diff --git a/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp b/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp
index 2878abf9c..1f1c1b0b6 100644
--- a/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp
+++ b/mlx/distributed/ring/ring.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
 #include "mlx/distributed/distributed_impl.h"
 #include "mlx/threadpool.h"
 
+#ifndef SOL_TCP
+#define SOL_TCP IPPROTO_TCP
+#endif
+
 #define SWITCH_TYPE(x, ...)  \
   switch ((x).dtype()) {     \
     case bool_: {            \
@@ -226,7 +231,7 @@ class SocketThread {
       if (!recvs_.empty()) {
         auto& task = recvs_.front();
         ssize_t r = ::recv(fd_, task.buffer, task.size, 0);
-        if (r >= 0) {
+        if (r > 0) {
           task.buffer = static_cast<char*>(task.buffer) + r;
           task.size -= r;
           delete_recv = task.size == 0;
@@ -239,7 +244,7 @@ class SocketThread {
       if (!sends_.empty()) {
         auto& task = sends_.front();
         ssize_t r = ::send(fd_, task.buffer, task.size, 0);
-        if (r >= 0) {
+        if (r > 0) {
           task.buffer = static_cast<char*>(task.buffer) + r;
           task.size -= r;
           delete_send = task.size == 0;
@@ -560,6 +565,13 @@ class RingGroup : public GroupImpl {
       throw std::invalid_argument(msg.str());
     }
 
+    // Configure all sockets to use TCP no delay.
+    int one = 1;
+    for (int i = 0; i < sockets_right_.size(); i++) {
+      setsockopt(sockets_right_[i], SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof(one));
+      setsockopt(sockets_left_[i], SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &one, sizeof(one));
+    }
+
     // Start the all reduce threads. One all reduce per direction per ring.
     pool_.resize(sockets_right_.size() + sockets_left_.size());
 
@@ -624,12 +636,15 @@ class RingGroup : public GroupImpl {
   }
 
   void recv(array& out, int src) override {
+    // NOTE: We 'll check the sockets with the opposite order of send so that
+    //       they work even with 2 nodes where left and right is the same
+    //       neighbor.
     int right = (rank_ + 1) % size_;
     int left = (rank_ + size_ - 1) % size_;
-    if (src == right) {
-      recv(sockets_right_, out.data<char>(), out.nbytes());
-    } else if (src == left) {
+    if (src == left) {
       recv(sockets_left_, out.data<char>(), out.nbytes());
+    } else if (src == right) {
+      recv(sockets_right_, out.data<char>(), out.nbytes());
     } else {
       std::ostringstream msg;
       msg << "[ring] Recv only supported from direct neighbors "
@@ -801,9 +816,12 @@ class RingGroup : public GroupImpl {
   }
 
   void send(const std::vector<int>& sockets, char* data, size_t data_size) {
-    size_t segment_size = ceildiv(data_size, sockets.size());
+    size_t segment_size = std::max(1024UL, ceildiv(data_size, sockets.size()));
     std::vector<std::future<void>> sends;
     for (int i = 0; i < sockets.size(); i++) {
+      if (i * segment_size >= data_size) {
+        break;
+      }
       sends.emplace_back(comm_.send(
           sockets[i],
           data + i * segment_size,
@@ -815,9 +833,12 @@ class RingGroup : public GroupImpl {
   }
 
   void recv(const std::vector<int>& sockets, char* data, size_t data_size) {
-    size_t segment_size = ceildiv(data_size, sockets.size());
+    size_t segment_size = std::max(1024UL, ceildiv(data_size, sockets.size()));
     std::vector<std::future<void>> recvs;
     for (int i = 0; i < sockets.size(); i++) {
+      if (i * segment_size >= data_size) {
+        break;
+      }
       recvs.emplace_back(comm_.recv(
           sockets[i],
           data + i * segment_size,
diff --git a/python/src/distributed.cpp b/python/src/distributed.cpp
index f3df1904d..b4b6550af 100644
--- a/python/src/distributed.cpp
+++ b/python/src/distributed.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "mlx/distributed/distributed.h"
 #include "mlx/distributed/ops.h"
 
+#include "python/src/utils.h"
+
 namespace mx = mlx::core;
 namespace nb = nanobind;
 using namespace nb::literals;
@@ -86,7 +88,11 @@ void init_distributed(nb::module_& parent_module) {
 
   m.def(
       "all_sum",
-      &mx::distributed::all_sum,
+      [](const ScalarOrArray& x,
+         std::optional<mx::distributed::Group> group,
+         mx::StreamOrDevice s) {
+        return mx::distributed::all_sum(to_array(x), group, s);
+      },
       "x"_a,
       nb::kw_only(),
       "group"_a = nb::none(),
@@ -112,7 +118,11 @@ void init_distributed(nb::module_& parent_module) {
 
   m.def(
       "all_gather",
-      &mx::distributed::all_gather,
+      [](const ScalarOrArray& x,
+         std::optional<mx::distributed::Group> group,
+         mx::StreamOrDevice s) {
+        return mx::distributed::all_gather(to_array(x), group, s);
+      },
       "x"_a,
       nb::kw_only(),
       "group"_a = nb::none(),
@@ -139,7 +149,12 @@ void init_distributed(nb::module_& parent_module) {
 
   m.def(
       "send",
-      &mx::distributed::send,
+      [](const ScalarOrArray& x,
+         int dst,
+         std::optional<mx::distributed::Group> group,
+         mx::StreamOrDevice s) {
+        return mx::distributed::send(to_array(x), dst, group, s);
+      },
       "x"_a,
       "dst"_a,
       nb::kw_only(),
@@ -195,7 +210,12 @@ void init_distributed(nb::module_& parent_module) {
 
   m.def(
       "recv_like",
-      &mx::distributed::recv_like,
+      [](const ScalarOrArray& x,
+         int src,
+         std::optional<mx::distributed::Group> group,
+         mx::StreamOrDevice s) {
+        return mx::distributed::recv_like(to_array(x), src, group, s);
+      },
       "x"_a,
       "src"_a,
       nb::kw_only(),