diff --git a/archive/build.gradle.kts b/archive/build.gradle.kts
index cb9b0cd3..7718eb2c 100644
--- a/archive/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/archive/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":cache"))
     implementation(project(":db"))
     implementation(project(":json"))
+    implementation(project(":net"))
+    implementation(project(":protocol"))
     implementation(project(":util"))
     implementation("com.google.guava:guava:${Versions.guava}")
     implementation("org.flywaydb:flyway-core:${Versions.flyway}")
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/ArchiveModule.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/ArchiveModule.kt
index 584293ff..e4f5f67e 100644
--- a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/ArchiveModule.kt
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/ArchiveModule.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.openrs2.archive
 
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule
 import com.google.inject.Scopes
+import dev.openrs2.net.NetworkModule
 import org.openrs2.buffer.BufferModule
 import org.openrs2.db.Database
 import org.openrs2.json.JsonModule
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import org.openrs2.json.JsonModule
 public object ArchiveModule : AbstractModule() {
     override fun configure() {
         install(BufferModule)
+        install(NetworkModule)
         install(JsonModule)
 
         bind(Database::class.java)
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheCommand.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheCommand.kt
index 1f57945d..2db20266 100644
--- a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheCommand.kt
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheCommand.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.github.ajalt.clikt.core.subcommands
 public class CacheCommand : NoOpCliktCommand(name = "cache") {
     init {
         subcommands(
+            DownloadCommand(),
             ImportCommand(),
             ImportMasterIndexCommand(),
             ExportCommand()
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheDownloader.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheDownloader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60cf76fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheDownloader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.cache
+
+import dev.openrs2.net.BootstrapFactory
+import dev.openrs2.net.suspend
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+import kotlin.coroutines.suspendCoroutine
+
+@Singleton
+public class CacheDownloader @Inject constructor(
+    private val bootstrapFactory: BootstrapFactory,
+    private val importer: CacheImporter
+) {
+    public suspend fun download(hostname: String, port: Int, version: Int) {
+        val group = bootstrapFactory.createEventLoopGroup()
+        try {
+            suspendCoroutine<Unit> { continuation ->
+                val bootstrap = bootstrapFactory.createBootstrap(group)
+                val handler = Js5ChannelHandler(bootstrap, hostname, port, version, continuation, importer)
+
+                bootstrap.handler(Js5ChannelInitializer(handler))
+                    .connect(hostname, port)
+            }
+        } finally {
+            group.shutdownGracefully().suspend()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheImporter.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheImporter.kt
index d4b77bde..6badb3b6 100644
--- a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheImporter.kt
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/CacheImporter.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil
 import io.netty.buffer.DefaultByteBufHolder
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled
 import org.openrs2.buffer.crc32
 import org.openrs2.buffer.use
 import org.openrs2.cache.Js5Archive
@@ -28,13 +29,13 @@ public class CacheImporter @Inject constructor(
     private val database: Database,
     private val alloc: ByteBufAllocator
 ) {
-    private abstract class Container(
+    public abstract class Container(
         data: ByteBuf
     ) : DefaultByteBufHolder(data) {
-        val bytes: ByteArray = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(data, data.readerIndex(), data.readableBytes(), false)
-        val crc32: Int = data.crc32()
-        val whirlpool: ByteArray = Whirlpool.whirlpool(bytes)
-        abstract val encrypted: Boolean
+        public val bytes: ByteArray = ByteBufUtil.getBytes(data, data.readerIndex(), data.readableBytes(), false)
+        public val crc32: Int = data.crc32()
+        public val whirlpool: ByteArray = Whirlpool.whirlpool(bytes)
+        public abstract val encrypted: Boolean
     }
 
     private class MasterIndex(
@@ -44,18 +45,18 @@ public class CacheImporter @Inject constructor(
         override val encrypted: Boolean = false
     }
 
-    private class Index(
-        val index: Js5Index,
+    public class Index(
+        public val index: Js5Index,
         data: ByteBuf
     ) : Container(data) {
         override val encrypted: Boolean = false
     }
 
-    private class Group(
-        val archive: Int,
-        val group: Int,
+    public class Group(
+        public val archive: Int,
+        public val group: Int,
         data: ByteBuf,
-        val version: Int,
+        public val version: Int,
         override val encrypted: Boolean
     ) : Container(data)
 
@@ -126,6 +127,141 @@ public class CacheImporter @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
+    public suspend fun importMasterIndexAndGetIndexes(masterIndex: Js5MasterIndex, buf: ByteBuf): List<ByteBuf?> {
+        return database.execute { connection ->
+            prepare(connection)
+            addMasterIndex(connection, MasterIndex(masterIndex, buf))
+
+            connection.prepareStatement(
+                """
+                CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp_indexes (
+                    archive_id uint1 NOT NULL,
+                    crc32 INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                    version INTEGER NOT NULL
+                ) ON COMMIT DROP
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ).use { stmt ->
+                stmt.execute()
+            }
+
+            connection.prepareStatement(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO tmp_indexes (archive_id, crc32, version)
+                VALUES (?, ?, ?)
