diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Builds MoxaNix project
+
+#TODO switch to Makefile :)
+
+name="moxerver"
+
+include_dir="."
+src_list="$name.c server.c client.c tty.c"
+
+gcc $src_list -o $name -I $include_dir
diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
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+#include "moxerver_include.h"
+
+
+/* Closes client connection. */
+int client_close(struct client_t *client) {
+	/* force closing in case of error */
+	if (close(client->socket) == -1) {
+		close(client->socket);
+	}
+	client->socket = -1;
+	fprintf(stderr,"[%s]: socket closed for client %s\n", __func__, client->ip_string);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Reads incoming data from client to client data buffer. */
+int client_read(struct client_t *client) {
+	
+	int len;
+	
+	/* read client data */
+	len = recv(client->socket, client->data, sizeof(client->data)-1, 0);
+	if (len == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	/* null-terminate received data */
+	client->data[len] = '\0';
+	
+	//TODO how does a client disconnect? For now let's wait for QUIT command...
+	if (!strncmp(client->data, "QUIT", 4)) {
+		client_close(client);
+	}
+	
+	//TODO let's print the data during development phase...
+	fprintf(stderr, "client %s says: %s", client->ip_string, client->data);
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Sends data from a buffer to client. */
+int client_write(struct client_t *client, char *databuf, int datalen) {
+	/* send data to client */
+	if (send(client->socket, databuf, datalen, 0) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/moxerver b/moxerver
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diff --git a/moxerver.c b/moxerver.c
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+++ b/moxerver.c
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+#include "moxerver_include.h"
+#include <unistd.h> /* getopt() */
+
+
+#define SERVER_WAIT_TIMEOUT 5 /* seconds for select() timeout in server loop */
+
+/* Prints help message. */
+void usage() {
+	//TODO maybe some styling should be done
+	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: moxerver -p port [-h]\n\n");
+}
+
+/* MoxaNix main program loop. */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	
+	int ret;
+	
+	struct server_t server;
+	struct client_t client; //TODO working with only 1 client, this can be expanded into a list
+	unsigned int port;
+	
+	fd_set read_fds;
+	int fdmax;
+	struct timeval tv;
+	
+	
+	/* grab argumments */
+	while ((ret = getopt(argc, argv, ":p:h")) != -1) {
+		switch (ret) {
+			/* get server port number */
+			case 'p':
+				port = (unsigned int) atoi(optarg);
+				/* check port range */
+				if (port < 4001 || port > 4008) {
+					fprintf(stderr, "error: port number out of 4001-4008 range\n");
+					return -1;
+				}
+				break;
+			/* print help and exit */
+			case 'h':
+				usage();
+				return 0;
+			default:
+				fprintf(stderr, "error parsing arguments\n");
+				usage();
+				return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/* introduction message */
+	fprintf(stderr, "=== MoxaNix ===\n");
+	
+	/* initialize */
+	server_setup(&server, port);
+	client.socket = -1;
+	
+	//TODO this is a good place to create and start the TTY thread
+	
+	/* loop with timeouts waiting for client connection */
+	while (1) {
+		
+		/* setup parameters for select() */
+		tv.tv_sec = SERVER_WAIT_TIMEOUT;
+		tv.tv_usec = 0;
+		FD_ZERO(&read_fds);
+		FD_SET(server.socket, &read_fds);
+		if (client.socket != -1) {
+			FD_SET(client.socket, &read_fds); /* wait for client if connected */
+		}
+		fdmax = (server.socket > client.socket) ? server.socket : client.socket;		
+		
+		/* wait with select() */
+		ret = select(fdmax+1, &read_fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+		if (ret == -1) {
+			//TODO do we really break and stop server when select returns an error?
+			fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+			break;
+		}
+		if (ret > 0) {
+			/* check server status */
+			if (FD_ISSET(server.socket, &read_fds)) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "received client connection request\n");
+				/* accept connection request if there is no client connected yet */
+				if (client.socket == -1) {
+					ret = server_accept(&server, &client);
+					if ( ret != 0) {
+						/* print error but continue waiting for connection request */
+						fprintf(stderr, "problem accepting client\n");
+						continue;
+					}
+				}
+				/* reject connection request if a client is already connected */
+				else {
+					server_reject(&server);
+				}
+			}
+			/* check client status if connected */
+			if ( (client.socket != -1) && FD_ISSET(client.socket, &read_fds) ) {
+				/* read client data */
+				ret = client_read(&client);
+				if ( ret != 0) {
+					/* print error but continue waiting for new data */
+					fprintf(stderr, "problem reading client\n");
+					continue;
+				}
+				//TODO we should send this data to TTY device
+			}
+		}
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "server waiting\n");
+		}
+		
+	} /* END while loop */
+	
+	/* close server and client */
+	server_close(&server);
+	client_close(&client);
+	
+	return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/moxerver_include.h b/moxerver_include.h
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+
+#define DATA_BUFLEN 128
+
+
+struct server_t {
+	int socket; 					/* server socket */
+	struct sockaddr_in address; 	/* server address information */
+	unsigned int port;				/* server port in host byte order, practical reference */
+};
+
+struct client_t {
+	int socket; 						/* client socket */
+	struct sockaddr_in address; 		/* client address information */
+	char ip_string[INET_ADDRSTRLEN]; 	/* client IP address as a string */
+	char data[DATA_BUFLEN]; 			/* buffer for data received from client */
+};
+
+struct tty_t {
+	int fd; 					/* tty file descriptor */
+	struct termios ttyset;		/* tty termios settings */
+	char data[DATA_BUFLEN]; 	/* buffer for data received from tty */
+};
+
+
+/* Sets up the server on specific port, binds to a socket and listens for client connections. */
+int server_setup(struct server_t *server, unsigned int port);
