diff --git a/net/gce.sh b/net/gce.sh
index 484b05dac..c36101381 100755
--- a/net/gce.sh
+++ b/net/gce.sh
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ delete)
     exit 0
   fi
   gcloud_DeleteInstances
+  rm -f "$configFile"
   ;;
 
 create)
diff --git a/net/net.sh b/net/net.sh
index 0027e63c9..bde1de727 100755
--- a/net/net.sh
+++ b/net/net.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ usage: $0 [start|stop]
 
 Operate a configured testnet
 
- start - Start the network
- sanity - Sanity check the network
- stop  - Stop the network
+ start    - Start the network
+ sanity   - Sanity check the network
+ stop     - Stop the network
+ restart  - Shortcut for stop then start
 
  start-specific options:
    -S snapFilename      - Deploy the specified Snap file
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ Operate a configured testnet
    Note: if RUST_LOG is set in the environment it will be propogated into the
          network nodes.
 
- sanity-specific options:
+ sanity/start-specific options:
    -o noLedgerVerify    - Skip ledger verification
    -o noValidatorSanity - Skip validatory sanity
 
@@ -49,8 +50,6 @@ sanityExtraArgs=
 command=$1
 [[ -n $command ]] || usage
 shift
-[[ $command = start || $command = sanity || $command = stop ]] ||
-  usage "Invalid command: $command"
 
 while getopts "h?S:s:a:o:" opt; do
   case $opt in
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ while getopts "h?S:s:a:o:" opt; do
     usage
     ;;
   S)
-    [[ $command = start ]] || usage "-s is only valid with the 'start' command"
     snapFilename=$OPTARG
     [[ -f $snapFilename ]] || usage "Snap not readable: $snapFilename"
     deployMethod=snap
@@ -67,6 +65,7 @@ while getopts "h?S:s:a:o:" opt; do
     case $OPTARG in
     edge|beta|stable)
       snapChannel=$OPTARG
+      deployMethod=snap
       ;;
     *)
       usage "Invalid snap channel: $OPTARG"
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ while getopts "h?S:s:a:o:" opt; do
 done
 
 loadConfigFile
+expectedNodeCount=$((${#validatorIpList[@]} + 1))
 
 build() {
   declare MAYBE_DOCKER=
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ build() {
   SECONDS=0
   (
     cd "$SOLANA_ROOT"
-    echo "****************"
-    echo "Build started at $(date)"
+    echo "--- Build started at $(date)"
 
     set -x
     rm -rf farf
@@ -121,17 +120,16 @@ common_start_setup() {
     set -x
     test -d "$SOLANA_ROOT"
     ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" "$ipAddress" "mkdir -p ~/solana ~/.cargo/bin"
-    rsync -vPrz -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" \
+    rsync -vPr -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" \
       "$SOLANA_ROOT"/{fetch-perf-libs.sh,scripts,net,multinode-demo} \
       "$ipAddress":~/solana/
-  ) >> "$logFile"
+  ) >> "$logFile" 2>&1
 }
 
 startLeader() {
   declare ipAddress=$1
   declare logFile="$2"
-  echo "****************"
-  echo "Starting leader: $leaderIp"
+  echo "--- Starting leader: $leaderIp"
 
   common_start_setup "$ipAddress" "$logFile"
 
@@ -141,58 +139,58 @@ startLeader() {
     set -x
     case $deployMethod in
     snap)
-      rsync -vPrz -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" "$snapFilename" "$ipAddress:~/solana/solana.snap"
+      rsync -vPr -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" "$snapFilename" "$ipAddress:~/solana/solana.snap"
       ;;
     local)
-      rsync -vPrz -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" "$SOLANA_ROOT"/farf/bin/* "$ipAddress:~/.cargo/bin/"
+      rsync -vPr -e "ssh ${sshOptions[*]}" "$SOLANA_ROOT"/farf/bin/* "$ipAddress:~/.cargo/bin/"
       ;;
     *)
       usage "Internal error: invalid deployMethod: $deployMethod"
       ;;
     esac
 
