diff --git a/net/adc_endpoint.h b/net/adc_endpoint.h
index 905ebfd..4f79844 100644
--- a/net/adc_endpoint.h
+++ b/net/adc_endpoint.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public:
         _host = std::string_view{found.end(), _endpoint.end()};
 
         auto f1 = std::ranges::search(_host, portPathDelim);
-        std::string_view port_sv;
+        // std::string_view port_sv;
         if (f1.empty() && isLocal()) {  // no path, but it is mandatory for 'local'!
             return _isValid;
         } else {
@@ -156,15 +156,15 @@ public:
                 return _isValid;
             }
 
-            port_sv = std::string_view(f1.end(), _host.end());
-            if (port_sv.size()) {
+            _portView = std::string_view(f1.end(), _host.end());
+            if (_portView.size()) {
                 _host = std::string_view(_host.begin(), f1.begin());
 
                 if (!isLocal()) {
                     // convert port string to int
-                    auto end_ptr = port_sv.data() + port_sv.size();
+                    auto end_ptr = _portView.data() + _portView.size();
 
-                    auto [ptr, ec] = std::from_chars(port_sv.data(), end_ptr, _port);
+                    auto [ptr, ec] = std::from_chars(_portView.data(), end_ptr, _port);
                     if (ec != std::errc() || ptr != end_ptr) {
                         return _isValid;
                     }
@@ -235,6 +235,17 @@ public:
         return _port;
     }
 
+    template <traits::adc_view_or_output_char_range R>
+    R portView() const
+    {
+        return part<R>(PORT_PART);
+    }
+
+    std::string_view portView() const
+    {
+        return portView<std::string_view>();
+    }
+
     template <traits::adc_view_or_output_char_range R>
     R path() const
     {
@@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     std::string _endpoint;
-    std::string_view _proto, _host, _path;
+    std::string_view _proto, _host, _path, _portView;
     int _port;
     bool _isValid;
 
@@ -318,7 +329,7 @@ protected:
         return found ? idx : -1;
     }
 
-    enum EndpointPart { PROTO_PART, HOST_PART, PATH_PART };
+    enum EndpointPart { PROTO_PART, HOST_PART, PATH_PART, PORT_PART };
 
     template <traits::adc_view_or_output_char_range R>
     R part(EndpointPart what) const
@@ -341,6 +352,9 @@ protected:
             case PATH_PART:
                 part = _path;
                 break;
+            case PORT_PART:
+                part = _portView;
+                break;
             default:
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/net/adc_netclient.h b/net/adc_netclient.h
index 12241a2..ad6c1c0 100644
--- a/net/adc_netclient.h
+++ b/net/adc_netclient.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace adc
 {
 
 
-/*  */
+/*  A VERY GENERIC NETWORK CLIENT  */
 
 
 template <typename IdentT = std::string, interfaces::adc_logger_c LoggerT = utils::AdcOstreamLogger<char>>
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ public:
         stopAllSessions();
     }
 
+
+    // start the client: connect to server and start session
     template <interfaces::adc_netsession_c SessionT, typename... NetServiceCtorArgTs>
-    void asyncConnect(const SessionT::netservice_t::endpoint_t& endpoint,
-                      SessionT::netsession_ident_t id,
-                      SessionT::netsession_ctx_t sess_ctx,
-                      NetServiceCtorArgTs&&... ctor_args)
+    void start(const SessionT::netservice_t::endpoint_t& endpoint,
+               SessionT::netsession_ident_t id,
+               SessionT::netsession_ctx_t sess_ctx,
+               NetServiceCtorArgTs&&... ctor_args)
     {
         auto srv_sptr =
             std::make_shared<typename SessionT::netservice_t>(std::forward<NetServiceCtorArgTs>(ctor_args)...);
@@ -53,20 +55,6 @@ public:
     }
 
 
-    template <interfaces::adc_netsession_c SessionT, typename... NetServiceCtorArgTs>
-    void connect(const SessionT::netservice_t::endpoint_t& endpoint,
-                 SessionT::netsession_ident_t id,
-                 SessionT::netsession_ctx_t sess_ctx,
-                 NetServiceCtorArgTs&&... ctor_args)
-    {
-        typename SessionT::netservice_t srv(std::forward<NetServiceCtorArgTs>(ctor_args)...);
-        srv.connect(endpoint, _connectTimeout);
-
-        auto sess = std::make_shared<SessionT>(std::move(id), std::move(srv), std::move(sess_ctx));
-        startSession(sess);
-    }
-
-
     template <traits::adc_time_duration_c DT>
     void setConnectTimeout(const DT& timeout)
     {
@@ -82,6 +70,29 @@ protected:
     client_ident_t _clientIdent;
 
     std::chrono::milliseconds _connectTimeout = std::chrono::milliseconds(5000);
+
+    template <interfaces::adc_netservice_c ServiceT,
+              traits::adc_input_char_range SendMsgT,
+              typename TokenT,
+              traits::adc_time_duration_c SendTimeoutT = std::chrono::milliseconds,
+              traits::adc_time_duration_c RecvTimeoutT = std::chrono::milliseconds>
+    auto asyncSendRecv(ServiceT& netservice,
+                       const SendMsgT& send_msg,
+                       TokenT&& token,
+                       const SendTimeoutT& send_timeout = std::chrono::milliseconds(5000),
+                       const RecvTimeoutT& recv_timeout = std::chrono::milliseconds(5000))
+    {
+        return netservice.asyncSend(
+            send_msg,
+            [&netservice, recv_timeout, wrapper = traits::adc_pf_wrapper(std::forward<TokenT>(token)), this](auto err) {
+                if (err) {
+                    this->logError("An error occured while sending the message: {}", ServiceT::formattableError(err));
+                } else {
+                    netservice.asyncReceive(std::get<0>(wrapper), recv_timeout);
+                }
+            },
+            send_timeout);
+    }
 };
 
