diff --git a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/GatewayTestBase.java b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/GatewayTestBase.java
index 0b1f64fd1fb52b569430a48a1eaf6c7d974fb9d7..980e77353d9be012af6161bb04485b0eeb07f90c 100644
--- a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/GatewayTestBase.java
+++ b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/GatewayTestBase.java
@@ -6,41 +6,27 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import net.i2p.data.Hash;
-import net.i2p.data.RouterIdentity;
-import net.i2p.data.RouterInfo;
 import net.i2p.data.TunnelId;
 import net.i2p.data.i2np.DataMessage;
 import net.i2p.data.i2np.I2NPMessage;
-import net.i2p.router.Router;
-import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
-public abstract class GatewayTestBase {
+public abstract class GatewayTestBase extends RouterTestBase {
 
-    protected static RouterContext _context;
-    protected static TunnelGatewayPumper _pumper;
-    protected static TunnelCreatorConfig _config;
     
-    protected TunnelGateway.QueuePreprocessor _preprocessor;
+    private static TunnelGatewayPumper _pumper;
+    
+    private TunnelGateway.QueuePreprocessor _preprocessor;
     protected TunnelGateway.Sender _sender;
     protected TestReceiver _receiver;
-    protected TunnelGateway _gw;
+    private TunnelGateway _gw;
     
     @BeforeClass
-    public static void globalSetUp() {
-        // order of these matters
-        Router r = new Router();
-        _context = new RouterContext(r);
-        _context.initAll();
-        r.runRouter();
-        RouterIdentity rIdentity = new TestRouterIdentity();
-        RouterInfo rInfo = new RouterInfo();
-        rInfo.setIdentity(rIdentity);
-        r.setRouterInfo(rInfo);
+    public static void gatewayClassSetup() {
         _pumper = new TunnelGatewayPumper(_context);
-        _config = prepareConfig(8);
     }
     
     @Before
@@ -50,16 +36,105 @@ public abstract class GatewayTestBase {
         _gw = new PumpedTunnelGateway(_context, _preprocessor, _sender, _receiver, _pumper);
     }
     
+    /** sets up the sender and receiver.  Subclasses must override */
     protected abstract void setupSenderAndReceiver();
     
-    private static class TestRouterIdentity extends RouterIdentity {
-        @Override
-        public Hash getHash() {
-            return Hash.FAKE_HASH;
+    /**
+     * @return at which hop to start the decryption process
+     */
+    protected abstract int getLastHop();
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testSmall() throws Exception {
+        int runCount = 1;
+        
+        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
+        long start = _context.clock().now();
+    
+        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
+            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
+            messages.add(m);
+            _gw.add(m, null, null);
+        }
+        
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
+        
+        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
+        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
+            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testRouter() throws Exception {
+        int runCount = 1;
+        
+        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
+        long start = _context.clock().now();
+    
+        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
+            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
+            Hash to = new Hash(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
+            java.util.Arrays.fill(to.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
+            messages.add(m);
+            _gw.add(m, to, null);
+        }
+        
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
+        
+        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
+        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
+            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
         }
     }
     
-    protected static DataMessage getTestMessage(int size) {
+    @Test
+    public void testTunnel() throws Exception {
+        int runCount = 1;
+        
+        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
+        long start = _context.clock().now();
+    
+        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
+            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
+            Hash to = new Hash(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
+            java.util.Arrays.fill(to.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
+            TunnelId tunnel = new TunnelId(42);
+            byte data[] = m.toByteArray();
+            messages.add(m);
+            _gw.add(m, to, tunnel);
+        }
+        
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
+        
+        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
+        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
+            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testLarge() throws Exception {
+        int runCount = 1;
+        
+        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
+        long start = _context.clock().now();
+    
+        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
+            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(1024);
+            messages.add(m);
+            _gw.add(m, null, null);
+        }
+        
+        Thread.sleep(1000);
+        
+        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
+        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
+            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private static DataMessage getTestMessage(int size) {
         DataMessage m = new DataMessage(_context);
         m.setData(new byte[size]);
         java.util.Arrays.fill(m.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
@@ -82,7 +157,7 @@ public abstract class GatewayTestBase {
         public long receiveEncrypted(byte[] encrypted) {
             // fake all the hops...
             