-    ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" -f "$ipAddress" \
-      "./solana/net/remote/remote_node.sh $deployMethod leader $leaderIp \"$nodeSetupArgs\" \"$RUST_LOG\""
-  ) >> "$logFile"
+    ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" -n "$ipAddress" \
+      "./solana/net/remote/remote_node.sh $deployMethod leader $leaderIp $expectedNodeCount \"$nodeSetupArgs\" \"$RUST_LOG\""
+  ) >> "$logFile" 2>&1
 }
 
 startValidator() {
   declare ipAddress=$1
   declare logFile="$2"
-  echo "*******************"
-  echo "Starting validator: $leaderIp"
-  common_start_setup "$ipAddress" "$logFile"
 
+  echo "--- Starting validator: $leaderIp"
   (
+    common_start_setup "$ipAddress" /dev/stdout
     set -x
-    ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" -f "$ipAddress" \
-      "./solana/net/remote/remote_node.sh $deployMethod validator $leaderIp \"$nodeSetupArgs\" \"$RUST_LOG\""
-  ) >> "$logFile"
+    ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" -n "$ipAddress" \
+      "./solana/net/remote/remote_node.sh $deployMethod validator $leaderIp $expectedNodeCount \"$nodeSetupArgs\" \"$RUST_LOG\""
+  ) >> "$netLogDir/validator-$ipAddress.log" 2>&1 &
+  declare pid=$!
+  ln -sfT "validator-$ipAddress.log" "$netLogDir/validator-$pid.log"
+  pids+=("$pid")
 }
 
 startClient() {
   declare ipAddress=$1
   declare logFile="$2"
-  echo "****************"
-  echo "Starting client: $leaderIp"
+  echo "--- Starting client: $leaderIp"
   common_start_setup "$ipAddress" "$logFile"
 
-  declare expectedNodeCount=$((${#validatorIpList[@]} + 1))
-
   (
     set -x
     ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" -f "$ipAddress" \
       "./solana/net/remote/remote_client.sh $deployMethod $leaderIp $expectedNodeCount \"$RUST_LOG\""
-  ) >> "$logFile"
+  ) >> "$logFile" 2>&1
 }
 
 sanity() {
   declare expectedNodeCount=$((${#validatorIpList[@]} + 1))
+  echo "--- Sanity"
   (
     set -x
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2029 # remote_client.sh are expanded on client side intentionally...
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2029 # remote_client.sh args are expanded on client side intentionally
     ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" "$leaderIp" \
-      "./solana/net/remote/remote_sanity.sh $deployMethod $leaderIp $expectedNodeCount $sanityExtraArgs"
+      "./solana/net/remote/remote_sanity.sh $sanityExtraArgs"
   )
 }
 
@@ -200,13 +198,25 @@ start() {
   case $deployMethod in
   snap)
     if [[ -n $snapChannel ]]; then
+      rm -f "$SOLANA_ROOT"/solana_*.snap
       if [[ $(uname) != Linux ]]; then
-        echo Error: snap channel deployment only supported in Linux
-        exit 1
+        (
+          set -x
+          SOLANA_DOCKER_RUN_NOSETUID=1 "$SOLANA_ROOT"/ci/docker-run.sh ubuntu:18.04 bash -c "
+            set -ex;
+            apt-get -qq update;
+            apt-get -qq -y install snapd;
+            snap download --channel=$snapChannel solana;
+          "
+        )
+      else
+        snap download --channel="$snapChannel" solana
       fi
-      usage "TODO: the snap download command below is probably wrong..."
-      snap download --"$snapChannel" solana
-      snapFilename=solana.snap
+      snapFilename="$(echo "$SOLANA_ROOT"/solana_*.snap)"
+      [[ -r $snapFilename ]] || {
+        echo "Error: Snap not readable: $snapFilename"
+        exit 1
+      }
     fi
     ;;
   local)
@@ -226,10 +236,21 @@ start() {
   leaderDeployTime=$SECONDS
 