 }  // namespace adc
diff --git a/net/asio/adc_device_netserver_asio.h b/net/asio/adc_device_netserver_asio.h
index 40c2660..5932abf 100644
--- a/net/asio/adc_device_netserver_asio.h
+++ b/net/asio/adc_device_netserver_asio.h
@@ -53,21 +53,66 @@ public:
         }
 
 
+
         // may throw here!
         if (endpoint.isTCP()) {
-            asio::ip::tcp::endpoint ept(asio::ip::make_address(endpoint.host()), endpoint.port());
+            // asio::ip::tcp::endpoint ept(asio::ip::make_address(endpoint.host()), endpoint.port());
             using srv_t = AdcNetServiceASIO<asio::ip::tcp, SessProtoT>;
-            // base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TCP", this, _ioContext, ept);
-            base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TCP", {this, _sessionRecvTimeout, _sessionSendTimeout}, _ioContext,
-                                                   ept);
+
+            // base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TCP", {this, _sessionRecvTimeout, _sessionSendTimeout},
+            // _ioContext,
+            //                                        ept);
+            auto res = std::make_shared<asio::ip::tcp::resolver>(_ioContext);
+            res->async_resolve(
+                endpoint.host(), endpoint.portView(), [endpoint, res, this](std::error_code ec, auto results) {
+                    if (ec) {
+                        this->logError(
+                            "An error occured while resolve hostname ('{}') of the given endpoint! (ec = {})",
+                            endpoint.host(), ec.message());
+                        this->logError("Cannot start listening at endpoint '{}'!", endpoint.endpoint());
+                    } else {
+                        if (results.size() == 1) {
+                            this->logDebug("Resolved the single IP-address for the hostname '{}'", endpoint.host());
+                        } else {
+                            this->logDebug("Resolved {} IP-addresses for the hostname '{}'! Use of the first one!",
+                                           results.size(), endpoint.host());
+                        }
+                        base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TCP", {this, _sessionRecvTimeout, _sessionSendTimeout},
+                                                               _ioContext, *results.begin());
+                    }
+                });
+
 #ifdef USE_OPENSSL_WITH_ASIO
         } else if (endpoint.isTLS()) {
-            asio::ip::tcp::endpoint ept(asio::ip::make_address(endpoint.host()), endpoint.port());
+            // asio::ip::tcp::endpoint ept(asio::ip::make_address(endpoint.host()), endpoint.port());
             using srv_t = AdcNetServiceASIOTLS<asio::ip::tcp, SessProtoT>;
-            // base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TLS", this, _ioContext, ept, std::move(tls_context),
-            //                                        tls_verify_mode);
-            base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TLS", {this, _sessionRecvTimeout, _sessionSendTimeout}, _ioContext,
-                                                   ept, std::move(tls_context), tls_verify_mode);
+            // base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TLS", {this, _sessionRecvTimeout, _sessionSendTimeout},
+            // _ioContext,
+            //                                        ept, std::move(tls_context), tls_verify_mode);
+
+            auto res = std::make_shared<asio::ip::tcp::resolver>(_ioContext);
+            res->async_resolve(
+                endpoint.host(), endpoint.portView(),
+                [endpoint, res, tls_context = std::move(tls_context), tls_verify_mode, this](std::error_code ec,
+                                                                                             auto results) mutable {
+                    if (ec) {
+                        this->logError(
+                            "An error occured while resolve hostname ('{}') of the given endpoint! (ec = {})",
+                            endpoint.host(), ec.message());
+                        this->logError("Cannot start listening at endpoint '{}'!", endpoint.endpoint());
+                    } else {
+                        if (results.size() == 1) {
+                            this->logDebug("Resolved the single IP-address for the hostname '{}'", endpoint.host());
+                        } else {
+                            this->logDebug("Resolved {} IP-addresses for the hostname '{}'! Use of the first one!",
+                                           results.size(), endpoint.host());
+                        }
+                        base_t::template start<Session<srv_t>>("TLS", {this, _sessionRecvTimeout, _sessionSendTimeout},
+                                                               _ioContext, *results.begin(), std::move(tls_context),
+                                                               tls_verify_mode);
+                    }
+                });
+
 #endif
         } else if (endpoint.isLocal()) {
             if (endpoint.isLocalStream()) {
diff --git a/net/asio/adc_netservice_asio.h b/net/asio/adc_netservice_asio.h
index ac3e9f0..388cd51 100644
--- a/net/asio/adc_netservice_asio.h
+++ b/net/asio/adc_netservice_asio.h
@@ -590,9 +590,9 @@ public:
                         }
 
                         auto n_avail = _socket.available();
-                        if (!n_avail) {
-                            return _socket.async_wait(asio::ip::tcp::socket::wait_read, std::move(self));
-                        }
+                        // if (!n_avail) {
+                        //     return _socket.async_wait(asio::ip::tcp::socket::wait_read, std::move(self));
+                        // }
                         auto buff = _streamBuffer.prepare(n_avail ? n_avail : 1);
 
                         do_read = false;