diff --git a/config/arachnide/configuration.nix b/config/arachnide/configuration.nix
index 9f3cc3e..1759dbf 100644
--- a/config/arachnide/configuration.nix
+++ b/config/arachnide/configuration.nix
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@
 
   networking = {
     hostName = "arachnide"; # Define your hostname.
-    # Pick only one of the below networking options.
-    # networking.wireless.enable = true;  # Enables wireless support via wpa_supplicant.
-    # networking.networkmanager.enable = true;  # Easiest to use and most distros use this by default.
+    # primary network interface, connected to WAN through a router
     interfaces.enp1s0.ipv4.addresses = [ {
       address = "192.168.36.9";
       prefixLength = 24;
     } ];
+    defaultGateway = "192.168.36.1";
+    # secondary network interface connected to a private local network
     interfaces.enp3s0.ipv4.addresses = [ {
       address = "10.0.0.1";
       prefixLength = 24;
     } ];
-    defaultGateway = "192.168.36.1";
     nameservers = [ "80.67.169.12" "80.67.169.40" "2001:910:800::12" "2001:910:800::40" ];
     enableIPv6 = true;
+    # wireguard VPN to be reachable from internet
     wg-quick.interfaces = {
       wg0 = {
         address = [ "192.168.12.2/32" "2a01:4f9:1a:9a05::2/128" ];
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@
     };
   };
 
+  # Enable ip forwarding to route packets for the local network connected to enp3s0  
+  boot.kernel.sysctl = {
+    "net.ipv4.ip_forward" = 1;
+    "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" = 1;
+  };
+
+  # Open ports in the firewall.
+  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
+  # networking.firewall.enable = false;
+  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 144 443 ];
+  #networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 53 ];
+  # allow UDP port range for mosh
+  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPortRanges = [
+    { from = 60000; to = 61000; }
+  ];
+
   # Set your time zone.
   time.timeZone = "Etc/UTC";
 
@@ -78,13 +94,6 @@
     wget
     tmux
     htop
-    memtester
-    # Useful podman development tools
-    #dive            # look into docker image layers
-    podman-tui      # status of containers in the terminal
-    #aardvark-dns
-    #docker-compose # start group of containers for dev
-    #podman-compose  # start group of containers for dev
     mosh
     dig
     mtr
@@ -96,51 +105,6 @@
     vimAlias = true;
   };
 
-
-  # Some programs need SUID wrappers, can be configured further or are
-  # started in user sessions.
-  # programs.mtr.enable = true;
-  # programs.gnupg.agent = {
-  #   enable = true;
-  #   enableSSHSupport = true;
-  # };
-
-  # List services that you want to enable:
-
-  boot.kernel.sysctl = {
-    "net.ipv4.ip_forward" = 1;
-    "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" = 1;
-  };
-
-  # Open ports in the firewall.
-  # networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ ... ];
-  # networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ ... ];
-  # Or disable the firewall altogether.
-  # networking.firewall.enable = false;
-  networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 144 443 ];
-  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPorts = [ 53 ];
-  networking.firewall.allowedUDPPortRanges = [
-    { from = 60000; to = 61000; }
-  ];
-	
-  virtualisation.containers.enable = true;
-  virtualisation.podman = {
-    enable = true;
-
-    # Create a `docker` alias for podman, to use it as a drop-in replacement
-    dockerCompat = true;
-
-    # Required for containers under podman-compose to be able to talk to each other.
-    defaultNetwork.settings.dns_enabled = true;
-  };
-  #virtualisation.oci-containers.containers = {
-  #  nixos = {
-  #    image = "nix:latest"
-  #    extraOptions = [ "--network=host" ];
-  #  };
-  #};
-
-
   # This value determines the NixOS release from which the default
   # settings for stateful data, like file locations and database versions
   # on your system were taken. It's perfectly fine and recommended to leave
@@ -148,5 +112,4 @@
   # Before changing this value read the documentation for this option
   # (e.g. man configuration.nix or on https://nixos.org/nixos/options.html).
   system.stateVersion = "24.05"; # Did you read the comment?
-
 }