-            for (int i = 1; i <= _config.getLength() - 2; i++) {
+            for (int i = 1; i <= _config.getLength() - getLastHop(); i++) {
                 HopProcessor hop = new HopProcessor(_context, _config.getConfig(i));
                 assertTrue(hop.process(encrypted, 0, encrypted.length, _config.getConfig(i).getReceiveFrom()));
             }
@@ -110,38 +185,4 @@ public abstract class GatewayTestBase {
             return null;
         }
     }
-    
-    
-    private static TunnelCreatorConfig prepareConfig(int numHops) {
-        Hash peers[] = new Hash[numHops];
-        byte tunnelIds[][] = new byte[numHops][4];
-        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
-            peers[i] = new Hash();
-            peers[i].setData(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
-            _context.random().nextBytes(peers[i].getData());
-            _context.random().nextBytes(tunnelIds[i]);
-        }
-        
-        TunnelCreatorConfig config = new TunnelCreatorConfig(_context, numHops, false);
-        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
-            config.setPeer(i, peers[i]);
-            HopConfig cfg = config.getConfig(i);
-            cfg.setExpiration(_context.clock().now() + 60000);
-            cfg.setIVKey(_context.keyGenerator().generateSessionKey());
-            cfg.setLayerKey(_context.keyGenerator().generateSessionKey());
-            if (i > 0)
-                cfg.setReceiveFrom(peers[i-1]);
-            else
-                cfg.setReceiveFrom(null);
-            cfg.setReceiveTunnelId(tunnelIds[i]);
-            if (i < numHops - 1) {
-                cfg.setSendTo(peers[i+1]);
-                cfg.setSendTunnelId(tunnelIds[i+1]);
-            } else {
-                cfg.setSendTo(null);
-                cfg.setSendTunnelId(null);
-            }
-        }
-        return config;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundGatewayTest.java b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundGatewayTest.java
index dd2a0a44c70fd150da43d147ec7edb75d6db0d70..ede9eae4eb81b3bfc1bd63ff374b8073d5101bfa 100644
--- a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundGatewayTest.java
+++ b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundGatewayTest.java
@@ -8,16 +8,8 @@ package net.i2p.router.tunnel;
  *
  */
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static junit.framework.TestCase.*;
-import net.i2p.data.Hash;
-import net.i2p.data.TunnelId;
-import net.i2p.data.i2np.DataMessage;
-import net.i2p.data.i2np.I2NPMessage;
 
 /**
  * Quick unit test for base functionality of inbound tunnel 
@@ -32,93 +24,9 @@ public class InboundGatewayTest extends GatewayTestBase {
         _receiver = new InboundTestReceiver(_config);
     }
     
-    @Test
-    public void testSmall() throws Exception {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-           DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, null, null);
-        }
-
-        Thread.sleep(1000);
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testRouter() throws Exception{
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
-            Hash to = new Hash(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
-            java.util.Arrays.fill(to.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, to, null);
-        }
-        
-        Thread.sleep(1000);
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testTunnel() throws Exception {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
-            Hash to = new Hash(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
-            java.util.Arrays.fill(to.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
-            TunnelId tunnel = new TunnelId(42);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, to, tunnel);
-        }
-        
-        Thread.sleep(1000);
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testLarge() throws Exception {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(1024);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, null, null);
-        }
-        
-        Thread.sleep(1000);
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
+    @Override
+    protected int getLastHop() {
+        return 2;
     }
     
     private class InboundTestReceiver extends TestReceiver {
diff --git a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundTest.java b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundTest.java
index b6f60b38f844558281df7c44920771d692bd4aac..c9266b287530dcf5ca50c2363ed7ef5e8cd996cf 100644
--- a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundTest.java
+++ b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/InboundTest.java
@@ -8,78 +8,42 @@ package net.i2p.router.tunnel;
  *
  */
 
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
-import net.i2p.I2PAppContext;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 import net.i2p.data.DataHelper;
 import net.i2p.data.Hash;
-import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * Quick unit test for base functionality of inbound tunnel 
  * operation
  *
  */
-public class InboundTest extends TestCase{
-    private RouterContext _context;
-    
-    public void setUp() {
-        _context = new RouterContext(null);
-    }
+public class InboundTest extends RouterTestBase {
     
+    @Test
     public void testInbound() {
     	int numHops = 8;
-    	TunnelCreatorConfig config = prepareConfig(numHops);
     	
         byte orig[] = new byte[128];
         byte message[] = new byte[128];
         _context.random().nextBytes(orig); // might as well fill the IV
         System.arraycopy(orig, 0, message, 0, message.length);
         
