diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c134617..e1b4eab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     "it-pipe": "^3.0.1",
     "it-pushable": "^3.1.3",
     "it-stream-types": "^2.0.1",
+    "it-to-buffer": "^4.0.2",
     "multiformats": "^11.0.2",
     "multihashes": "^4.0.3",
     "p-defer": "^4.0.0",
@@ -171,7 +172,6 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^10.0.14",
     "aegir": "^39.0.7",
     "delay": "^5.0.0",
-    "it-all": "^3.0.2",
     "it-length": "^3.0.2",
     "it-map": "^3.0.3",
     "it-pair": "^2.0.6",
diff --git a/test/basics.spec.ts b/test/basics.spec.ts
index 2f9efed..ec15c43 100644
--- a/test/basics.spec.ts
+++ b/test/basics.spec.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ import * as filter from '@libp2p/websockets/filters'
 import { WebRTC } from '@multiformats/mafmt'
 import { multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
-import all from 'it-all'
 import map from 'it-map'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
+import toBuffer from 'it-to-buffer'
 import { createLibp2p } from 'libp2p'
 import { circuitRelayTransport } from 'libp2p/circuit-relay'
 import { identifyService } from 'libp2p/identify'
 import { webRTC } from '../src/index.js'
+import type { Connection } from '@libp2p/interface-connection'
 import type { Libp2p } from '@libp2p/interface-libp2p'
 
 async function createNode (): Promise<Libp2p> {
@@ -50,25 +51,12 @@ async function createNode (): Promise<Libp2p> {
 }
 
 describe('basics', () => {
+  const echo = '/echo/1.0.0'
+
   let localNode: Libp2p
   let remoteNode: Libp2p
 
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    localNode = await createNode()
-    remoteNode = await createNode()
-  })
-
-  afterEach(async () => {
-    if (localNode != null) {
-      await localNode.stop()
-    }
-
-    if (remoteNode != null) {
-      await remoteNode.stop()
-    }
-  })
-
-  it('can dial through a relay', async () => {
+  async function connectNodes (): Promise<Connection> {
     const remoteAddr = remoteNode.getMultiaddrs()
       .filter(ma => WebRTC.matches(ma)).pop()
 
@@ -76,8 +64,6 @@ describe('basics', () => {
       throw new Error('Remote peer could not listen on relay')
     }
 
-    const echo = '/echo/1.0.0'
-
     await remoteNode.handle(echo, ({ stream }) => {
       void pipe(
         stream,
@@ -91,6 +77,27 @@ describe('basics', () => {
     await localNode.hangUp(multiaddr(process.env.RELAY_MULTIADDR))
     await remoteNode.hangUp(multiaddr(process.env.RELAY_MULTIADDR))
 
+    return connection
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    localNode = await createNode()
+    remoteNode = await createNode()
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    if (localNode != null) {
+      await localNode.stop()
+    }
+
+    if (remoteNode != null) {
+      await remoteNode.stop()
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('can dial through a relay', async () => {
+    const connection = await connectNodes()
+
     // open a stream on the echo protocol
     const stream = await connection.newStream(echo)
 
@@ -100,10 +107,29 @@ describe('basics', () => {
       input,
       stream,
       (source) => map(source, list => list.subarray()),
-      async (source) => all(source)
+      async (source) => toBuffer(source)
+    )
+
+    // asset that we got the right data
+    expect(output).to.equalBytes(toBuffer(input))
+  })
+
+  it('can send a large file', async () => {
+    const connection = await connectNodes()
+
+    // open a stream on the echo protocol
+    const stream = await connection.newStream(echo)
+
+    // send and receive some data
+    const input = new Array(5).fill(0).map(() => new Uint8Array(1024 * 1024))
+    const output = await pipe(
+      input,
+      stream,
+      (source) => map(source, list => list.subarray()),
+      async (source) => toBuffer(source)
     )
 
     // asset that we got the right data
-    expect(output).to.deep.equal(input)
+    expect(output).to.equalBytes(toBuffer(input))
   })
 })