diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c509f00..1f2a099 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
   <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
   </properties>
   
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/m724/netsim/PathVisualizer.java b/src/main/java/eu/m724/netsim/PathVisualizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e63e49f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/m724/netsim/PathVisualizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package eu.m724.netsim;
+
+public class PathVisualizer {
+	public static String path(Machine from, Machine to, int limit) {
+		String out = from.id;
+		
+		Machine current = from;
+		int i = 0;
+		while (!current.equals(to)) {
+			RoutingInfo route = current.getRouteTo(to);
+			current = route.from();
+			out += " - " + current.id;
+			
+			if (++i >= limit) {
+				out += " - x";
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return out;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringDirectTest.java b/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringDirectTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7818d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringDirectTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package netsim;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import eu.m724.netsim.Machine;
+import eu.m724.netsim.PathVisualizer;
+
+public class PeeringDirectTest {
+	@Test
+	public void testComplexPeering() {
+		// machine1 - machine2 - machine3 - machine4
+		//         \------------/
+		// so machine1 should skip machine2
+		
+		Machine machine1 = new Machine("machine1");
+		Machine machine2 = new Machine("machine2");
+		Machine machine3 = new Machine("machine3");
+		Machine machine4 = new Machine("machine4");
+
+		machine1.peerWith(machine2);
+		machine2.peerWith(machine3);
+		machine3.peerWith(machine4);
+		machine1.peerWith(machine3); // that's the bottom arrow
+		
+		System.out.println("\nMachine 1:");
+		System.out.println(machine1.getRouteTo(machine2).toString());
+		System.out.println(machine1.getRouteTo(machine3).toString());
+		System.out.println(machine1.getRouteTo(machine4).toString());
+		System.out.println(PathVisualizer.path(machine1, machine4, 10));
+		System.out.println("\nMachine 2:");
+		System.out.println(machine2.getRouteTo(machine4).toString());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTest.java b/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTest.java
index 14139ea..76ac41c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package netsim;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import eu.m724.netsim.Machine;
+import eu.m724.netsim.PathVisualizer;
 
 public class PeeringTest {
 	@Test
@@ -21,5 +22,7 @@ public class PeeringTest {
 		System.out.println(machine1.getRouteTo(machine2).toString());
 		System.out.println(machine2.getRouteTo(machine3).toString());
 		System.out.println(machine1.getRouteTo(machine3).toString());
+		
+		System.out.print(PathVisualizer.path(machine1, machine3, 10));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTreeTest.java b/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTreeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201dddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/netsim/PeeringTreeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package netsim;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import eu.m724.netsim.Machine;
+import eu.m724.netsim.PathVisualizer;
+
+public class PeeringTreeTest {
+	@Test
+	public void testTreePeering() {
+		//                     / machine4
+		//          / machine2 - machine5
+		// machine1
+		//          \ machine3 - machine6
+		//                     \ machine7
+		// so machine1 should skip machine2
+		
+		Machine machine1 = new Machine("machine1");
+		Machine machine2 = new Machine("machine2");
+		Machine machine3 = new Machine("machine3");
+		Machine machine4 = new Machine("machine4");
+		Machine machine5 = new Machine("machine5");
+		Machine machine6 = new Machine("machine6");
+		Machine machine7 = new Machine("machine7");
+
+		machine1.peerWith(machine2);
+		machine1.peerWith(machine3);
+		machine2.peerWith(machine4);
+		machine2.peerWith(machine5);
+		machine3.peerWith(machine6);
+		machine3.peerWith(machine7);
+		
+		System.out.println(PathVisualizer.path(machine4, machine7, 10));
+	}
+}