diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 03a89df2..299fd394 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -820,15 +820,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bounded_join_set"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ae18fd8f4a623bcf416b5bc8f1e0905534d9911597ed17cc57ab9b6eed65454d"
-dependencies = [
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "brotli"
 version = "7.0.0"
@@ -1941,7 +1932,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "boringtun-easytier",
- "bounded_join_set",
  "bytecodec",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/easytier/Cargo.toml b/easytier/Cargo.toml
index ad1a4926..4f0e11f3 100644
--- a/easytier/Cargo.toml
+++ b/easytier/Cargo.toml
@@ -213,8 +213,6 @@ humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
 multimap = "0.10.0"
 version-compare = "0.2.0"
 
-bounded_join_set = "0.3.0"
-
 jemallocator = { version = "0.5.4", optional = true }
 jemalloc-ctl = { version = "0.5.4", optional = true }
 jemalloc-sys = { version = "0.5.4", features = [
diff --git a/easytier/src/connector/direct.rs b/easytier/src/connector/direct.rs
index e8896f8f..5e1e6c51 100644
--- a/easytier/src/connector/direct.rs
+++ b/easytier/src/connector/direct.rs
@@ -221,16 +221,18 @@ impl DirectConnectorManagerData {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[tracing::instrument]
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     async fn try_connect_to_ip(
         self: Arc<DirectConnectorManagerData>,
         dst_peer_id: PeerId,
         addr: String,
     ) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let mut rand_gen = rand::rngs::OsRng::default();
-        let backoff_ms = vec![1000, 2000];
+        let backoff_ms = vec![1000, 2000, 4000];
         let mut backoff_idx = 0;
 
+        tracing::debug!(?dst_peer_id, ?addr, "try_connect_to_ip start");
+
         self.dst_listener_blacklist.cleanup();
 
         if self
@@ -244,12 +246,21 @@ impl DirectConnectorManagerData {
         }
 
         loop {
+            if self.peer_manager.has_directly_connected_conn(dst_peer_id) {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+
+            tracing::debug!(?dst_peer_id, ?addr, "try_connect_to_ip start one round");
             let ret = self.do_try_connect_to_ip(dst_peer_id, addr.clone()).await;
             tracing::debug!(?ret, ?dst_peer_id, ?addr, "try_connect_to_ip return");
             if ret.is_ok() {
                 return Ok(());
             }
 
+            if self.peer_manager.has_directly_connected_conn(dst_peer_id) {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+
             if backoff_idx < backoff_ms.len() {
                 let delta = backoff_ms[backoff_idx] >> 1;
                 assert!(delta > 0);
@@ -273,37 +284,19 @@ impl DirectConnectorManagerData {
         }
     }
 
-    #[tracing::instrument]
-    async fn do_try_direct_connect_internal(
+    fn spawn_direct_connect_task(
         self: &Arc<DirectConnectorManagerData>,
         dst_peer_id: PeerId,
-        ip_list: GetIpListResponse,
-    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        let enable_ipv6 = self.global_ctx.get_flags().enable_ipv6;
-        let available_listeners = ip_list
-            .listeners
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(Into::<url::Url>::into)
-            .filter_map(|l| if l.scheme() != "ring" { Some(l) } else { None })
-            .filter(|l| l.port().is_some() && l.host().is_some())
-            .filter(|l| enable_ipv6 || !matches!(l.host().unwrap().to_owned(), Host::Ipv6(_)))
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-        tracing::debug!(?available_listeners, "got available listeners");
-
-        if available_listeners.is_empty() {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("peer {} have no valid listener", dst_peer_id).into());
-        }
-
-        // if have default listener, use it first
-        let listener = available_listeners
-            .iter()
-            .find(|l| l.scheme() == self.global_ctx.get_flags().default_protocol)
-            .unwrap_or(available_listeners.get(0).unwrap());
-
-        let mut tasks = bounded_join_set::JoinSet::new(2);
-
-        let listener_host = listener.socket_addrs(|| None)?.pop();
+        ip_list: &GetIpListResponse,
+        listener: &url::Url,
+        tasks: &mut JoinSet<Result<(), Error>>,
+    ) {
+        let Ok(mut addrs) = listener.socket_addrs(|| None) else {
+            tracing::error!(?listener, "failed to parse socket address from listener");
+            return;
+        };
+        let listener_host = addrs.pop();
+        tracing::info!(?listener_host, ?listener, "try direct connect to peer");
         match listener_host {
             Some(SocketAddr::V4(s_addr)) => {
                 if s_addr.ip().is_unspecified() {
@@ -386,30 +379,90 @@ impl DirectConnectorManagerData {
                 tracing::error!(?p, ?listener, "failed to parse ip version from listener");
             }
         }
+    }
 
