diff --git a/backend/cmd/config.toml b/backend/cmd/config.toml
index af5f4c467..a71056e8f 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/config.toml
+++ b/backend/cmd/config.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 # 3. Toggle the Fault Propagation to your needs (true/false)
 # 4. Check the TCP configuration and make sure to use the needed Keep Alive settings
 
-# Control Station general configuration
-[app]
-automatic_window_opening = "" # Leave blank to open no windows (<blank>, ethernet-view, control-station, both)
 
 # Vehicle Configuration
 [vehicle]
@@ -40,13 +37,6 @@ keep_alive_ms = 1000         # Keep-alive interval in milliseconds
 ring_buffer_size = 64      # Size of the ring buffer for incoming packets (number of packets, not bytes)
 packet_chan_size = 16      # Size of the channel buffer
 
-# TFTP Configuration
-[tftp]
-block_size = 131072    # TFTP block size in bytes (128kB)
-retries = 3            # Maximum number of retries before aborting transfer
-timeout_ms = 5000      # Timeout between retries in milliseconds
-backoff_factor = 2     # Backoff multiplier for retry delays
-enable_progress = true # Enable progress callbacks during transfers
 
 # Logger Configuration
 [logging]
diff --git a/backend/cmd/dev-config.toml b/backend/cmd/dev-config.toml
index 1cbac364a..1a6d3a437 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/dev-config.toml
+++ b/backend/cmd/dev-config.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 # 4. Check the TCP configuration and make sure to use the needed Keep Alive settings
 
 # Control Station general configuration
-[app]
-automatic_window_opening = "" # Leave blank to open no windows (<blank>, ethernet-view, control-station, both)
 
 # Vehicle Configuration
 [vehicle]
@@ -64,16 +62,6 @@ programable_boards = "/uploadableBoards"
 connections = "/backend"
 files = "/"
 
-# TFTP Configuration
-[tftp]
-block_size = 512       # TFTP block size (512 or 1468 bytes)
-retries = 3            # Number of retries for TFTP operations
-timeout_ms = 5000      # Timeout for TFTP operations in milliseconds
-backoff_factor = 2     # Backoff factor for retries
-enable_progress = true # Enable progress updates during transfers
-
-
-
 # Logging Configuration
 [logging]
 time_unit = "us"      # Time unit for log timestamps (ns, us, ms, s)    
diff --git a/backend/cmd/main.go b/backend/cmd/main.go
index d202f8e0b..3aa50883b 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/main.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/main.go
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Open browser tabs
-	openBrowserTabs(config)
-
 	// Wait for interrupt signal to gracefully shutdown the backend
 	interrupt := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(interrupt, os.Interrupt)
diff --git a/backend/cmd/orchestrator.go b/backend/cmd/orchestrator.go
index 6d34b064a..e395060df 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/orchestrator.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/orchestrator.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/logger"
 	data_logger "github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/logger/data"
 	order_logger "github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/logger/order"
-	"github.com/pkg/browser"
 	trace "github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 )
 
@@ -148,16 +147,3 @@ func setUpLogger(config config.Config) (*logger.Logger, abstraction.SubloggersMa
 	return loggerHandler, subloggers
 
 }
-
-func openBrowserTabs(config config.Config) {
-
-	switch config.App.AutomaticWindowOpening {
-	case "ethernet-view":
-		browser.OpenURL("http://" + config.Server["ethernet-view"].Addr)
-	case "control-station":
-		browser.OpenURL("http://" + config.Server["control-station"].Addr)
-	case "both":
-		browser.OpenURL("http://" + config.Server["ethernet-view"].Addr)
-		browser.OpenURL("http://" + config.Server["control-station"].Addr)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/backend/cmd/setup_transport.go b/backend/cmd/setup_transport.go
index 82bd10dc9..f148a27b7 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/setup_transport.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/setup_transport.go
@@ -64,16 +64,19 @@ func configureTCPClientTransport(
 	i := 0 // count
 
