diff --git a/src/components/generic/Table/index.test.tsx b/src/components/generic/Table/index.test.tsx
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index 00000000..03f9f382
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+++ b/src/components/generic/Table/index.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { Table } from "@components/generic/Table/index.tsx";
+import { TimeAgo } from "@components/generic/TimeAgo.tsx";
+import { Mono } from "@components/generic/Mono.tsx";
+
+
+describe("Generic Table", () => {
+    it("Can render an empty table.", () => {
+        render(
+            <Table
+                headings={[]}
+                rows={[]}
+            />
+        );
+        expect(screen.getByRole("table")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it("Can render a table with headers and no rows.", async () => {
+        render(
+            <Table
+                headings={[
+                    { title: "", type: "blank", sortable: false },
+                    { title: "Short Name", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "Long Name", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "Model", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "MAC Address", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "Last Heard", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "SNR", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "Encryption", type: "normal", sortable: false },
+                    { title: "Connection", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                ]}
+                rows={[]}
+            />
+        );
+        await screen.findByRole('table');
+        expect(screen.getAllByRole("columnheader")).toHaveLength(9);
+    });
+
+    // A simplified version of the rows in pages/Nodes.tsx for testing purposes
+    const mockDevicesWithShortNameAndConnection = [
+        {user: {shortName: "TST1"}, hopsAway: 1, lastHeard: Date.now() + 1000 },
+        {user: {shortName: "TST2"}, hopsAway: 0, lastHeard: Date.now() + 4000 },
+        {user: {shortName: "TST3"}, hopsAway: 4, lastHeard: Date.now() },
+        {user: {shortName: "TST4"}, hopsAway: 3, lastHeard: Date.now() + 2000 }
+    ];
+    
+    const mockRows = mockDevicesWithShortNameAndConnection.map(node => [
+        <h1 data-testshortname> { node.user.shortName } </h1>,
+        <><TimeAgo timestamp={node.lastHeard * 1000} /></>,
+        <Mono key="hops" data-testhops>
+            {node.lastHeard !== 0
+                ? node.hopsAway === 0
+                ? "Direct"
+                : `${node.hopsAway?.toString()} ${
+                    node.hopsAway > 1 ? "hops" : "hop"
+                    } away`
+                : "-"}
+        </Mono>
+    ])
+
+    it("Can sort rows appropriately.", async () => {
+        render(
+            <Table
+                headings={[
+                    { title: "Short Name", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "Last Heard", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                    { title: "Connection", type: "normal", sortable: true },
+                ]}
+                rows={mockRows}
+            />
+        );
+        const renderedTable = await screen.findByRole('table');
+        const columnHeaders = screen.getAllByRole("columnheader");
+        expect(columnHeaders).toHaveLength(3);
+
+        // Will be sorted "Last heard" "asc" by default
+        expect( [...renderedTable.querySelectorAll('[data-testshortname]')]
+        .map(el=>el.textContent)
+        .map(v=>v?.trim())
+        .join(','))
+        .toMatch('TST2,TST4,TST1,TST3');
+        
+        fireEvent.click(columnHeaders[0]);
+
+        // Re-sort by Short Name asc
+        expect( [...renderedTable.querySelectorAll('[data-testshortname]')]
+            .map(el=>el.textContent)
+            .map(v=>v?.trim())
+            .join(','))
+            .toMatch('TST1,TST2,TST3,TST4');
+
+        fireEvent.click(columnHeaders[0]);
+
+        // Re-sort by Short Name desc
+        expect( [...renderedTable.querySelectorAll('[data-testshortname]')]
+            .map(el=>el.textContent)
+            .map(v=>v?.trim())
+            .join(','))
+            .toMatch('TST4,TST3,TST2,TST1');
+
+        fireEvent.click(columnHeaders[2]);
+        
+        // Re-sort by Hops Away
+        expect( [...renderedTable.querySelectorAll('[data-testshortname]')]
+            .map(el=>el.textContent)
+            .map(v=>v?.trim())
+            .join(','))
+            .toMatch('TST2,TST1,TST4,TST3');
+    });
+})
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diff --git a/src/components/generic/Table/index.tsx b/src/components/generic/Table/index.tsx
index 78497d04..ebd5bae4 100755
--- a/src/components/generic/Table/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/generic/Table/index.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ export interface Heading {
   sortable: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param hopsAway String describing the number of hops away the node is from the current node
+ * @returns number of hopsAway or `0` if hopsAway is 'Direct'
+ */
+function numericHops(hopsAway: string): number {
+  if(hopsAway.match(/direct/i)){
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if ( hopsAway.match(/\d+\s+hop/gi) ) {
+    return Number( hopsAway.match(/(\d+)\s+hop/i)?.[1] );
+  }
+  return Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
+}
+
 export const Table = ({ headings, rows }: TableProps) => {
   const [sortColumn, setSortColumn] = useState<string | null>("Last Heard");
   const [sortOrder, setSortOrder] = useState<"asc" | "desc">("desc");
@@ -46,6 +60,20 @@ export const Table = ({ headings, rows }: TableProps) => {
       return 0;
     }
 
+    // Custom comparison for 'Connection' column
+    if (sortColumn === "Connection") {
+      const aNumHops = numericHops(aValue instanceof Array ? aValue[0] : aValue);
+      const bNumHops = numericHops(bValue instanceof Array ? bValue[0] : bValue);
+      
+      if (aNumHops < bNumHops) {
+        return sortOrder === "asc" ? -1 : 1;
+      }
+      if (aNumHops > bNumHops) {
+        return sortOrder === "asc" ? 1 : -1;
+      }
+      return 0;
+    }
+
     // Default comparison for other columns
     if (aValue < bValue) {
       return sortOrder === "asc" ? -1 : 1;
@@ -100,4 +128,4 @@ export const Table = ({ headings, rows }: TableProps) => {
       </tbody>
     </table>
   );
-};
+};
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