   SECONDS=0
+  pids=()
   for ipAddress in "${validatorIpList[@]}"; do
-    startValidator "$ipAddress" "$netLogDir/validator-$ipAddress.log" &
+    startValidator "$ipAddress"
   done
-  wait
+
+  for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
+    declare ok=true
+    wait "$pid" || ok=false
+    if ! $ok; then
+      cat "$netLogDir/validator-$pid.log"
+      echo ^^^ +++
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
+
   validatorDeployTime=$SECONDS
 
   sanity
@@ -239,7 +260,6 @@ start() {
     startClient "$ipAddress" "$netLogDir/client-$ipAddress.log"
   done
   clientDeployTime=$SECONDS
-  wait
 
   if [[ $deployMethod = "snap" ]]; then
     IFS=\  read -r _ networkVersion _ < <(
@@ -264,8 +284,7 @@ start() {
 
 stop_node() {
   local ipAddress=$1
-  echo "**************"
-  echo "Stopping node: $ipAddress"
+  echo "--- Stopping node: $ipAddress"
   (
     set -x
     ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" "$ipAddress" "
@@ -273,8 +292,8 @@ stop_node() {
       if snap list solana; then
         sudo snap set solana mode=;
         sudo snap remove solana;
-      fi; \
-      pkill -9 solana- remote_ oom-monitor;
+      fi;
+      for pattern in solana- remote_ oom-monitor; do pkill -9 \$pattern; done;
     "
   ) || true
 }
@@ -294,10 +313,13 @@ stop() {
 }
 
 case $command in
-start)
+restart)
   stop
   start
   ;;
+start)
+  start
+  ;;
 sanity)
   sanity
   ;;
diff --git a/net/remote/remote_client.sh b/net/remote/remote_client.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5a7e4c5ee..3003fda06
--- a/net/remote/remote_client.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote_client.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../..
+
 deployMethod="$1"
-netEntrypoint="$2"
+leaderIp="$2"
 numNodes="$3"
 RUST_LOG="$4"
 [[ -n $deployMethod ]] || exit
-[[ -n $netEntrypoint ]] || exit
+[[ -n $leaderIp ]] || exit
 [[ -n $numNodes ]] || exit
 
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../..
 source net/common.sh
 loadConfigFile
 
@@ -17,14 +18,19 @@ if [[ $threadCount -gt 4 ]]; then
   threadCount=4
 fi
 
-./script/install-earlyoom.sh
+scripts/install-earlyoom.sh
 
 case $deployMethod in
 snap)
+  rsync -vPr "$leaderIp:~/solana/solana.snap" .
   sudo snap install solana.snap --devmode --dangerous
   rm solana.snap
 
-  sudo snap set solana metrics-config="$SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG" rust-log="$RUST_LOG"
+  sudo snap set solana "\
+      leader-ip=$leaderIp \
+      metrics-config=$SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG \
+      rust-log=$RUST_LOG \
+    "
   solana_bench_tps=/snap/bin/solana.bench-tps
   ;;
 local)
@@ -32,20 +38,19 @@ local)
   export USE_INSTALL=1
   export RUST_LOG
 
-  rsync -vPrz "$netEntrypoint:~/.cargo/bin/solana*" ~/.cargo/bin/
-  solana_bench_tps=multinode-demo/client.sh
-  netEntrypoint="$:~/solana"
+  rsync -vPr "$leaderIp:~/.cargo/bin/solana*" ~/.cargo/bin/
+  solana_bench_tps="multinode-demo/client.sh $leaderIp:~/solana"
   ;;
 *)
   echo "Unknown deployment method: $deployMethod"
   exit 1
 esac
 
