diff --git a/lib/socketserver/GwSocketConnection.cpp b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketConnection.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b518b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketConnection.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+#include "GwSocketConnection.h"
+IPAddress GwSocketConnection::remoteIP(int fd)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_storage addr;
+    socklen_t len = sizeof addr;
+    getpeername(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &len);
+    struct sockaddr_in *s = (struct sockaddr_in *)&addr;
+    return IPAddress((uint32_t)(s->sin_addr.s_addr));
+}
+GwSocketConnection::GwSocketConnection(GwLog *logger, int id, bool allowRead)
+{
+    this->logger = logger;
+    this->allowRead = allowRead;
+    String bufName = "Sock(";
+    bufName += String(id);
+    bufName += ")";
+    buffer = new GwBuffer(logger, GwBuffer::TX_BUFFER_SIZE, bufName + "wr");
+    if (allowRead)
+    {
+        readBuffer = new GwBuffer(logger, GwBuffer::RX_BUFFER_SIZE, bufName + "rd");
+    }
+    overflows = 0;
+}
+void GwSocketConnection::setClient(int fd)
+{
+    this->fd = fd;
+    buffer->reset("new client");
+    if (readBuffer)
+        readBuffer->reset("new client");
+    overflows = 0;
+    pendingWrite = false;
+    writeError = false;
+    lastWrite = 0;
+    if (fd >= 0)
+    {
+        remoteIpAddress = remoteIP(fd).toString();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        remoteIpAddress = String("---");
+    }
+}
+bool GwSocketConnection::hasClient()
+{
+    return fd >= 0;
+}
+void GwSocketConnection::stop()
+{
+    if (fd >= 0)
+    {
+        close(fd);
+        fd = -1;
+    }
+}
+GwSocketConnection::~GwSocketConnection()
+{
+    delete buffer;
+    if (readBuffer)
+        delete readBuffer;
+}
+bool GwSocketConnection::connected()
+{
+    if (fd >= 0)
+    {
+        uint8_t dummy;
+        int res = recv(fd, &dummy, 0, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+        // avoid unused var warning by gcc
+        (void)res;
+        // recv only sets errno if res is <= 0
+        if (res <= 0)
+        {
+            switch (errno)
+            {
+            case EWOULDBLOCK:
+            case ENOENT: //caused by vfs
+                return true;
+                break;
+            case ENOTCONN:
+            case EPIPE:
+            case ECONNRESET:
+            case ECONNREFUSED:
+            case ECONNABORTED:
+                return false;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool GwSocketConnection::enqueue(uint8_t *data, size_t len)
+{
+    if (len == 0)
+        return true;
+    size_t rt = buffer->addData(data, len);
+    if (rt < len)
+    {
+        LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "overflow on %s", remoteIpAddress.c_str());
+        overflows++;
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+bool GwSocketConnection::hasData()
+{
+    return buffer->usedSpace() > 0;
+}
+bool GwSocketConnection::handleError(int res, bool errorIf0)
+{
+    if (res == 0 && errorIf0)
+    {
+        LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "client shutdown (recv 0) on %s", remoteIpAddress.c_str());
+        stop();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (res < 0)
+    {
+        if (errno != EAGAIN)
+        {
+            LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "client read error %d on %s", errno, remoteIpAddress.c_str());
+            stop();
+            return false;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+GwBuffer::WriteStatus GwSocketConnection::write()
+{
+    if (!hasClient())
+    {
+        LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "write called on empty client");
+        return GwBuffer::ERROR;
+    }
+    if (!buffer->usedSpace())
+    {
+        pendingWrite = false;
+        return GwBuffer::OK;
+    }
+    buffer->fetchData(
+        -1, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t len, void *param) -> size_t
+        {
+            GwSocketConnection *c = (GwSocketConnection *)param;
+            int res = send(c->fd, (void *)buffer, len, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+            if (!c->handleError(res, false))
+                return 0;
+            if (res >= len)
+            {
