diff --git a/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/mod.rs b/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/mod.rs
index 157a1be6..a9b55578 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/mod.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl Network {
     }
 
     pub async fn send_data(&self, node_ref: NodeRef, data: Vec<u8>) -> Result<(), String> {
-        let dial_info = node_ref.dial_info();
+        let dial_info = node_ref.best_dial_info();
         let descriptor = node_ref.last_connection();
 
         // First try to send data to the last socket we've seen this peer on
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/protocol/ws.rs b/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/protocol/ws.rs
index 7499e960..5be89f4b 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/protocol/ws.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/intf/wasm/network/protocol/ws.rs
@@ -91,21 +91,29 @@ impl WebsocketProtocolHandler {
         network_manager: NetworkManager,
         dial_info: &DialInfo,
     ) -> Result<NetworkConnection, String> {
-        let url = dial_info.to_url_string(None);
-        let (tls, host, port, protocol_type) = match dial_info {
-            DialInfo::WS(ws) => (false, ws.host.clone(), ws.port, ProtocolType::WS),
-            DialInfo::WSS(wss) => (true, wss.host.clone(), wss.port, ProtocolType::WSS),
+        let url = dial_info
+            .request()
+            .ok_or_else(|| format!("missing url in websocket dialinfo: {:?}", dial_info))?;
+        let split_url = SplitUrl::from_str(&url)?;
+        let tls = match dial_info {
+            DialInfo::WS(ws) => {
+                if split_url.scheme.to_ascii_lowercase() != "ws" {
+                    return Err(format!("wrong scheme for WS websocket url: {}", url));
+                }
+                false
+            }
+            DialInfo::WSS(wss) => {
+                if split_url.scheme.to_ascii_lowercase() != "wss" {
+                    return Err(format!("wrong scheme for WSS websocket url: {}", url));
+                }
+                true
+            }
             _ => {
                 return Err("wrong protocol for WebsocketProtocolHandler".to_owned())
                     .map_err(logthru_net!(error))
             }
         };
-
-        let peer_addr = PeerAddress::new(
-            Address::from_str(&host).map_err(logthru_net!(error))?,
-            port,
-            protocol_type,
-        );
+        let peer_addr = dial_info.to_peer_address();
 
         let (ws, wsio) = WsMeta::connect(url, None)
             .await
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/routing_table/node_ref.rs b/veilid-core/src/routing_table/node_ref.rs
index 70cb61d3..47ad5f17 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/routing_table/node_ref.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/routing_table/node_ref.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ impl NodeRef {
         self.node_id
     }
 
-    pub fn dial_info_filter(&self) -> DialInfoFilter {
-        self.dial_info_filter.clone()
-    }
+    // pub fn dial_info_filter(&self) -> DialInfoFilter {
+    //     self.dial_info_filter.clone()
+    // }
 
     pub fn operate<T, F>(&self, f: F) -> T
     where
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/mod.rs b/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/mod.rs
index 31dca076..e09767b9 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/veilid_api/mod.rs
@@ -585,6 +585,14 @@ impl DialInfo {
             Self::WSS(di) => di.socket_address.to_socket_addr(),
         }
     }
+    pub fn to_peer_address(&self) -> PeerAddress {
+        match self {
+            Self::UDP(di) => PeerAddress::new(di.socket_address, ProtocolType::UDP),
+            Self::TCP(di) => PeerAddress::new(di.socket_address, ProtocolType::TCP),
+            Self::WS(di) => PeerAddress::new(di.socket_address, ProtocolType::WS),
+            Self::WSS(di) => PeerAddress::new(di.socket_address, ProtocolType::WSS),
+        }
+    }
     pub fn request(&self) -> Option<String> {
         match self {
             Self::UDP(_) => None,