-        InboundGatewayProcessor p = new InboundGatewayProcessor(_context, config.getConfig(0));
+        InboundGatewayProcessor p = new InboundGatewayProcessor(_context, _config.getConfig(0));
         p.process(message, 0, message.length, null);
         
         for (int i = 1; i < numHops-1; i++) {
-            HopProcessor hop = new HopProcessor(_context, config.getConfig(i));
-            Hash prev = config.getConfig(i).getReceiveFrom();
+            HopProcessor hop = new HopProcessor(_context, _config.getConfig(i));
+            Hash prev = _config.getConfig(i).getReceiveFrom();
             assertTrue(hop.process(message, 0, message.length, prev));
         }
         
-        InboundEndpointProcessor end = new InboundEndpointProcessor(_context, config);
-        assertTrue(end.retrievePreprocessedData(message, 0, message.length, config.getPeer(numHops-2)));
+        InboundEndpointProcessor end = new InboundEndpointProcessor(_context, _config);
+        assertTrue(end.retrievePreprocessedData(message, 0, message.length, _config.getPeer(numHops-2)));
         
         assertTrue(DataHelper.eq(orig, 16, message, 16, orig.length - 16));
     }
     
-    private TunnelCreatorConfig prepareConfig(int numHops) {
-        Hash peers[] = new Hash[numHops];
-        byte tunnelIds[][] = new byte[numHops][4];
-        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
-            peers[i] = new Hash();
-            peers[i].setData(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
-            _context.random().nextBytes(peers[i].getData());
-            _context.random().nextBytes(tunnelIds[i]);
-        }
-        
-        TunnelCreatorConfig config = new TunnelCreatorConfig(_context, numHops, false);
-        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
-            config.setPeer(i, peers[i]);
-            HopConfig cfg = config.getConfig(i);
-            cfg.setExpiration(_context.clock().now() + 60000);
-            cfg.setIVKey(_context.keyGenerator().generateSessionKey());
-            cfg.setLayerKey(_context.keyGenerator().generateSessionKey());
-            if (i > 0)
-                cfg.setReceiveFrom(peers[i-1]);
-            else
-                cfg.setReceiveFrom(null);
-            cfg.setReceiveTunnelId(tunnelIds[i]);
-            if (i < numHops - 1) {
-                cfg.setSendTo(peers[i+1]);
-                cfg.setSendTunnelId(tunnelIds[i+1]);
-            } else {
-                cfg.setSendTo(null);
-                cfg.setSendTunnelId(null);
-            }
-        }
-        return config;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/OutboundGatewayTest.java b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/OutboundGatewayTest.java
index a5bb4adc5fffc9ced34cd368ef68a93e6e5247a2..e6eee6908f0e05b72b1f9669f7ef28fc3b628197 100644
--- a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/OutboundGatewayTest.java
+++ b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/OutboundGatewayTest.java
@@ -8,17 +8,6 @@ package net.i2p.router.tunnel;
  *
  */
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import static junit.framework.TestCase.*;
-import net.i2p.data.Hash;
-import net.i2p.data.TunnelId;
-import net.i2p.data.i2np.DataMessage;
-import net.i2p.data.i2np.I2NPMessage;
-
 /**
  * Quick unit test for base functionality of outbound tunnel 
  * operation
@@ -31,131 +20,8 @@ public class OutboundGatewayTest extends GatewayTestBase {
         _receiver = new TestReceiver(_config);
     }
     