-        while let Some(ret) = tasks.join_next().await {
-            match ret {
-                Ok(Ok(_)) => {
-                    tracing::info!(
-                        ?dst_peer_id,
-                        ?listener,
-                        "try direct connect to peer success"
-                    );
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
+    async fn do_try_direct_connect_internal(
+        self: &Arc<DirectConnectorManagerData>,
+        dst_peer_id: PeerId,
+        ip_list: GetIpListResponse,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let enable_ipv6 = self.global_ctx.get_flags().enable_ipv6;
+        let available_listeners = ip_list
+            .listeners
+            .clone()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(Into::<url::Url>::into)
+            .filter_map(|l| if l.scheme() != "ring" { Some(l) } else { None })
+            .filter(|l| l.port().is_some() && l.host().is_some())
+            .filter(|l| enable_ipv6 || !matches!(l.host().unwrap().to_owned(), Host::Ipv6(_)))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        tracing::debug!(?available_listeners, "got available listeners");
+
+        if available_listeners.is_empty() {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("peer {} have no valid listener", dst_peer_id).into());
+        }
+
+        let default_protocol = self.global_ctx.get_flags().default_protocol;
+        // sort available listeners, default protocol has the highest priority, udp is second, others just random
+        // highest priority is in the last
+        let mut available_listeners = available_listeners;
+        available_listeners.sort_by_key(|l| {
+            let scheme = l.scheme();
+            if scheme == default_protocol {
+                3
+            } else if scheme == "udp" {
+                2
+            } else {
+                1
+            }
+        });
+
+        while !available_listeners.is_empty() {
+            let mut tasks = JoinSet::new();
+            let mut listener_list = vec![];
+
+            let cur_scheme = available_listeners.last().unwrap().scheme().to_owned();
+            while let Some(listener) = available_listeners.last() {
+                if listener.scheme() != cur_scheme {
                     break;
                 }
-                Ok(Err(e)) => {
-                    tracing::info!(?e, "try direct connect to peer failed");
-                }
-                Err(e) => {
-                    tracing::error!(?e, "try direct connect to peer task join failed");
-                }
+
+                tracing::debug!("try direct connect to peer with listener: {}", listener);
+                self.spawn_direct_connect_task(
+                    dst_peer_id.clone(),
+                    &ip_list,
+                    &listener,
+                    &mut tasks,
+                );
+
+                listener_list.push(listener.clone().to_string());
+                available_listeners.pop();
+            }
+
+            let ret = tasks.join_all().await;
+            tracing::debug!(
+                ?ret,
+                ?dst_peer_id,
+                ?cur_scheme,
+                ?listener_list,
+                "all tasks finished for current scheme"
+            );
+
+            if self.peer_manager.has_directly_connected_conn(dst_peer_id) {
+                tracing::info!(
+                    "direct connect to peer {} success, has direct conn",
+                    dst_peer_id
+                );
+                return Ok(());
             }
         }
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    #[tracing::instrument]
+    #[tracing::instrument(skip(self))]
     async fn do_try_direct_connect(
         self: Arc<DirectConnectorManagerData>,
         dst_peer_id: PeerId,