+                c->pendingWrite = false;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (!c->pendingWrite)
+                {
+                    c->lastWrite = millis();
+                    c->pendingWrite = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //we need to check if we have still not been able
+                    //to write until timeout
+                    if (millis() >= (c->lastWrite + c->writeTimeout))
+                    {
+                        c->logger->logDebug(GwLog::ERROR, "Write timeout on channel %s", c->remoteIpAddress.c_str());
+                        c->writeError = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return res;
+        },
+        this);
+    if (writeError)
+    {
+        LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::DEBUG + 1, "write error on %s", remoteIpAddress.c_str());
+        return GwBuffer::ERROR;
+    }
+
+    return GwBuffer::OK;
+}
+
+bool GwSocketConnection::read()
+{
+    if (!allowRead)
+    {
+        size_t maxLen = 100;
+        char buffer[maxLen];
+        int res = recv(fd, (void *)buffer, maxLen, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+        return handleError(res);
+    }
+    readBuffer->fillData(
+        -1, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t len, void *param) -> size_t
+        {
+            GwSocketConnection *c = (GwSocketConnection *)param;
+            int res = recv(c->fd, (void *)buffer, len, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+            if (!c->handleError(res))
+                return 0;
+            return res;
+        },
+        this);
+    return true;
+}
+bool GwSocketConnection::messagesFromBuffer(GwMessageFetcher *writer)
+{
+    if (!allowRead)
+        return false;
+    return writer->handleBuffer(readBuffer);
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/socketserver/GwSocketConnection.h b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketConnection.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b693ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketConnection.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <Arduino.h>
+#include <lwip/sockets.h>
+#include "GwBuffer.h"
+class GwSocketConnection
+{
+public:
+    int fd=-1;
+    int overflows;
+    String remoteIpAddress;
+
+private:
+    unsigned long lastWrite = 0;
+    unsigned long writeTimeout = 10000;
+    bool pendingWrite = false;
+    bool writeError = false;
+    bool allowRead;
+    GwBuffer *buffer = NULL;
+    GwBuffer *readBuffer = NULL;
+    GwLog *logger;
+
+public:
+    static IPAddress remoteIP(int fd);
+    GwSocketConnection(GwLog *logger, int id, bool allowRead = false);
+    void setClient(int fd);
+    bool hasClient();
+    void stop();
+    ~GwSocketConnection();
+    bool connected();
+    bool enqueue(uint8_t *data, size_t len);
+    bool hasData();
+    bool handleError(int res, bool errorIf0 = true);
+    GwBuffer::WriteStatus write();
+    bool read();
+    bool messagesFromBuffer(GwMessageFetcher *writer);
+};
diff --git a/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.cpp b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.cpp
index a7f788f..d30e7b2 100644
--- a/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.cpp
@@ -2,240 +2,11 @@
 #include <ESPmDNS.h>
 #include <lwip/sockets.h>
 #include "GwBuffer.h"
-
-class GwClient
-{
-public:
-    int fd=-1;
-    int overflows;
-    String remoteIpAddress;
-
-private:
-    unsigned long lastWrite = 0;
-    unsigned long writeTimeout = 10000;
-    bool pendingWrite = false;
-    bool writeError = false;
-    bool allowRead;
-    GwBuffer *buffer = NULL;
-    GwBuffer *readBuffer = NULL;
-    GwLog *logger;
-
-public:
-    static IPAddress remoteIP(int fd)
-    {
-        struct sockaddr_storage addr;
-        socklen_t len = sizeof addr;
-        getpeername(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, &len);
-        struct sockaddr_in *s = (struct sockaddr_in *)&addr;
-        return IPAddress((uint32_t)(s->sin_addr.s_addr));
-    }
-    GwClient(GwLog *logger, int id, bool allowRead = false)
-    {
-        this->logger = logger;
-        this->allowRead = allowRead;
-        String bufName = "Sock(";
-        bufName += String(id);
-        bufName += ")";
-        buffer = new GwBuffer(logger, GwBuffer::TX_BUFFER_SIZE, bufName + "wr");
-        if (allowRead)
-        {
-            readBuffer = new GwBuffer(logger, GwBuffer::RX_BUFFER_SIZE, bufName + "rd");
-        }
-        overflows = 0;
-    }
-    void setClient(int fd)
-    {
-        this->fd = fd;
-        buffer->reset("new client");
-        if (readBuffer)
-            readBuffer->reset("new client");
-        overflows = 0;
-        pendingWrite = false;
-        writeError = false;
-        lastWrite = 0;
-        if (fd >= 0)
-        {
-            remoteIpAddress = remoteIP(fd).toString();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            remoteIpAddress = String("---");
-        }
-    }
-    bool hasClient()
-    {
-        return fd >= 0;
-    }
-    void stop(){
-        if (fd >= 0){
-            close(fd);
-            fd=-1;
-        }
-    }
-    ~GwClient()
-    {
-        delete buffer;
-        if (readBuffer)
-            delete readBuffer;
-    }
-    bool connected()
-    {
-        if (fd >= 0)
-        {
-            uint8_t dummy;
-            int res = recv(fd, &dummy, 0, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-            // avoid unused var warning by gcc
-            (void)res;
-            // recv only sets errno if res is <= 0
-            if (res <= 0)
-            {
-                switch (errno)
-                {
-                case EWOULDBLOCK:
-                case ENOENT: //caused by vfs
-                    return true;
-                    break;
-                case ENOTCONN:
-                case EPIPE:
-                case ECONNRESET:
-                case ECONNREFUSED:
-                case ECONNABORTED:
-                    return false;
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    bool enqueue(uint8_t *data, size_t len)
-    {
-        if (len == 0)
-            return true;
-        size_t rt = buffer->addData(data, len);
-        if (rt < len)
-        {
-            LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "overflow on %s", remoteIpAddress.c_str());
-            overflows++;
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool hasData()
-    {
-        return buffer->usedSpace() > 0;
-    }
-    bool handleError(int res, bool errorIf0 = true)
-    {
-        if (res == 0 && errorIf0)
-        {
-            LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "client shutdown (recv 0) on %s", remoteIpAddress.c_str());
-            stop();
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (res < 0)
-        {
-            if (errno != EAGAIN)
-            {
-                LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "client read error %d on %s", errno, remoteIpAddress.c_str());
-                stop();
-                return false;
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    GwBuffer::WriteStatus write()
-    {
-        if (!hasClient())
-        {
-            LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "write called on empty client");
-            return GwBuffer::ERROR;
-        }
-        if (!buffer->usedSpace())
-        {
-            pendingWrite = false;
-            return GwBuffer::OK;
-        }
-        buffer->fetchData(
-            -1, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t len, void *param) -> size_t
-            {
-                GwClient *c = (GwClient *)param;
-                int res = send(c->fd, (void *)buffer, len, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-                if (!c->handleError(res, false))
-                    return 0;
-                if (res >= len)
-                {
-                    c->pendingWrite = false;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    if (!c->pendingWrite)
-                    {
-                        c->lastWrite = millis();
-                        c->pendingWrite = true;
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        //we need to check if we have still not been able
-                        //to write until timeout
-                        if (millis() >= (c->lastWrite + c->writeTimeout))
-                        {
-                            c->logger->logDebug(GwLog::ERROR, "Write timeout on channel %s", c->remoteIpAddress.c_str());
-                            c->writeError = true;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                return res;
