diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d30782a..8ec125e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Pål-Erik Martinsen <palmarti@cisco.com>
 Joe Hildeabrand <jhildebr@cisco.com>
+Peng Fan <fanpeng@chinamobile.com>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/tube.h b/include/tube.h
index 562b184..be87fa3 100644
--- a/include/tube.h
+++ b/include/tube.h
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ typedef struct _tube_manager tube_manager;
 
 typedef struct _tube tube;
 
+//id and remote peer addr used to distinguish tubes
+typedef struct _tuple
+{
+    uint64_t id;
+    struct sockaddr peer;
+} tuple;
+
 typedef ssize_t (*tube_sendmsg_func)(int socket,
                                      const struct msghdr *message,
                                      int flags);
@@ -102,3 +109,6 @@ LS_API void tube_get_id(tube *t, spud_tube_id *id);
 
 LS_API void tube_set_socket_functions(tube_sendmsg_func send,
                                       tube_recvmsg_func recv);
+
+unsigned int tube_hash_tuple(const void *t);
+int tube_compare_tuple(const void *key1, const void *key2);
diff --git a/src/tube.c b/src/tube.c
index ffaeacf..3100736 100644
--- a/src/tube.c
+++ b/src/tube.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ LS_API void tube_get_id(tube *t, spud_tube_id *id)
 {
     spud_copy_id(&t->id, id);
 }
-
+/*
 static unsigned int hash_id(const void *id) {
     // treat the 8 bytes of tube ID like a long long.
     uint64_t key = *(uint64_t *)id;
@@ -295,8 +295,25 @@ static unsigned int hash_id(const void *id) {
     key = key + (key << 6);
     key = key ^ (key >> 22);
     return (unsigned int) key;
-}
+}*/
 
+unsigned int tube_hash_tuple(const void *t) {
+    // currently only id and remote sockaddr are taken into consideration
+    const tuple *tup = t;
+    const struct sockaddr_in6 * p_in6 = (const struct sockaddr_in6 *) &tup->peer;
+    uint64_t key = (uint64_t)tup->id + (uint64_t)(*(uint64_t *)p_in6);
+
+    // from
+    // https://gist.github.com/badboy/6267743#64-bit-to-32-bit-hash-functions
+    key = (~key) + (key << 18);
+    key = key ^ (key >> 31);
+    key = key * 21;
+    key = key ^ (key >> 11);
+    key = key + (key << 6);
+    key = key ^ (key >> 22);
+    return (unsigned int) key;
+}
+/*
 static int compare_id(const void *key1, const void *key2) {
     int ret = 0;
     uint64_t k1 = *(uint64_t *)key1;
@@ -307,6 +324,20 @@ static int compare_id(const void *key1, const void *key2) {
         ret = (k1==k2) ? 0 : 1;
     }
     return ret;
+}*/
+
+int tube_compare_tuple(const void *key1, const void *key2) {
+    //compares two tuple key1 and key2, returns 0 if they are the same and 1 if not.
+    tuple k1 = *(tuple *)key1;
+    tuple k2 = *(tuple *)key2;
+
+    if (k1.id == k2.id) {
+        if (k1.peer.sa_family == k2.peer.sa_family && strcmp(k1.peer.sa_data, k2.peer.sa_data) == 0) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 1;
 }
 
 LS_API bool tube_manager_create(int buckets,
@@ -327,7 +358,7 @@ LS_API bool tube_manager_create(int buckets,
     if (buckets <= 0) {
         buckets = DEFAULT_HASH_SIZE;
     }
-    if (!ls_htable_create(buckets, hash_id, compare_id, &ret->tubes, err)) {
+    if (!ls_htable_create(buckets, tube_hash_tuple, tube_compare_tuple, &ret->tubes, err)) {
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/tube_test.c b/test/tube_test.c
index 7094482..511b156 100644
--- a/test/tube_test.c
+++ b/test/tube_test.c
@@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ uint8_t spud[] = { 0xd8, 0x00, 0x00, 0xd8,
                    0x41, 0x61 };
 bool first = true;
 
+//manmade different ID/peer tuples used to test tubemanager hash function
+tuple t1 = {
+              0x01020304FAFBFCFD,
+              {
+                  AF_INET,
+                  {0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D}
+              }
+           };
+tuple t2 = {
+              0x01020304FAFBFCFD,
+              {
+                  AF_INET,
+                  {0x10, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D}
+              }
+           };
+
 static ssize_t _mock_sendmsg(int socket,
                              const struct msghdr *hdr,
                              int flags)
@@ -276,6 +292,16 @@ START_TEST (tube_manager_loop_test)
 }
 END_TEST
 
+
+START_TEST (tube_manager_hash_test)
+{
+    unsigned int key1 = tube_hash_tuple(&t1);
+    unsigned int key2 = tube_hash_tuple(&t2);
+    ck_assert_int_ne(key1-key2, 0);
+    ck_assert_int_ne(tube_compare_tuple(&t1, &t2), 0);
+}
+END_TEST
+
 Suite * tube_suite (void)
 {
   Suite *s = suite_create ("tube");
@@ -291,6 +317,8 @@ Suite * tube_suite (void)
       tcase_add_test (tc_tube, tube_data_test);
       tcase_add_test (tc_tube, tube_close_test);
       tcase_add_test (tc_tube, tube_manager_loop_test);
+      tcase_add_test (tc_tube, tube_manager_hash_test);
+
 
       suite_add_tcase (s, tc_tube);
   }