diff --git a/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.cc b/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.cc
index cb3b930bc..c37b946da 100644
--- a/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.cc
+++ b/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ PointToPointNetDevice::PointToPointNetDevice (const PointToPointNetDevice& nd)
     
 }
 
+void PointToPointNetDevice::Dispose()
+{
+ if (m_channel != 0)
+ {
+   m_channel->Unref ();
+   m_channel = 0;
+ }
+ NetDevice::Dispose ();
+}
+
 //
 // Assignment operator for PointToPointNetDevice.
 //
@@ -357,6 +367,7 @@ PointToPointNetDevice::GetQueue(void) const
 Channel* 
 PointToPointNetDevice::DoGetChannel(void) const 
 { 
+    m_channel->Ref();
     return m_channel;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.h b/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.h
index 12f02530a..ecf35510d 100644
--- a/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.h
+++ b/src/devices/p2p/p2p-net-device.h
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public:
    * This is the destructor for the PointToPointNetDevice.
    */
   virtual ~PointToPointNetDevice();
+  /**
+   *Dispose method for refcounting
+   */
+  virtual void Dispose();
   /**
    * Assignment Operator for a PointToPointNetDevice
    *
diff --git a/src/node/internet-node.cc b/src/node/internet-node.cc
index b4f5055aa..edcdcdcab 100644
--- a/src/node/internet-node.cc
+++ b/src/node/internet-node.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ InternetNode::CreateTraceResolver (TraceContext const &context)
   return resolver;
 }
 
+void InternetNode::Dispose()
+{
+  for(uint32_t i=0;i<GetNDevices();++i)
+    GetDevice(i)->Dispose();
+  
+}
 
 ApplicationList* 
 InternetNode::GetApplicationList() const
diff --git a/src/node/internet-node.h b/src/node/internet-node.h
index ad117be71..c9e6e286b 100644
--- a/src/node/internet-node.h
+++ b/src/node/internet-node.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
   virtual ~InternetNode ();
   virtual InternetNode* Copy() const;
   virtual TraceResolver *CreateTraceResolver (TraceContext const &context);
+  virtual void Dispose();
   // Capability access
   virtual ApplicationList* GetApplicationList() const;
   virtual L3Demux*         GetL3Demux() const;
diff --git a/src/node/net-device.cc b/src/node/net-device.cc
index d520ff7ce..11c22cece 100644
--- a/src/node/net-device.cc
+++ b/src/node/net-device.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "net-device.h"
 #include "llc-snap-header.h"
 #include "node.h"
+#include "ns3/channel.h"
 
 namespace ns3 {
 
@@ -225,4 +226,9 @@ NetDevice::SetReceiveCallback (Callback<bool,NetDevice *,const Packet &,uint16_t
   m_receiveCallback = cb;
 }
 
+void
+NetDevice::Dispose()
+{
+}
+
 }; // namespace ns3
diff --git a/src/node/net-device.h b/src/node/net-device.h
index a3bba8e08..a846da21d 100644
--- a/src/node/net-device.h
+++ b/src/node/net-device.h
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ class NetDevice {
   bool NeedsArp (void) const;
 
   void SetReceiveCallback (Callback<bool,NetDevice *,const Packet &,uint16_t> cb);
+  
+  virtual void Dispose();
 
  protected:
   /**
diff --git a/src/node/node.cc b/src/node/node.cc
index 2e34fb8d5..825b0620d 100644
--- a/src/node/node.cc
+++ b/src/node/node.cc
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ Node::GetNDevices (void) const
   return m_devices.size ();
 }
 
+void Node::Dispose()
+{
+}
+
 // Node stack creation and management routines.
 Node* Node::Create()
 {
diff --git a/src/node/node.h b/src/node/node.h
index b48ab43af..e2d728493 100644
--- a/src/node/node.h
+++ b/src/node/node.h
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ public:
   uint32_t AddDevice (NetDevice *device);
   NetDevice *GetDevice (uint32_t index) const;
   uint32_t GetNDevices (void) const;
+  
+  virtual void Dispose();
 
 private:
   virtual void DoAddDevice (NetDevice *device) const = 0;