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ).use { stmt ->
+                for ((i, entry) in masterIndex.entries.withIndex()) {
+                    stmt.setInt(1, i)
+                    stmt.setInt(2, entry.checksum)
+                    stmt.setInt(3, entry.version)
+
+                    stmt.addBatch()
+                }
+
+                stmt.executeBatch()
+            }
+
+            connection.prepareStatement(
+                """
+                SELECT c.data
+                FROM tmp_indexes t
+                LEFT JOIN containers c ON c.crc32 = t.crc32
+                LEFT JOIN indexes i ON i.version = t.version AND i.container_id = c.id
+                ORDER BY t.archive_id ASC
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ).use { stmt ->
+                stmt.executeQuery().use { rows ->
+                    val indexes = mutableListOf<ByteBuf?>()
+                    try {
+                        while (rows.next()) {
+                            val bytes = rows.getBytes(1)
+                            if (bytes != null) {
+                                indexes += Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(bytes)
+                            } else {
+                                indexes += null
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        indexes.filterNotNull().forEach(ByteBuf::retain)
+                        return@execute indexes
+                    } finally {
+                        indexes.filterNotNull().forEach(ByteBuf::release)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public suspend fun importIndexAndGetMissingGroups(archive: Int, index: Js5Index, buf: ByteBuf): List<Int> {
+        return database.execute { connection ->
+            prepare(connection)
+            addIndex(connection, Index(index, buf))
+
+            connection.prepareStatement(
+                """
+                CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE tmp_groups (
+                    group_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                    crc32 INTEGER NOT NULL,
+                    version INTEGER NOT NULL
+                ) ON COMMIT DROP
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ).use { stmt ->
+                stmt.execute()
+            }
+
+            connection.prepareStatement(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO tmp_groups (group_id, crc32, version)
+                VALUES (?, ?, ?)
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ).use { stmt ->
+                for (entry in index) {
+                    stmt.setInt(1, entry.id)
+                    stmt.setInt(2, entry.checksum)
+                    stmt.setInt(3, entry.version)
+
+                    stmt.addBatch()
+                }
+
+                stmt.executeBatch()
+            }
+
+            connection.prepareStatement(
+                """
+                SELECT t.group_id
+                FROM tmp_groups t
+                LEFT JOIN groups g ON g.archive_id = ? AND g.group_id = t.group_id AND g.truncated_version = t.version & 65535
+                LEFT JOIN containers c ON c.id = g.container_id AND c.crc32 = t.crc32
+                WHERE g.container_id IS NULL
+                ORDER BY t.group_id ASC
+            """.trimIndent()
+            ).use { stmt ->
+                stmt.setInt(1, archive)
+
+                stmt.executeQuery().use { rows ->
+                    val groups = mutableListOf<Int>()
+
+                    while (rows.next()) {
+                        groups += rows.getInt(1)
+                    }
+
+                    return@execute groups
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public suspend fun importGroups(groups: List<Group>) {
+        if (groups.isEmpty()) {
+            return
+        }
+
+        database.execute { connection ->
+            prepare(connection)
+            addGroups(connection, groups)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun createMasterIndex(store: Store): MasterIndex {
         val index = Js5MasterIndex.create(store)
 
@@ -386,7 +522,7 @@ public class CacheImporter @Inject constructor(
         return ids
     }
 
-    private companion object {
-        private const val BATCH_SIZE = 1024
+    public companion object {
+        public const val BATCH_SIZE: Int = 1024
     }
 }
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/DownloadCommand.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/DownloadCommand.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..984838f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/DownloadCommand.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.cache
+
+import com.github.ajalt.clikt.core.CliktCommand
+import com.google.inject.Guice
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.openrs2.archive.ArchiveModule
+
+public class DownloadCommand : CliktCommand(name = "download") {
+    override fun run(): Unit = runBlocking {
+        val injector = Guice.createInjector(ArchiveModule)
+        val downloader = injector.getInstance(CacheDownloader::class.java)
