diff --git a/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/ConnectorAdapter.java b/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/ConnectorAdapter.java
index 82734349f..968c6c8e9 100644
--- a/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/ConnectorAdapter.java
+++ b/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/ConnectorAdapter.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ package com.jme3.network.base;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 
 import com.jme3.network.Message;
 import com.jme3.network.MessageListener;
@@ -63,7 +65,10 @@ public class ConnectorAdapter extends Thread
     private Connector connector;
     private MessageListener<Object> dispatcher;
     private AtomicBoolean go = new AtomicBoolean(true);
-    
+ 
+    // Writes messages out on a background thread
+    private ExecutorService writer = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
+   
     // Marks the messages as reliable or not if they came
     // through this connector.
     private boolean reliable;
@@ -80,6 +85,9 @@ public class ConnectorAdapter extends Thread
     public void close()
     {
         go.set(false);
+
+        // Kill the writer service
+        writer.shutdown();
         
         // Kill the connector
         connector.close();
@@ -90,6 +98,11 @@ public class ConnectorAdapter extends Thread
         dispatcher.messageReceived( null, m );                        
     }
  
+    public void write( ByteBuffer data )
+    {
+        writer.execute( new MessageWriter(data) );
+    }
+ 
     public void run()
     {
         MessageProtocol protocol = new MessageProtocol();
@@ -116,4 +129,22 @@ public class ConnectorAdapter extends Thread
         }
     }
         
+    protected class MessageWriter implements Runnable
+    {
+        private ByteBuffer data;
+        
+        public MessageWriter( ByteBuffer data )
+        {
+            this.data = data;
+        }
+        
+        public void run()
+        {
+            if( !go.get() )
+                return;                    
+            connector.write(data);
+        } 
+    }
+
+        
 }
diff --git a/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/DefaultClient.java b/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/DefaultClient.java
index 19130db51..4c515f77f 100644
--- a/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/DefaultClient.java
+++ b/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/base/DefaultClient.java
@@ -204,13 +204,16 @@ public class DefaultClient implements Client
         // be called from multiple threads.  If writing
         // is queued into its own thread then that could
         // be shared.
+        // Writing is now done on a background thread.
+        // If we ever share a ByteBuffer then it will need to be 
+        // copied before handing off.
         ByteBuffer buffer = MessageProtocol.messageToBuffer(message, null);
         if( message.isReliable() || fast == null ) {
             if( reliable == null )
                 throw new RuntimeException( "No reliable connector configured" );
-            reliable.write(buffer);
+            reliableAdapter.write(buffer);
         } else {
-            fast.write(buffer); 
+            fastAdapter.write(buffer); 
         }
     }