diff --git a/internal/notes/weekly/Jan-23-27.md b/internal/notes/weekly/Jan-23-27.md
index cf6cc06..76afd80 100644
--- a/internal/notes/weekly/Jan-23-27.md
+++ b/internal/notes/weekly/Jan-23-27.md
@@ -27,3 +27,23 @@ I can take advantage of the private network created via wireguard to allow the s
         - handle disconnects via exit
     - sets up cleaner device handling via multiplexing
 
+# Jan 24
+
+### Proto changes
+
+It's time to refactor the current protobuf stuff to make more sense from the servers perspective. In this sense, I am going to have the reactor provide connection details to the server on connect, and then the server can connect/disconnect at will.
+
+### Outline
+- Update the server to connect to the reactor itself for the information
+- Decide what information is important enough to send to the server consistently, vs what only is needed upon "further inspection"
+    - need reactor information on connect
+    - need basic device information such as address and status
+    - when selected
+        - need specific device breakouts with advanced functions per device
+        - this can be multiplexed over the same gRPC connection and can be fulfilled by the device coordinator
+            - dc will catch all incoming requests and forward to the correct DM based on address
+
+### TODO
+- reverse monitoring stuff
+    - make it so reactor manager has a timeout/ recognizes disconnects gracefully
+    - convert monitoring to a stream as opposed to consistent calls
diff --git a/internal/pkg/reactor/coordinator.go b/internal/pkg/reactor/coordinator.go
index ba50545..1d9dd8b 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/reactor/coordinator.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/reactor/coordinator.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // basic manager
+// I dont think I actually need this interface, package manager has a point
 type Manager interface {
 	Start() error
 	Exit() error
diff --git a/internal/pkg/server/reactormanager.go b/internal/pkg/server/reactormanager.go
index b1fbef0..d31108f 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/server/reactormanager.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/server/reactormanager.go
@@ -46,16 +46,11 @@ type ReactorManager struct {
 func NewReactorManager(cl *Client, config *viper.Viper, errCh chan error) *ReactorManager {
 	// making managers
 	m := NewManager(6)
-	//dm := make(map[int]DeviceManager)
-	//rd := &ReactorDevices{Devices: dm}
-	//cm := NewClientManager(cl)
 	r := &ReactorManager{
-		//ClientManager:  cm,
 		Manager: m,
 		Client:  cl,
-		//ReactorDevices: rd,
-		Config: config,
-		Err:    errCh,
+		Config:  config,
+		Err:     errCh,
 	}
 	return r
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/system/hwinfo.go b/internal/pkg/system/hwinfo.go
index 91d9b21..dca66ed 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/system/hwinfo.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/system/hwinfo.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// package system uses linux commands to get hardware info from devices
 package system
 
 import (
@@ -10,20 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// this package serves to add in wrappers for system commands to get hwinfo from the board
-// this package does not actually use the hwinfo command, but rather gathers hardware info from a variety of commands
-
-// command for model :
-// lshw -C system 2>/dev/null | head -n 1
-// command for ip && mac address :
-// ifconfig eth0 | awk '/inet |ether / {print $2}'
-
-// can combine and dump into file using
-// lshw -C system 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 > hwinfo.txt && ifconfig eth0 | awk '/inet |ether / {print $2}' >> hwinfo.txt
-// *** will just replace info in file everytime
-
-func GetId(eth string) (int, error) {
-	maccmd := fmt.Sprintf("ifconfig %v | awk '/ether / {print $2}'", eth)
+func GetId() (int, error) {
+	// gets the mac address and hashes into consistent id
+	maccmd := fmt.Sprintf("ifconfig %v | awk '/ether / {print $2}'", et)
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", maccmd)
@@ -38,8 +28,8 @@ func GetId(eth string) (int, error) {
 	return int(id), nil
 }
 
-func GetIp(eth string) (string, error) {
-	ipcmd := fmt.Sprintf("ifconfig %v | awk '/inet / {print $2}'", eth)
+func GetIp() (string, error) {
+	ipcmd := "ip route get 1 | sed 's/^.*src \([^ ]*\).*$/\1/;q'"
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", ipcmd)
@@ -54,6 +44,7 @@ func GetIp(eth string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func GetPort() (int, error) {
+	// obsolete
 	if addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", ":0"); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	} else if lis, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", addr); err != nil {
@@ -65,28 +56,25 @@ func GetPort() (int, error) {
 }
 
 func GetBus() (int, error) {
-	bus := map[string]int{"raspberrypi": 1, "beaglebone": 2}
-	devname := "lshw -C system 2>/dev/null | head -n 1"
-	var stderr, out bytes.Buffer
-	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", devname)
-	cmd.Stdout = &out
-	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	b := out.String()
-	b = strings.Trim(b, " \n")
-	if bs, ok := bus[b]; !ok {
-		return 0, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("No bus for dev %v", b))
-	} else {
-		return bs, nil
+	// preset busses
+	busList := map[string]int{"raspberrypi": 1, "beaglebone": 2}
+	// vars
+	var bus int
+	var ok bool
+
+	if name, err =: GetModel(); err != nil {
+		return bus, err
+	} else if bus, ok = busList[b]; !ok {
+		return 0, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("No bus for dev %s", b))
 	}
+
+	// returns correct bus
+	return bus, nil
 }
 
 func GetModel() (string, error) {
-	devname := "lshw -C system 2>/dev/null | head -n 1"
 	var stderr, out bytes.Buffer
-	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", devname)
+	cmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", "hostname")
 	cmd.Stdout = &out
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {