diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/ClientSample.csproj b/samples/ClientSample/ClientSample.csproj
index f38b39eb13..966067f59b 100644
--- a/samples/ClientSample/ClientSample.csproj
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/ClientSample.csproj
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="..\..\src\Common\DuplexPipe.cs" Link="DuplexPipe.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client\Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/HubSample.cs b/samples/ClientSample/HubSample.cs
index 93def0cbb7..a480e65430 100644
--- a/samples/ClientSample/HubSample.cs
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/HubSample.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client;
@@ -27,12 +28,11 @@ namespace ClientSample
 
         public static async Task<int> ExecuteAsync(string baseUrl)
         {
-            baseUrl = string.IsNullOrEmpty(baseUrl) ? "http://localhost:5000/default" : baseUrl;
-
-            Console.WriteLine("Connecting to {0}", baseUrl);
+            var endpoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 9001);
+            Console.WriteLine("Connecting to {0}", endpoint);
             var connection = new HubConnectionBuilder()
-                .WithUrl(baseUrl)
-                .WithConsoleLogger(LogLevel.Trace)
+                .WithEndPoint(endpoint)
+                .WithConsoleLogger(LogLevel.Information)
                 .Build();
 
             try
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace ClientSample
 
                 await ConnectAsync(connection);
 
-                Console.WriteLine("Connected to {0}", baseUrl);
+                Console.WriteLine("Connected to {0}", endpoint);
 