 	// map of remote server addresses to transport targets for boards not present in vehicle config
-	serverTargets := make(map[string]abstraction.TransportTarget)
 	for _, board := range podData.Boards {
+
+		// Skip boards not in config.Vehicle.Boards to avoid unnecessary TCP clients and potential connection issues
 		if !common.Contains(config.Vehicle.Boards, board.Name) {
-			serverTargets[fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", adj.Info.Addresses[board.Name], adj.Info.Ports[TcpClient])] = abstraction.TransportTarget(board.Name)
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// Resolve local TCP client address with incremental port to avoid conflicts
 		backendTcpClientAddr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", adj.Info.Addresses[BACKEND], adj.Info.Ports[TcpClient]+uint16(i)))
 		if err != nil {
-			panic("Failed to resolve local backend TCP client address")
+			trace.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to resolve local backend TCP client address: " + err.Error())
 		}
+
 		// Create TCP client config with custom parameters from config
 		clientConfig := tcp.NewClientConfig(backendTcpClientAddr)
 
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 2571668d5..c4603d2ef 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0
 	github.com/jmaralo/sntp v0.0.0-20240116111937-45a0a3419272
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.7
-	github.com/pin/tftp/v3 v3.0.0
-	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.29.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230522175609-2e198f4a06a1
 )
@@ -41,6 +39,4 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 )
 
-require (
-	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 // indirect
-)
+require golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index c9928069c..4c13f9296 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20230808193330-2592e75ae04a h1:mATvB/9r/3gvcej
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v0.0.0-20230808193330-2592e75ae04a/go.mod h1:Ro8st/ElPeALwNFlcTpWmkr6IoMFfkjXAvTHpevnDsM=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 h1:FXtiHYKDGKCW2KzwZKx0iC0PQmdlorYgdFG9jPXJ1Bc=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1/go.mod h1:8tpGGwCnJ5H4r6BWwaV6OrWmMoPhUl5jm/FMNAnJvWQ=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0 h1:kOqh6YHBtK8aywxGerMG2Eq3H6Qgoqeo13Bk2Mv/nBs=
-github.com/fatih/color v1.15.0/go.mod h1:0h5ZqXfHYED7Bhv2ZJamyIOUej9KtShiJESRwBDUSsw=
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.7 h1:iV3Bqi942d9huXnzEF2Mt+CY9gLu8DNM4Obd+8bODRE=
 github.com/gliderlabs/ssh v0.3.7/go.mod h1:zpHEXBstFnQYtGnB8k8kQLol82umzn/2/snG7alWVD8=
 github.com/go-git/gcfg v1.5.1-0.20230307220236-3a3c6141e376 h1:+zs/tPmkDkHx3U66DAb0lQFJrpS6731Oaa12ikc+DiI=
@@ -46,8 +44,6 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 h1:PPwGk2jz7EePpoHN/+ClbZu8SPxiqlu12wZP/3sWmnc=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0 h1:5tqGy27NaOTB8yJKUZELlFAS/LTKJkrmONwQKeRZfjY=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99 h1:BQSFePA1RWJOlocH6Fxy8MmwDt+yVQYULKfN0RoTN8A=
 github.com/jbenet/go-context v0.0.0-20150711004518-d14ea06fba99/go.mod h1:1lJo3i6rXxKeerYnT8Nvf0QmHCRC1n8sfWVwXF2Frvo=
 github.com/jmaralo/sntp v0.0.0-20240116111937-45a0a3419272 h1:dtQzdBn2P781UxyDPZd1tv4QE29ffpnmJ15qBkXHypY=
@@ -72,12 +68,8 @@ github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10 h1:naR28SdDFlqrG6kScpT8VWpu1xWY5nJRCF3XaYyBjhI=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10/go.mod h1:RsS8tutOdbdgzbPtzzATp12yT7kM5I5aElG3evPbQ0M=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.7 h1:muncTPStnKRos5dpVKULv2FVd4bMOhNePj9CjgDb8Us=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:eumQOmlWiOPt5WriQQqoM5y18pDHwha2N+QD+EUNTek=
-github.com/pin/tftp/v3 v3.0.0 h1:o9cQpmWBSbgiaYXuN+qJAB12XBIv4dT7OuOONucn2l0=
-github.com/pin/tftp/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:xwQaN4viYL019tM4i8iecm++5cGxSqen6AJEOEyEI0w=
 github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.0 h1:4D5XXmUUBUl/xQ6IjCkEAbqXskkq/4O7LmGn0AqMDs4=
 github.com/pjbgf/sha1cd v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nZ1rrWOcGJ5uZgEEVL1VUM9iRQiZvWdbZjkKyFzPPsI=
-github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c h1:+mdjkGKdHQG3305AYmdv1U2eRNDiU2ErMBj1gwrq8eQ=
-github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c/go.mod h1:7rwL4CYBLnjLxUqIJNnCWiEdr3bn6IUYi15bNlnbCCU=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -123,7 +115,6 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0 h1:rmsUpXtvNzj340zd98LZ4KntptpfRHwpFOHG188oHXc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200202094626-16171245cfb2/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
@@ -150,7 +141,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/config_types.go b/backend/internal/config/config_types.go
index ecf78c783..32260e5aa 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/config_types.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/config_types.go
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/logger"
 )
 
