diff --git a/buffer.c b/buffer.c
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..90bbd2218baa3f5166a6884c534ad5104532140f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buffer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//
+// Created by mburket on 4/7/18.
+//
+
+#include "buffer.h"
diff --git a/buffer.h b/buffer.h
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..902d831df8823aecd32ab98ef2463be049b26b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//
+// Created by mburket on 4/7/18.
+//
+
+#ifndef COMS352_PROJECT2_PART1_BUFFER_H
+#define COMS352_PROJECT2_PART1_BUFFER_H
+
+#endif //COMS352_PROJECT2_PART1_BUFFER_H
diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5612826391b630f5eb53632e2939585c916866da
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+++ b/connect.c
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+//w
+// Created by mburket on 3/29/18.
+//
+
+#include "connect.h"
+
+/// Initalize the connection
+///
+/// \param hostname hostname to connect to
+/// \param port port to connect to
+/// \param info addrinfo struct to be returned
+    void init_connection(char *hostname, int port, struct addrinfo  **info) {
+    struct addrinfo hints;
+
+    memset(&hints,0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+    hints.ai_family= AF_UNSPEC;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+    hints.ai_flags = 0;
+    hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+    int erro = getaddrinfo(hostname, NULL, &hints, info);
+
+    if (erro != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", gai_strerror(erro));
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+int establish_connect(struct addrinfo *info) {
+    int socketfd, connection;
+
+    errno = 0;
+    socketfd = socket(info->ai_family, info->ai_socktype, info->ai_protocol);
+
+    if (socketfd > 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\nFailure to create socket.\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", strerror(errno));
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+    connection = connect(socketfd, info->ai_addr, info->ai_protocol);
+
+    if (connection != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "\nUnable to connect.\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    return socketfd;
+
+}
+
+int execate_request(int socketfd, char *hostname, char *path) {
+    char *request = "GET /index.shtml HTTP/1.1\\r\\nHost: www.cs.iastate.edu\\r\\n\\r\\n";
+    ssize_t sentByte = send(socketfd, request, strlen(request), 0);
+
+    return sentByte;
+}
+
+int get_result(int socketfd, char *recvBuff, int recvBuffSize) {
+    int bytesRecv;
+
+    char recvData[recvBuffSize];
+    while (1) {
+        bytesRecv = recv(socketfd, )
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/connect.h b/connect.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7ac67601843ceab15c26b61265d22ddf90d72346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+// Created by mburket on 3/29/18.
+//
+
+#ifndef COMS352_PROJECT2_PART1_CONNECT_H
+#define COMS352_PROJECT2_PART1_CONNECT_H
+
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+void init_connection(char *hostname, int port, struct addrinfo **info);
+int establish_connect(struct addrinfo *info);
+int execate_request(int socketfd, char *hostname, char *path);
+int get_result(int socketfd, char *recvBuff, int recvBuffSize);
+
+#endif //COMS352_PROJECT2_PART1_CONNECT_H