diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8c2adcb21..dff1adbf08 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7593,6 +7593,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ip_network",
  "ip_network_table",
  "log",
+ "nym-service-providers-common",
  "nym-sphinx",
  "nym-task",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
diff --git a/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml b/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml
index 556cff0ab7..6b76c605c2 100644
--- a/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ tap.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "net", "io-util"] }
 
+# WIP(JON) we'll move this when we move the tun stuff to its own crate
+nym-service-providers-common = { path = "../../service-providers/common" }
+
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 tokio-tun = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/common/wireguard/src/tun_task_channel.rs b/common/wireguard/src/tun_task_channel.rs
index 01c3edd4fc..e096323d14 100644
--- a/common/wireguard/src/tun_task_channel.rs
+++ b/common/wireguard/src/tun_task_channel.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use nym_service_providers_common::interface;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{
     self,
     error::{SendError, SendTimeoutError, TrySendError},
@@ -81,14 +82,23 @@ pub(crate) fn tun_task_response_channel() -> (TunTaskResponseTx, TunTaskResponse
     )
 }
 
+pub type IpPacketRouterRequest = interface::Request<TaggedIpPacket>;
+pub type IpPacketRouterResponse = interface::Response<IpPacket>;
+
 #[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
-pub struct TaggedPacket {
+pub struct TaggedIpPacket {
     pub packet: bytes::Bytes,
     pub return_address: nym_sphinx::addressing::clients::Recipient,
     pub return_mix_hops: Option<u8>,
+    pub return_mix_delays: Option<f64>,
 }
 
-impl TaggedPacket {
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct IpPacket {
+    pub packet: bytes::Bytes,
+}
+
+impl TaggedIpPacket {
     pub fn from_message(
         message: &nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage,
     ) -> Result<Self, bincode::Error> {
diff --git a/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/lib.rs b/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/lib.rs
index c10d0bddbc..42f6351b2f 100644
--- a/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/lib.rs
+++ b/service-providers/ip-packet-router/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use nym_sdk::{
 };
 use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
 use nym_task::{connections::TransmissionLane, TaskClient, TaskHandle};
-use nym_wireguard::tun_task_channel::TaggedPacket;
+use nym_wireguard::tun_task_channel::TaggedIpPacket;
 use request_filter::RequestFilter;
 
 use crate::config::BaseClientConfig;
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl IpPacketRouter {
             reconstructed.sender_tag
         );
 
-        let tagged_packet = TaggedPacket::from_message(&reconstructed)
+        let tagged_packet = TaggedIpPacket::from_message(&reconstructed)
             .map_err(|err| IpPacketRouterError::FailedToDeserializeTaggedPacket { source: err })?;
 
         // We don't forward packets that we are not able to parse. BUT, there might be a good