-type App struct {
-	AutomaticWindowOpening string `toml:"automatic_window_opening"`
-}
-
 type Adj struct {
 	Branch   string `toml:"branch"`
 	Validate bool   `toml:"validate"`
@@ -19,14 +15,6 @@ type Transport struct {
 	PropagateFault bool `toml:"propagate_fault"`
 }
 
-type TFTP struct {
-	BlockSize      int  `toml:"block_size"`
-	Retries        int  `toml:"retries"`
-	TimeoutMs      int  `toml:"timeout_ms"`
-	BackoffFactor  int  `toml:"backoff_factor"`
-	EnableProgress bool `toml:"enable_progress"`
-}
-
 type TCP struct {
 	BackoffMinMs      int     `toml:"backoff_min_ms"`
 	BackoffMaxMs      int     `toml:"backoff_max_ms"`
@@ -47,12 +35,10 @@ type Logging struct {
 }
 
 type Config struct {
-	App       App
 	Vehicle   vehicle.Config
 	Server    server.Config
 	Adj       Adj
 	Transport Transport
-	TFTP      TFTP
 	TCP       TCP
 	UDP       UDP
 	Logging   Logging
diff --git a/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/client.go b/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/client.go
index 2fb683820..038d68fa9 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/client.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/client.go
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package tcp
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
@@ -38,6 +36,7 @@ func (client *Client) Dial() (net.Conn, error) {
 
 	var err error
 	var conn net.Conn
+	client.currentRetries = 0
 	client.logger.Info().Msg("dialing")
 
 	for client.config.MaxConnectionRetries <= 0 || client.currentRetries < client.config.MaxConnectionRetries {
@@ -64,8 +63,8 @@ func (client *Client) Dial() (net.Conn, error) {
 			return nil, client.config.Context.Err()
 		}
 
-		// Check if we should retry this error
-		if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); !client.config.TryReconnect || (!errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNREFUSED) && (!ok || !netErr.Timeout())) {
+		// If reconnection is disabled, bail out immediately on any error
+		if !client.config.TryReconnect {
 			client.logger.Error().Stack().Err(err).Msg("failed with non-retryable error")
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/config.go b/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/config.go
index 2d0c6a39d..4403bd788 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/config.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/config.go
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ func NewClientConfig(laddr net.Addr) ClientConfig {
 		Dialer: net.Dialer{
 			Timeout:   time.Second,
 			LocalAddr: laddr,
-			KeepAlive: time.Second, // Going under 1 second won't work in most systems
+			KeepAlive: -1, // managed via KeepAliveConfig
+			KeepAliveConfig: net.KeepAliveConfig{
+				Enable:   true,
+				Idle:     time.Second,
+				Interval: time.Second,
+				Count:    3,
+			},
 		},
 