+/* Closes the server. */
+int server_close(struct server_t *server);
+/* Accepts incoming client connection. */
+int server_accept(struct server_t *server, struct client_t *accepted_client);
+/* Rejects incoming client connection. */
+int server_reject(struct server_t *server);
+
+
+/* Closes client connection. */
+int client_close(struct client_t *client);
+/* Reads incoming data from client to client data buffer. */
+int client_read(struct client_t *client);
+/* Sends data from a buffer to client. */
+int client_write(struct client_t *client, char *databuf, int datalen);
+
+
+/* Opens the tty device and configures it. */
+int tty_open(struct tty_t *tty_dev);
+/* Closes the tty device. */
+int tty_close(struct tty_t *tty_dev);
+/* Reconfigures the tty device. */
+int tty_reconfigure(struct tty_t *tty_dev, struct termios newttyset);
+/* Reads incoming data from tty device to tty data buffer. */
+int tty_read(struct tty_t *tty_dev);
+/* Sends data from a buffer to tty device. */
+int tty_write(struct tty_t *tty_dev, char *databuf, int datalen);
diff --git a/server.c b/server.c
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+++ b/server.c
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+#include "moxerver_include.h"
+
+
+/* Sets up the server on specific port, binds to a socket and listens for client connections. */
+int server_setup(struct server_t *server, unsigned int port) {
+	
+	int namelen, opt;
+	
+	/* set up server address information */
+	server->address.sin_family = AF_INET; 			/* use IPv4 address family */
+	server->address.sin_port = htons(port); 		/* set up port number, htons is for using network byte order */
+	server->address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY; 	/* use local address */
+	
+	/* create stream socket using TCP */
+	server->socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (server->socket == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr,"[%s]: socket created\n", __func__);
+	
+	/* try to avoid "Address already in use" error */
+	opt = 1; /* true value for setsockopt option */
+	if (setsockopt(server->socket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(int)) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	
+	/* bind server address to a socket */
+	if (bind(server->socket, (struct sockaddr *) &server->address, sizeof(server->address)) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr,"[%s]: bind successful\n", __func__);
+	
+	/* check port assignment */
+	namelen = sizeof(server->address);
+	if (getsockname(server->socket, (struct sockaddr *) &server->address, &namelen) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	if (ntohs(server->address.sin_port) != port) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error: could not assign port %u\n", __func__, __LINE__, port);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* save server port number */
+	server->port = port;
+	fprintf(stderr,"[%s]: assigned port %u\n", __func__, server->port); //ntohs(server->address.sin_port)
+	
+	/* listen for a client connection, allow 2 connections in queue */
+	if (listen(server->socket, 2) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	
+	fprintf(stderr,"[%s]: server is up, listening for client connection\n", __func__);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Closes the server. */
+int server_close(struct server_t *server) {
+	/* force closing in case of error */
+	if (close(server->socket) == -1) {
+		close(server->socket);
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr,"[%s]: socket closed, server is down\n", __func__);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Accepts incoming client connection. */
+int server_accept(struct server_t *server, struct client_t *accepted_client) {
+	
+	int namelen;
+	
+	/* accept connection request */
+	namelen = sizeof(accepted_client->address);
+	accepted_client->socket = accept(server->socket, (struct sockaddr *) &accepted_client->address, &namelen);
+	if (accepted_client->socket == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%s:%d] error %d: %s\n", __func__, __LINE__, errno, strerror(errno));
+		return -errno;
+	}
+	
+	/* get client IP address as human readable string */
+	inet_ntop(accepted_client->address.sin_family, &accepted_client->address.sin_addr.s_addr, 
+				accepted_client->ip_string, INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
+	
+	/* print client information */
+	//TODO also print timestamp
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s]: accepted client %s on port %u\n", __func__,
+			accepted_client->ip_string, server->port);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Rejects incoming client connection. */
+int server_reject(struct server_t *server) {
+	
+	int namelen;
+	struct client_t rclient;
+	char reject_msg[128];
+	
+	/* accept connection request */
+	namelen = sizeof(rclient.address);
+	rclient.socket = accept(server->socket, (struct sockaddr *) &rclient.address, &namelen);
+	/* send reject message */
+	sprintf(reject_msg, "[%s]: port %u is already being used\n", __func__, server->port);
+	send(rclient.socket, reject_msg, strlen(reject_msg), 0);
+	/* close connection */
+	close(rclient.socket);
+	
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s]: rejected new client request, there is alredy a client connected\n", __func__, server->port);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
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+++ b/tty.c
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+#include "moxerver_include.h"
+
+
+/* Opens the tty device and configures it. */
+int tty_open(struct tty_t *tty_dev) {
+	return 0;
+}
+/* Closes the tty device. */
+int tty_close(struct tty_t *tty_dev) {
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Reconfigures the tty device. */
+int tty_reconfigure(struct tty_t *tty_dev, struct termios newttyset) {
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Reads incoming data from tty device to tty data buffer. */
+int tty_read(struct tty_t *tty_dev) {
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Sends data from a buffer to tty device. */
+int tty_write(struct tty_t *tty_dev, char *databuf, int datalen) {
+	return 0;
+}
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