-./scripts/oom-monitor.sh  > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
+scripts/oom-monitor.sh  > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
 
 while true; do
   echo "=== Client start: $(date)" >> client.log
-  clientCommand="$solana_bench_tps $netEntrypoint $numNodes --loop -s 600 --sustained -t threadCount"
+  clientCommand="$solana_bench_tps --num-nodes $numNodes --loop -s 600 --sustained -t threadCount"
   echo "$ $clientCommand" >> client.log
 
   $clientCommand >> client.log 2>&1
diff --git a/net/remote/remote_node.sh b/net/remote/remote_node.sh
index 4a5096109..d1439ac7f 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote_node.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote_node.sh
@@ -1,37 +1,51 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../..
+
 deployMethod="$1"
 nodeType="$2"
-netEntrypoint="$3"
-setupArgs="$4"
-RUST_LOG="$5"
+leaderIp="$3"
+numNodes="$4"
+setupArgs="$5"
+RUST_LOG="$6"
+
+cat > deployConfig <<EOF
+deployMethod="$deployMethod"
+leaderIp="$leaderIp"
+numNodes="$numNodes"
+EOF
 
 [[ -n $deployMethod ]] || exit
 [[ -n $nodeType ]] || exit
-[[ -n $netEntrypoint ]] || exit
+[[ -n $leaderIp ]] || exit
 
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../..
 source net/common.sh
 loadConfigFile
 
-./script/install-earlyoom.sh
+scripts/install-earlyoom.sh
+
 
 case $deployMethod in
 snap)
   SECONDS=0
+  rsync -vPr "$leaderIp:~/solana/solana.snap" .
   sudo snap install solana.snap --devmode --dangerous
-  rm solana.snap
 
   commonNodeConfig="\
-    rust-log=$RUST_LOG \
+    leader-ip=$leaderIp \
     metrics-config=$SOLANA_METRICS_CONFIG \
+    rust-log=$RUST_LOG \
     setup-args=$setupArgs \
-    enable-cuda=1 \
   "
+
+  if [[ -e /dev/nvidia0 ]]; then
+    commonNodeConfig="$commonNodeConfig enable-cuda=1"
+  fi
+
   if [[ $nodeType = leader ]]; then
     nodeConfig="mode=leader+drone $commonNodeConfig"
   else
-    nodeConfig="mode=validator leader-address=$netEntrypoint $commonNodeConfig"
+    nodeConfig="mode=validator $commonNodeConfig"
   fi
 
   logmarker="solana deploy $(date)/$RANDOM"
@@ -50,11 +64,13 @@ snap)
 local)
   PATH="$HOME"/.cargo/bin:"$PATH"
   export USE_INSTALL=1
-  export SOLANA_CUDA=1
-  export RUST_LOG=1
+  export RUST_LOG
+  if [[ -e /dev/nvidia0 ]]; then
+    export SOLANA_CUDA=1
+  fi
 
   ./fetch-perf-libs.sh
-  ./scripts/oom-monitor.sh  > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
+  scripts/oom-monitor.sh  > oom-monitor.log 2>&1 &
 
   case $nodeType in
   leader)
@@ -64,11 +80,11 @@ local)
     ./multinode-demo/leader.sh > leader.log 2>&1 &
     ;;
   validator)
-    rsync -vPrz "$netEntrypoint:~/.cargo/bin/solana*" ~/.cargo/bin/
+    rsync -vPr "$leaderIp:~/.cargo/bin/solana*" ~/.cargo/bin/
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote "$setupArgs"
     ./multinode-demo/setup.sh -t validator -p $setupArgs
-    ./multinode-demo/validator.sh "$netEntrypoint":~/solana "$netEntrypoint" >validator.log 2>&1 &
+    ./multinode-demo/validator.sh "$leaderIp":~/solana "$leaderIp" >validator.log 2>&1 &
     ;;
   *)
     echo "Error: unknown node type: $nodeType"
@@ -80,4 +96,3 @@ local)
   echo "Unknown deployment method: $deployMethod"
   exit 1
 esac
-
diff --git a/net/remote/remote_sanity.sh b/net/remote/remote_sanity.sh
index aac32bd27..f4cae9bf0 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote_sanity.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote_sanity.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
-deployMethod="$1"
-netEntrypoint="$2"
-numNodes="$3"
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../..
 