 		Context:                   context.TODO(),
@@ -69,7 +75,13 @@ type ServerConfig struct {
 func NewServerConfig() ServerConfig {
 	return ServerConfig{
 		ListenConfig: net.ListenConfig{
-			KeepAlive: time.Second,
+			KeepAlive: -1, // managed via KeepAliveConfig
+			KeepAliveConfig: net.KeepAliveConfig{
+				Enable:   true,
+				Idle:     time.Second,
+				Interval: time.Second,
+				Count:    3,
+			},
 		},
 		Context: context.TODO(),
 	}
diff --git a/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/conn.go b/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/conn.go
index 35575bf34..4786c9e5d 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/conn.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/transport/network/tcp/conn.go
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ func WithErrChan(conn net.Conn) (net.Conn, <-chan error) {
 func (conn *connWithErr) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = conn.Conn.Read(b)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
-		conn.errors <- err
+		select {
+		case conn.errors <- err:
+		default:
+		}
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -29,12 +32,14 @@ func (conn *connWithErr) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 func (conn *connWithErr) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	n, err = conn.Conn.Write(b)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, net.ErrClosed) {
-		conn.errors <- err
+		select {
+		case conn.errors <- err:
+		default:
+		}
 	}
 	return
 }
 
 func (conn *connWithErr) Close() error {
-	close(conn.errors)
 	return conn.Conn.Close()
 }
diff --git a/backend/pkg/transport/transport.go b/backend/pkg/transport/transport.go
index cac9046c9..309a2b32c 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/transport/transport.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/transport/transport.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/transport/network/udp"
 	"github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/transport/packet/data"
 	"github.com/HyperloopUPV-H8/h9-backend/pkg/transport/presentation"
-	"github.com/pin/tftp/v3"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 )
 
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@ type Transport struct {
 	ipToTarget map[string]abstraction.TransportTarget
 	idToTarget map[abstraction.PacketId]abstraction.TransportTarget
 
-	tftp *tftp.Client
-
 	propagateFault bool
 
 	api abstraction.TransportAPI
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ func (transport *Transport) HandleClient(config tcp.ClientConfig, remote string)
 	client := tcp.NewClient(remote, config, transport.logger)
 	clientLogger := transport.logger.With().Str("remoteAddress", remote).Logger()
 	defer clientLogger.Warn().Msg("abort connection")
-	var hasConnected = false
+	hasConnected := false
 
 	for {
 		conn, err := client.Dial()
@@ -129,7 +126,8 @@ func (transport *Transport) handleTCPConn(conn net.Conn) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	connectionLogger := transport.logger.With().Str("remoteAddress", conn.RemoteAddr().String()).Str("target", string(target)).Logger()
+	connectionLogger := transport.logger.With().
+		Str("remoteAddress", conn.RemoteAddr().String()).Str("target", string(target)).Logger()
 	connectionLogger.Info().Msg("new connection")
 
 	if err := transport.rejectIfConnectedTCPConn(target, conn, connectionLogger); err != nil {
@@ -146,6 +144,7 @@ func (transport *Transport) handleTCPConn(conn net.Conn) error {
 	cleanupConn := transport.registerTCPConn(target, conn, connectionLogger)
 	defer cleanupConn()
 
+	// Notify vehicle of connection status.
 	transport.api.ConnectionUpdate(target, true)
 	defer transport.api.ConnectionUpdate(target, false)
 
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 957518330..521811c76 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ go 1.23.1
 
 use (
 	./backend
-	./packet-sender
 )