+        // TODO(gpe): make these configurable and/or fetch from the database
+        downloader.download("oldschool1.runescape.com", 43594, 193)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/Js5ChannelHandler.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/Js5ChannelHandler.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b0d9afa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/Js5ChannelHandler.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.cache
+
+import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandler
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext
+import io.netty.channel.SimpleChannelInboundHandler
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.openrs2.buffer.use
+import org.openrs2.cache.Js5Archive
+import org.openrs2.cache.Js5Compression
+import org.openrs2.cache.Js5Index
+import org.openrs2.cache.Js5MasterIndex
+import org.openrs2.protocol.Rs2Decoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.Rs2Encoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.js5.Js5Request
+import org.openrs2.protocol.js5.Js5RequestEncoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.js5.Js5Response
+import org.openrs2.protocol.js5.Js5ResponseDecoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.js5.XorDecoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.LoginRequest
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.LoginResponse
+import kotlin.coroutines.Continuation
+import kotlin.coroutines.resume
+import kotlin.coroutines.resumeWithException
+
+@ChannelHandler.Sharable
+public class Js5ChannelHandler(
+    private val bootstrap: Bootstrap,
+    private val hostname: String,
+    private val port: Int,
+    private var version: Int,
+    private val continuation: Continuation<Unit>,
+    private val importer: CacheImporter,
+    private val maxInFlightRequests: Int = 200,
+    maxVersionAttempts: Int = 10
+) : SimpleChannelInboundHandler<Any>(Object::class.java) {
+    private val maxVersion = version + maxVersionAttempts
+    private val inFlightRequests = mutableSetOf<Js5Request.Group>()
+    private val pendingRequests = ArrayDeque<Js5Request.Group>()
+    private lateinit var indexes: Array<Js5Index?>
+    private val groups = mutableListOf<CacheImporter.Group>()
+
+    override fun channelActive(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext) {
+        ctx.writeAndFlush(LoginRequest.InitJs5RemoteConnection(version), ctx.voidPromise())
+        ctx.read()
+    }
+
+    override fun channelRead0(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext, msg: Any) {
+        when (msg) {
+            is LoginResponse.Js5Ok -> handleOk(ctx)
+            is LoginResponse.ClientOutOfDate -> handleClientOutOfDate(ctx)
+            is LoginResponse -> throw Exception("Invalid response: $msg")
+            is Js5Response -> handleResponse(ctx, msg)
+            else -> throw Exception("Unknown message type: ${msg.javaClass.name}")
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun exceptionCaught(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext, cause: Throwable) {
+        releaseGroups()
+        ctx.close()
+        continuation.resumeWithException(cause)
+    }
+
+    private fun handleOk(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext) {
+        val pipeline = ctx.pipeline()
+
+        pipeline.remove(Rs2Encoder::class.java)
+        pipeline.remove(Rs2Decoder::class.java)
+        pipeline.addFirst(
+            Js5RequestEncoder,
+            XorDecoder(),
+            Js5ResponseDecoder()
+        )
+
+        val request = Js5Request.Group(false, Js5Archive.ARCHIVESET, Js5Archive.ARCHIVESET)
+        pendingRequests += request
+        flushRequests(ctx)
+    }
+
+    private fun handleClientOutOfDate(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext) {
+        if (++version > maxVersion) {
+            throw Exception("Failed to identify current version")
+        }
+
+        ctx.close()
+        bootstrap.connect(hostname, port)
+    }
+
+    private fun handleResponse(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext, response: Js5Response) {
+        val request = Js5Request.Group(response.prefetch, response.archive, response.group)
+
+        val removed = inFlightRequests.remove(request)
+        if (!removed) {
+            throw Exception("Received response for request not in-flight")
+        }
+
+        if (response.archive == Js5Archive.ARCHIVESET && response.group == Js5Archive.ARCHIVESET) {
+            processMasterIndex(response.data)
+        } else if (response.archive == Js5Archive.ARCHIVESET) {
+            processIndex(response.group, response.data)
+        } else {
+            val version = indexes[response.archive]!![response.group]!!.version
+            val encrypted = Js5Compression.isEncrypted(response.data.slice())
+            groups += CacheImporter.Group(response.archive, response.group, response.data.retain(), version, encrypted)
+        }
+
+        val complete = pendingRequests.isEmpty() && inFlightRequests.isEmpty()
+
+        if (groups.size >= CacheImporter.BATCH_SIZE || complete) {