-    @Test
-    public void testSmall() throws Exception {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, null, null);
-        }
-        
-        Thread.sleep(10000);
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testRouter() {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
-            Hash to = new Hash(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
-            java.util.Arrays.fill(to.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, to, null);
-        }
-        
-        long time = _context.clock().now() - start;
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testTunnel() {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(64);
-            Hash to = new Hash(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
-            java.util.Arrays.fill(to.getData(), (byte)0xFF);
-            TunnelId tunnel = new TunnelId(42);
-            byte data[] = m.toByteArray();
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, to, tunnel);
-        }
-        
-        long time = _context.clock().now() - start;
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    @Test
-    public void testLarge() {
-    	int runCount = 1;
-    	
-        List messages = new ArrayList(runCount);
-        long start = _context.clock().now();
-    
-        for (int i = 0; i < runCount; i++) {
-            DataMessage m = getTestMessage(1024);
-            messages.add(m);
-            _gw.add(m, null, null);
-        }
-        
-        long time = _context.clock().now() - start;
-        //try { Thread.sleep(60*1000); } catch (Exception e) {}
-        
-        List received = _receiver.clearReceived();
-        for (int i = 0; i < messages.size(); i++) {
-            assertTrue(received.contains(((I2NPMessage)messages.get(i))));
-        }
-    }
-    
-    private class TestReceiverr implements TunnelGateway.Receiver, FragmentHandler.DefragmentedReceiver {
-        private TunnelCreatorConfig _config;
-        private FragmentHandler _handler;
-        private List _received;
-        public TestReceiverr(TunnelCreatorConfig config) {
-            _config = config;
-            _handler = new FragmentHandler(_context, TestReceiverr.this);
-            _received = new ArrayList(1000);
-        }
-        public long receiveEncrypted(byte[] encrypted) {
-            // fake all the hops...
-            
-            for (int i = 1; i < _config.getLength(); i++) {
-                HopProcessor hop = new HopProcessor(_context, _config.getConfig(i));
-                assertTrue(hop.process(encrypted, 0, encrypted.length, _config.getConfig(i).getReceiveFrom()));
-                
-            }
-            
-
-            _handler.receiveTunnelMessage(encrypted, 0, encrypted.length);
-            return -1; // or do we need to return the real message ID?
-        }        
-        public void receiveComplete(I2NPMessage msg, Hash toRouter, TunnelId toTunnel) {
-            _received.add(msg);
-        }
-        public List clearReceived() { 
-            List rv = _received; 
-            _received = new ArrayList();
-            return rv;
-        }
-        @Override
-        public Hash getSendTo() {
-            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-            return null;
-        }
+    @Override
+    protected int getLastHop() {
+        return 1;
     }
 }
diff --git a/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/RouterTestBase.java b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/RouterTestBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9e700d0814ffe688061173bf4f31d20c96ef5f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router/java/test/junit/net/i2p/router/tunnel/RouterTestBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package net.i2p.router.tunnel;
+
+import net.i2p.data.Hash;
+import net.i2p.data.RouterIdentity;
+import net.i2p.data.RouterInfo;
+import net.i2p.router.Router;
+import net.i2p.router.RouterContext;
+
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for tests that need a functioning router set up.
+ * 
+ * @author zab
+ */
+public abstract class RouterTestBase {
+    
+    protected static RouterContext _context;
+    protected static TunnelCreatorConfig _config;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void routerClassSetup() {
+     // order of these matters
+        Router r = new Router();
+        _context = new RouterContext(r);
+        _context.initAll();
+        r.runRouter();
+        RouterIdentity rIdentity = new TestRouterIdentity();
+        RouterInfo rInfo = new RouterInfo();
+        rInfo.setIdentity(rIdentity);
+        r.setRouterInfo(rInfo);
+        _config = prepareConfig(8);
+    }
+    
+    private static TunnelCreatorConfig prepareConfig(int numHops) {
+        Hash peers[] = new Hash[numHops];
+        byte tunnelIds[][] = new byte[numHops][4];
+        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
+            peers[i] = new Hash();
+            peers[i].setData(new byte[Hash.HASH_LENGTH]);
+            _context.random().nextBytes(peers[i].getData());
+            _context.random().nextBytes(tunnelIds[i]);
+        }
+        
+        TunnelCreatorConfig config = new TunnelCreatorConfig(_context, numHops, false);
+        for (int i = 0; i < numHops; i++) {
+            config.setPeer(i, peers[i]);
+            HopConfig cfg = config.getConfig(i);
+            cfg.setExpiration(_context.clock().now() + 60000);
+            cfg.setIVKey(_context.keyGenerator().generateSessionKey());
+            cfg.setLayerKey(_context.keyGenerator().generateSessionKey());
+            if (i > 0)
+                cfg.setReceiveFrom(peers[i-1]);
+            else
+                cfg.setReceiveFrom(null);
+            cfg.setReceiveTunnelId(tunnelIds[i]);
+            if (i < numHops - 1) {
+                cfg.setSendTo(peers[i+1]);
+                cfg.setSendTunnelId(tunnelIds[i+1]);
+            } else {
+                cfg.setSendTo(null);
+                cfg.setSendTunnelId(null);
+            }
+        }
+        return config;
+    }
+    
+    private static class TestRouterIdentity extends RouterIdentity {
+        @Override
+        public Hash getHash() {
+            return Hash.FAKE_HASH;
+        }
+    }
+}