry_new(0);
     if (!entry) { u_free(buf); return -1; }
     entry->dgram = buf; entry->len = 1 + len;
-    int r = etcp_route_send(ms->inst, peer, entry, 0);
+    struct ETCP_CONN* conn = ms_find_conn_for_node(ms->inst, peer);
+    if (!conn) { DEBUG_ERROR(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CONNECTIVITY, "%s: no conn for node %016llx", MS_ID, (unsigned long long)peer); u_free(buf); queue_entry_free(entry); return -1; }
+    int r = etcp_send(conn, entry);
     if (r != 0) { u_free(buf); queue_entry_free(entry); }
     return r;
 }
@@ -555,7 +565,7 @@ int merkle_sync_init(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst, uint8_t svc_id,
 
     _ensure_table(ms);
 
-    etcp_router_bind(inst, svc_id, _recv_cb);
+    etcp_bind(inst, svc_id, _recv_cb);
 
     ms->bg_timer = uasync_set_timeout(inst->ua, (uint32_t)(MS_BG_INTERVAL_MS * 10),
                                        ms, _bg_timer_cb, "ms_bg");
@@ -569,7 +579,7 @@ void merkle_sync_destroy(struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst) {
     if (!ms || !inst) return;
     ms->initialized = 0; g_merkle = NULL;
 
-    etcp_router_bind(inst, ms->svc_id, NULL);
+    etcp_unbind(inst, ms->svc_id);
 
     if (ms->bg_timer) { uasync_cancel_timeout(inst->ua, ms->bg_timer); ms->bg_timer = NULL; }
 
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.h b/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.h
index 972f24c0..1407459e 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.h
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/merkle_sync.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ typedef void (*merkle_sync_done_cb)(uint64_t peer, const char* ns, int result, v
  * ETCP-сервис svc_id (напр. 0x31), запускает фоновую проверку (bg_timer).
  * Вызывается один раз, обычно из member_sync_init().
  *
- * inst      — экземпляр uTun (нужен для etcp_route_send, uasync, sqlite3)
+ * inst      — экземпляр uTun (нужен для etcp_send, uasync, sqlite3)
  * svc_id    — ID сервиса на ETCP-роутере
  * ops       — коллбэки модели данных (update_bucket_hash, get_items, apply_items)
  * data_ctx  — прозрачный контекст, передаваемый в коллбэки первым аргументом