+            runBlocking {
+                importer.importGroups(groups)
+            }
+
+            releaseGroups()
+        }
+
+        if (complete) {
+            ctx.close()
+            continuation.resume(Unit)
+        } else {
+            flushRequests(ctx)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun processMasterIndex(buf: ByteBuf) {
+        val masterIndex = Js5Compression.uncompress(buf.slice()).use { uncompressed ->
+            Js5MasterIndex.read(uncompressed)
+        }
+
+        val rawIndexes = runBlocking { importer.importMasterIndexAndGetIndexes(masterIndex, buf) }
+        try {
+            indexes = arrayOfNulls(rawIndexes.size)
+
+            for ((archive, index) in rawIndexes.withIndex()) {
+                if (index != null) {
+                    processIndex(archive, index)
+                } else {
+                    pendingRequests += Js5Request.Group(false, Js5Archive.ARCHIVESET, archive)
+                }
+            }
+        } finally {
+            rawIndexes.filterNotNull().forEach(ByteBuf::release)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun processIndex(archive: Int, buf: ByteBuf) {
+        val index = Js5Compression.uncompress(buf.slice()).use { uncompressed ->
+            Js5Index.read(uncompressed)
+        }
+        indexes[archive] = index
+
+        val groups = runBlocking {
+            importer.importIndexAndGetMissingGroups(archive, index, buf)
+        }
+        for (group in groups) {
+            pendingRequests += Js5Request.Group(false, archive, group)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun flushRequests(ctx: ChannelHandlerContext) {
+        while (inFlightRequests.size < maxInFlightRequests) {
+            val request = pendingRequests.removeFirstOrNull() ?: break
+            inFlightRequests += request
+            ctx.write(request, ctx.voidPromise())
+        }
+
+        ctx.flush()
+        ctx.read()
+    }
+
+    private fun releaseGroups() {
+        groups.forEach(CacheImporter.Group::release)
+        groups.clear()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/Js5ChannelInitializer.kt b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/Js5ChannelInitializer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e484cfc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archive/src/main/kotlin/org/openrs2/archive/cache/Js5ChannelInitializer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.openrs2.archive.cache
+
+import io.netty.channel.Channel
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer
+import org.openrs2.protocol.Protocol
+import org.openrs2.protocol.Rs2Decoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.Rs2Encoder
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.ClientOutOfDateCodec
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.InitJs5RemoteConnectionCodec
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.IpLimitCodec
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.Js5OkCodec
+import org.openrs2.protocol.login.ServerFullCodec
+
+public class Js5ChannelInitializer(private val handler: Js5ChannelHandler) : ChannelInitializer<Channel>() {
+    override fun initChannel(ch: Channel) {
+        ch.pipeline().addLast(
+            Rs2Encoder(Protocol(InitJs5RemoteConnectionCodec)),
+            Rs2Decoder(Protocol(Js5OkCodec, ClientOutOfDateCodec, IpLimitCodec, ServerFullCodec)),
+            handler
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
index 8d8ce09b..a53464c9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ object Versions {
     const val kotlinter = "3.3.0"
     const val logback = "1.2.3"
     const val netty = "4.1.56.Final"
+    const val nettyIoUring = "0.0.2.Final"
     const val openrs2Natives = "3.0.0"
     const val postgres = "42.2.18"
     const val shadowPlugin = "6.1.0"
diff --git a/net/build.gradle.kts b/net/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d63401e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+plugins {
+    `maven-publish`
+    kotlin("jvm")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    api("com.google.inject:guice:${Versions.guice}")
+    api("io.netty:netty-transport:${Versions.netty}")
+    api("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:${Versions.kotlinCoroutines}")
+
+    implementation(project(":buffer"))
+    implementation("io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${Versions.netty}:linux-aarch_64")
+    implementation("io.netty:netty-transport-native-epoll:${Versions.netty}:linux-x86_64")
+    implementation("io.netty:netty-transport-native-kqueue:${Versions.netty}:osx-x86_64")
+    implementation("io.netty.incubator:netty-incubator-transport-native-io_uring:${Versions.nettyIoUring}:linux-x86_64")
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications.create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+        from(components["java"])
+
+        pom {
+            packaging = "jar"
+            name.set("OpenRS2 Network")
+            description.set(
+                """
+                Common Netty utility code.
