diff --git a/nm-proxy/common/common.go b/nm-proxy/common/common.go
index 7a47e41c..8acc1dd6 100644
--- a/nm-proxy/common/common.go
+++ b/nm-proxy/common/common.go
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ var RelayPeerMap = make(map[string]map[string]RemotePeer)
 
 var ExtClientsWaitTh = make(map[string][]context.CancelFunc)
 
-var PeerAddrMap = make(map[string]map[string]*Conn)
-
 // RunCmd - runs a local command
 func RunCmd(command string, printerr bool) (string, error) {
 	args := strings.Fields(command)
diff --git a/nm-proxy/manager/manager.go b/nm-proxy/manager/manager.go
index 09e218dd..ef18ed36 100644
--- a/nm-proxy/manager/manager.go
+++ b/nm-proxy/manager/manager.go
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ func (m *ManagerAction) processPayload() (*wg.WGIface, error) {
 	for i := len(m.Payload.Peers) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 
 		if currentPeer, ok := wgProxyConf.PeerMap[m.Payload.Peers[i].PublicKey.String()]; ok {
+
+			// handles ext clients
+			if common.IsIngressGateway && m.Payload.PeerMap[m.Payload.Peers[i].PublicKey.String()].IsAttachedExtClient {
+				// check if sniffer already exists otherwise start one
+				continue
+			}
 			// check if proxy is off for the peer
 			if !m.Payload.PeerMap[m.Payload.Peers[i].PublicKey.String()].Proxy {
 
@@ -290,6 +296,7 @@ func (m *ManagerAction) processPayload() (*wg.WGIface, error) {
 			m.Payload.Peers = append(m.Payload.Peers[:i], m.Payload.Peers[i+1:]...)
 		}
 	}
+	// sync peer map with new update
 	for _, currPeerI := range wgProxyConf.PeerMap {
 		if _, ok := m.Payload.PeerMap[currPeerI.Config.Key]; !ok {
 			currPeerI.Proxy.Cancel()
@@ -303,6 +310,9 @@ func (m *ManagerAction) processPayload() (*wg.WGIface, error) {
 
 		}
 	}
+
+	// sync dev peers with new update
+
 	common.WgIFaceMap[m.Payload.InterfaceName] = wgProxyConf
 
 	// if peers, ok := common.WgIFaceMap[iface]; ok {
diff --git a/nm-proxy/peer/peer.go b/nm-proxy/peer/peer.go
index 4151b97d..5a1c4b86 100644
--- a/nm-proxy/peer/peer.go
+++ b/nm-proxy/peer/peer.go
@@ -118,12 +118,6 @@ func AddNewPeer(wgInterface *wg.WGIface, peer *wgtypes.PeerConfig, peerAddr stri
 		common.WgIFaceMap[wgInterface.Name] = ifaceConf
 		common.WgIFaceMap[wgInterface.Name].PeerMap[peer.PublicKey.String()] = &peerConn
 	}
-	if _, ok := common.PeerAddrMap[wgInterface.Name]; ok {
-		common.PeerAddrMap[wgInterface.Name][peerAddr] = &peerConn
-	} else {
-		common.PeerAddrMap[wgInterface.Name] = make(map[string]*common.Conn)
-		common.PeerAddrMap[wgInterface.Name][peerAddr] = &peerConn
-	}
 
 	return nil
 }