-            },
-            this);
-        if (writeError)
-        {
-            LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::DEBUG + 1, "write error on %s", remoteIpAddress.c_str());
-            return GwBuffer::ERROR;
-        }
-
-        return GwBuffer::OK;
-    }
-
-    bool read()
-    {
-        if (!allowRead)
-        {
-            size_t maxLen = 100;
-            char buffer[maxLen];
-            int res = recv(fd, (void *)buffer, maxLen, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-            return handleError(res);
-        }
-        readBuffer->fillData(
-            -1, [](uint8_t *buffer, size_t len, void *param) -> size_t
-            {
-                GwClient *c = (GwClient *)param;
-                int res = recv(c->fd, (void *)buffer, len, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-                if (!c->handleError(res))
-                    return 0;
-                return res;
-            },
-            this);
-        return true;
-    }
-    bool messagesFromBuffer(GwMessageFetcher *writer)
-    {
-        if (!allowRead)
-            return false;
-        return writer->handleBuffer(readBuffer);
-    }
-};
+#include "GwSocketConnection.h"
 
 class GwTcpClient
 {
-    GwClient *gwClient = NULL;
+    GwSocketConnection *gwClient = NULL;
     IPAddress remoteAddress;
     uint16_t port = 0;
     GwLog *logger;
@@ -270,7 +41,7 @@ private:
     }
 
 public:
-    GwTcpClient(GwLog *logger, GwClient *gwClient)
+    GwTcpClient(GwLog *logger, GwSocketConnection *gwClient)
     {
         this->logger = logger;
         this->gwClient = gwClient;
@@ -325,10 +96,10 @@ void GwSocketServer::begin()
     maxClients = config->getInt(config->maxClients);
     allowReceive = config->getBool(config->readTCP);
     listenerPort=config->getInt(config->serverPort);
-    clients = new GwClient*[maxClients];
+    clients = new GwSocketConnection*[maxClients];
     for (int i = 0; i < maxClients; i++)
     {
-        clients[i] = new GwClient(logger, i, allowReceive);
+        clients[i] = new GwSocketConnection(logger, i, allowReceive);
     }
     if (! createListener()){
         listener=-1;
@@ -368,7 +139,7 @@ void GwSocketServer::loop(bool handleRead, bool handleWrite)
     if (client >= 0)
     {
         LOG_DEBUG(GwLog::LOG, "new client connected from %s",
-                  GwClient::remoteIP(client).toString().c_str());
+                  GwSocketConnection::remoteIP(client).toString().c_str());
         bool canHandle = false;
         for (int i = 0; i < maxClients; i++)
         {
@@ -391,7 +162,7 @@ void GwSocketServer::loop(bool handleRead, bool handleWrite)
         //sending
         for (int i = 0; i < maxClients; i++)
         {
-            GwClient *client = clients[i];
+            GwSocketConnection *client = clients[i];
             if (!client->hasClient())
                 continue;
             GwBuffer::WriteStatus rt = client->write();
@@ -404,7 +175,7 @@ void GwSocketServer::loop(bool handleRead, bool handleWrite)
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < maxClients; i++)
     {
-        GwClient *client = clients[i];
+        GwSocketConnection *client = clients[i];
         if (!client->hasClient())
             continue;
 
@@ -446,7 +217,7 @@ void GwSocketServer::sendToClients(const char *buf, int source)
     {
         if (i == sourceIndex)
             continue; //never send out to the source we received from
-        GwClient *client = clients[i];
+        GwSocketConnection *client = clients[i];
         if (!client->hasClient())
             continue;
         if (client->connected())
diff --git a/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.h b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.h
index 0b9c64f..e3762e7 100644
--- a/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.h
+++ b/lib/socketserver/GwSocketServer.h
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 #include "GwBuffer.h"
 #include <memory>
 
-class GwClient;
+class GwSocketConnection;
 class GwSocketServer{
     private:
         const GwConfigHandler *config;
         GwLog *logger;
-        GwClient **clients=NULL;
+        GwSocketConnection **clients=NULL;
         int listener=-1;
         int listenerPort=-1;
         bool allowReceive;