diff --git a/minode/manager.py b/minode/manager.py
index 93a3f30..a03f9d6 100644
--- a/minode/manager.py
+++ b/minode/manager.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Manager(threading.Thread):
                 with shared.connections_lock:
                     shared.connections.remove(c)
             else:
-                hosts.add(c.host)
+                hosts.add(structure.NetAddrNoPrefix.network_group(c.host))
                 if not c.server:
                     outgoing_connections += 1
 
@@ -121,15 +121,16 @@ class Manager(threading.Thread):
                 else:
                     to_connect.update(shared.i2p_node_pool)
 
-        for addr in to_connect:
-            if addr[0] in hosts:
+        for host, port in to_connect:
+            group = structure.NetAddrNoPrefix.network_group(host)
+            if group in hosts:
                 continue
-            if addr[1] == 'i2p' and shared.i2p_enabled:
-                if shared.i2p_session_nick and addr[0] != shared.i2p_dest_pub:
+            if port == 'i2p' and shared.i2p_enabled:
+                if shared.i2p_session_nick and host != shared.i2p_dest_pub:
                     try:
                         d = I2PDialer(
                             shared,
-                            addr[0], shared.i2p_session_nick,
+                            host, shared.i2p_session_nick,
                             shared.i2p_sam_host, shared.i2p_sam_port)
                         d.start()
                         hosts.add(d.destination)
@@ -141,9 +142,9 @@ class Manager(threading.Thread):
                 else:
                     continue
             else:
-                c = Connection(addr[0], addr[1])
+                c = Connection(host, port)
                 c.start()
-                hosts.add(c.host)
+                hosts.add(group)
                 with shared.connections_lock:
                     shared.connections.add(c)
         shared.hosts = hosts
diff --git a/minode/structure.py b/minode/structure.py
index 53785b8..405da1a 100644
--- a/minode/structure.py
+++ b/minode/structure.py
@@ -173,6 +173,21 @@ class NetAddrNoPrefix():
         b += struct.pack('>H', int(self.port))
         return b
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def network_group(host):
+        """A simplified network group identifier from pybitmessage protocol"""
+        try:
+            host = socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET, host)
+            return host[:2]
+        except socket.error:
+            try:
+                host = socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, host)
+                return host[:12]
+            except OSError:
+                return host
+        except TypeError:
+            return host
+
     @classmethod
     def from_bytes(cls, b):
         services, host, port = struct.unpack('>Q16sH', b)