+            """.trimIndent()
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/BootstrapFactory.kt b/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/BootstrapFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8d225af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/BootstrapFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package dev.openrs2.net
+
+import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap
+import io.netty.bootstrap.ServerBootstrap
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator
+import io.netty.channel.ChannelOption
+import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup
+import io.netty.channel.epoll.Epoll
+import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollEventLoopGroup
+import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollServerSocketChannel
+import io.netty.channel.epoll.EpollSocketChannel
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueue
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueEventLoopGroup
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueServerSocketChannel
+import io.netty.channel.kqueue.KQueueSocketChannel
+import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup
+import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannel
+import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel
+import io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUring
+import io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringEventLoopGroup
+import io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringServerSocketChannel
+import io.netty.incubator.channel.uring.IOUringSocketChannel
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+
+@Singleton
+public class BootstrapFactory @Inject constructor(
+    private val alloc: ByteBufAllocator
+) {
+    public fun createEventLoopGroup(): EventLoopGroup {
+        return when {
+            IOUring.isAvailable() -> IOUringEventLoopGroup()
+            Epoll.isAvailable() -> EpollEventLoopGroup()
+            KQueue.isAvailable() -> KQueueEventLoopGroup()
+            else -> NioEventLoopGroup()
+        }
+    }
+
+    public fun createBootstrap(group: EventLoopGroup): Bootstrap {
+        val channel = when (group) {
+            is IOUringEventLoopGroup -> IOUringSocketChannel::class.java
+            is EpollEventLoopGroup -> EpollSocketChannel::class.java
+            is KQueueEventLoopGroup -> KQueueSocketChannel::class.java
+            is NioEventLoopGroup -> NioSocketChannel::class.java
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown EventLoopGroup type")
+        }
+
+        return Bootstrap()
+            .group(group)
+            .channel(channel)
+            .option(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, alloc)
+            .option(ChannelOption.AUTO_READ, false)
+            .option(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, true)
+    }
+
+    public fun createServerBootstrap(group: EventLoopGroup): ServerBootstrap {
+        val channel = when (group) {
+            is IOUringEventLoopGroup -> IOUringServerSocketChannel::class.java
+            is EpollEventLoopGroup -> EpollServerSocketChannel::class.java
+            is KQueueEventLoopGroup -> KQueueServerSocketChannel::class.java
+            is NioEventLoopGroup -> NioServerSocketChannel::class.java
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown EventLoopGroup type")
+        }
+
+        return ServerBootstrap()
+            .group(group)
+            .channel(channel)
+            .option(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, alloc)
+            .option(ChannelOption.AUTO_READ, false)
+            .childOption(ChannelOption.ALLOCATOR, alloc)
+            .childOption(ChannelOption.AUTO_READ, false)
+            .childOption(ChannelOption.TCP_NODELAY, true)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/FutureExtensions.kt b/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/FutureExtensions.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fc3c9ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/FutureExtensions.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package dev.openrs2.net
+
+import io.netty.util.concurrent.Future
+import kotlin.coroutines.resume
+import kotlin.coroutines.resumeWithException
+import kotlin.coroutines.suspendCoroutine
+
+public suspend fun <V> Future<V>.suspend(): V {
+    if (isDone) {
+        if (isSuccess) {
+            return now
+        } else {
+            throw cause()
+        }
+    }
+
+    return suspendCoroutine { continuation ->
+        addListener {
+            if (isSuccess) {
+                continuation.resume(now)
+            } else {
+                continuation.resumeWithException(cause())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/NetworkModule.kt b/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/NetworkModule.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b7e78e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/src/main/kotlin/dev/openrs2/net/NetworkModule.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package dev.openrs2.net
+
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule
+import org.openrs2.buffer.BufferModule
+
+public object NetworkModule : AbstractModule() {
+    override fun configure() {
+        install(BufferModule)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 88abfe12..4fdd037a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ include(
     "deob-util",
     "game",
     "json",
+    "net",
     "nonfree",
     "nonfree:client",
     "nonfree:gl",