-[[ -n $deployMethod ]] || exit
-[[ -n $netEntrypoint ]] || exit
-[[ -n $numNodes ]] || exit
+deployMethod=
+leaderIp=
+numNodes=
+# shellcheck source=/dev/null # deployConfig is written by remote_sanity.sh
+source deployConfig
 
-shift 3
+[[ -n $deployMethod ]] || {
+  echo "deployMethod empty"
+  exit 1
+}
+[[ -n $leaderIp ]] || {
+  echo "leaderIp empty"
+  exit 1
+}
+[[ -n $numNodes ]] || {
+  echo "numNodes empty"
+  exit 1
+}
 
 ledgerVerify=true
 validatorSanity=true
@@ -29,26 +40,25 @@ while [[ $1 = "-o" ]]; do
   esac
 done
 
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"/../..
 source net/common.sh
 loadConfigFile
 
 case $deployMethod in
 snap)
+  PATH="/snap/bin:$PATH"
   export USE_SNAP=1
-  solana_bench_tps=/snap/bin/solana.bench-tps
-  solana_ledger_tool=/snap/bin/solana.ledger-tool
+
+  solana_bench_tps=solana.bench-tps
+  solana_ledger_tool=solana.ledger-tool
   ledger=/var/snap/solana/current/config/ledger
   ;;
 local)
   PATH="$HOME"/.cargo/bin:"$PATH"
   export USE_INSTALL=1
 
-  solana_bench_tps=multinode-demo/client.sh
+  solana_bench_tps="multinode-demo/client.sh $leaderIp:~/solana"
   solana_ledger_tool=solana-ledger-tool
   ledger=config/ledger
-  netEntrypoint="$:~/solana"
   ;;
 *)
   echo "Unknown deployment method: $deployMethod"
@@ -56,19 +66,19 @@ local)
 esac
 
 
-echo "--- $netEntrypoint: wallet sanity"
+echo "--- $leaderIp: wallet sanity"
 (
   set -x
-  multinode-demo/test/wallet-sanity.sh "$netEntrypoint"
+  multinode-demo/test/wallet-sanity.sh "$leaderIp"
 )
 
-echo "--- $netEntrypoint: node count"
+echo "--- $leaderIp: node count"
 (
   set -x
-  $solana_bench_tps "$netEntrypoint" "$numNodes" -c
+  $solana_bench_tps --num-nodes "$numNodes" --converge-only
 )
 
-echo "--- $netEntrypoint: verify ledger"
+echo "--- $leaderIp: verify ledger"
 if $ledgerVerify; then
   if [[ -d $ledger ]]; then
     (
@@ -87,12 +97,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-echo "--- $netEntrypoint: validator sanity"
+echo "--- $leaderIp: validator sanity"
 if $validatorSanity; then
   (
     ./multinode-demo/setup.sh -t validator
     set -e pipefail
-    timeout 10s ./multinode-demo/validator.sh "$netEntrypoint" 2>&1 | tee validator.log
+    timeout 10s ./multinode-demo/validator.sh "$leaderIp" 2>&1 | tee validator.log
   )
   wc -l validator.log
   if grep -C100 panic validator.log; then
diff --git a/net/remote/remote_startup.sh b/net/remote/remote_startup.sh
index 388f138db..0c511b033 100644
--- a/net/remote/remote_startup.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote_startup.sh
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ systemctl disable apt-daily.service # disable run when system boot
 systemctl disable apt-daily.timer   # disable timer run
 apt-get --assume-yes install rsync libssl-dev
 
+cat > /etc/rsyncd.conf <<-EOF
+[config]
+path = /var/snap/solana/current/config
+hosts allow = *
+read only = true
+EOF
+
+systemctl enable rsync
+systemctl start rsync