                 var sendCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
 
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/BufferExtensions.cs b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/BufferExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a74e15ba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/BufferExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace System
+{
+    public static class BufferExtensions
+    {
+        public static ArraySegment<byte> GetArray(this Memory<byte> memory)
+        {
+            return ((ReadOnlyMemory<byte>)memory).GetArray();
+        }
+
+        public static ArraySegment<byte> GetArray(this ReadOnlyMemory<byte> memory)
+        {
+            if (!MemoryMarshal.TryGetArray(memory, out var result))
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Buffer backed by array was expected");
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketAwaitable.cs b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketAwaitable.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7b70425d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketAwaitable.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace ClientSample
+{
+    public class SocketAwaitable : ICriticalNotifyCompletion
+    {
+        private static readonly Action _callbackCompleted = () => { };
+
+        private readonly PipeScheduler _ioScheduler;
+
+        private Action _callback;
+        private int _bytesTransferred;
+        private SocketError _error;
+
+        public SocketAwaitable(PipeScheduler ioScheduler)
+        {
+            _ioScheduler = ioScheduler;
+        }
+
+        public SocketAwaitable GetAwaiter() => this;
+        public bool IsCompleted => ReferenceEquals(_callback, _callbackCompleted);
+
+        public int GetResult()
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(ReferenceEquals(_callback, _callbackCompleted));
+
+            _callback = null;
+
+            if (_error != SocketError.Success)
+            {
+                throw new SocketException((int)_error);
+            }
+
+            return _bytesTransferred;
+        }
+
+        public void OnCompleted(Action continuation)
+        {
+            if (ReferenceEquals(_callback, _callbackCompleted) ||
+                ReferenceEquals(Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref _callback, continuation, null), _callbackCompleted))
+            {
+                Task.Run(continuation);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void UnsafeOnCompleted(Action continuation)
+        {
+            OnCompleted(continuation);
+        }
+
+        public void Complete(int bytesTransferred, SocketError socketError)
+        {
+            _error = socketError;
+            _bytesTransferred = bytesTransferred;
+            var continuation = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _callback, _callbackCompleted);
+
+            if (continuation != null)
+            {
+                _ioScheduler.Schedule(state => ((Action)state)(), continuation);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketReceiver.cs b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketReceiver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c6421f078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketReceiver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ClientSample
+{
+    public class SocketReceiver
+    {
+        private readonly Socket _socket;
+        private readonly SocketAsyncEventArgs _eventArgs = new SocketAsyncEventArgs();
+        private readonly SocketAwaitable _awaitable;
+
+        public SocketReceiver(Socket socket, PipeScheduler scheduler)
+        {
+            _socket = socket;
+            _awaitable = new SocketAwaitable(scheduler);
+            _eventArgs.UserToken = _awaitable;
+            _eventArgs.Completed += (_, e) => ((SocketAwaitable)e.UserToken).Complete(e.BytesTransferred, e.SocketError);
+        }
+
+        public SocketAwaitable ReceiveAsync(Memory<byte> buffer)
+        {
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+            _eventArgs.SetBuffer(buffer);
+#else
+            var segment = buffer.GetArray();
+
+            _eventArgs.SetBuffer(segment.Array, segment.Offset, segment.Count);
+#endif
+            if (!_socket.ReceiveAsync(_eventArgs))
+            {
+                _awaitable.Complete(_eventArgs.BytesTransferred, _eventArgs.SocketError);
+            }
+
+            return _awaitable;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketSender.cs b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketSender.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fa1c20ac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/SocketSender.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace ClientSample
+{
+    public class SocketSender
+    {
+        private readonly Socket _socket;
+        private readonly SocketAsyncEventArgs _eventArgs = new SocketAsyncEventArgs();
+        private readonly SocketAwaitable _awaitable;
+
+        private List<ArraySegment<byte>> _bufferList;
+
+        public SocketSender(Socket socket, PipeScheduler scheduler)
+        {
+            _socket = socket;
+            _awaitable = new SocketAwaitable(scheduler);
+            _eventArgs.UserToken = _awaitable;
+            _eventArgs.Completed += (_, e) => ((SocketAwaitable)e.UserToken).Complete(e.BytesTransferred, e.SocketError);
+        }
+
+        public SocketAwaitable SendAsync(ReadOnlySequence<byte> buffers)
+        {
+            if (buffers.IsSingleSegment)
+            {
+                return SendAsync(buffers.First);
+            }
+
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+            if (!_eventArgs.MemoryBuffer.Equals(Memory<byte>.Empty))
+#else
+            if (_eventArgs.Buffer != null)
+#endif
+            {
+                _eventArgs.SetBuffer(null, 0, 0);
+            }
+
+            _eventArgs.BufferList = GetBufferList(buffers);
+
+            if (!_socket.SendAsync(_eventArgs))
+            {
+                _awaitable.Complete(_eventArgs.BytesTransferred, _eventArgs.SocketError);
+            }
+
+            return _awaitable;
+        }
+
+        private SocketAwaitable SendAsync(ReadOnlyMemory<byte> memory)
+        {
+            // The BufferList getter is much less expensive then the setter.
+            if (_eventArgs.BufferList != null)
+            {
+                _eventArgs.BufferList = null;
+            }
+
+#if NETCOREAPP2_1
+            _eventArgs.SetBuffer(MemoryMarshal.AsMemory(memory));
+#else
+            var segment = memory.GetArray();
+
+            _eventArgs.SetBuffer(segment.Array, segment.Offset, segment.Count);
+#endif
+            if (!_socket.SendAsync(_eventArgs))
+            {
+                _awaitable.Complete(_eventArgs.BytesTransferred, _eventArgs.SocketError);
+            }
+
+            return _awaitable;
+        }
+
+        private List<ArraySegment<byte>> GetBufferList(ReadOnlySequence<byte> buffer)
+        {
+            Debug.Assert(!buffer.IsEmpty);
+            Debug.Assert(!buffer.IsSingleSegment);
+
+            if (_bufferList == null)
+            {
+                _bufferList = new List<ArraySegment<byte>>();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Buffers are pooled, so it's OK to root them until the next multi-buffer write.
+                _bufferList.Clear();
+            }
+
+            foreach (var b in buffer)
+            {
+                _bufferList.Add(b.GetArray());
+            }
+
+            return _bufferList;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/TcpConnection.cs b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/TcpConnection.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a053486a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/TcpConnection.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Pipelines;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
+
+namespace ClientSample
+{
+    public class TcpConnection : IConnection
+    {
+        private readonly Socket _socket;
+        private volatile bool _aborted;
+        private readonly EndPoint _endPoint;
+        private IDuplexPipe _transport;
+        private IDuplexPipe _application;
+        private SocketSender _sender;
+        private SocketReceiver _receiver;
+
+        public TcpConnection(EndPoint endPoint)
+        {
+            _socket = new Socket(SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
+            _endPoint = endPoint;
+
+            _sender = new SocketSender(_socket, PipeScheduler.ThreadPool);
+            _receiver = new SocketReceiver(_socket, PipeScheduler.ThreadPool);
+        }
+
+        public IDuplexPipe Transport => _transport;
+
+        public IFeatureCollection Features { get; } = new FeatureCollection();
+
+        public Task DisposeAsync()
+        {
+            _transport?.Output.Complete();
+            _transport?.Input.Complete();
+
+            _socket?.Dispose();
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+
+        public async Task StartAsync()
+        {
+            await _socket.ConnectAsync(_endPoint);
+
+            var pair = DuplexPipe.CreateConnectionPair(PipeOptions.Default, PipeOptions.Default);
+
+            _transport = pair.Transport;
+            _application = pair.Application;
+
+            _ = ExecuteAsync();
+        }
+
+        private async Task ExecuteAsync()
+        {
+            Exception sendError = null;
+            try
+            {
+                // Spawn send and receive logic
+                Task receiveTask = DoReceive();
+                Task<Exception> sendTask = DoSend();
+
+                // If the sending task completes then close the receive
+                // We don't need to do this in the other direction because the kestrel
+                // will trigger the output closing once the input is complete.
+                if (await Task.WhenAny(receiveTask, sendTask) == sendTask)
+                {
+                    // Tell the reader it's being aborted
+                    _socket.Dispose();
+                }
+
+                // Now wait for both to complete
+                await receiveTask;
+                sendError = await sendTask;
+
+                // Dispose the socket(should noop if already called)
+                _socket.Dispose();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"Unexpected exception in {nameof(TcpConnection)}.{nameof(StartAsync)}: " + ex);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                // Complete the output after disposing the socket
+                _application.Input.Complete(sendError);
+            }
+        }
+        private async Task DoReceive()
+        {
+            Exception error = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                await ProcessReceives();
+            }
+            catch (SocketException ex) when (ex.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.ConnectionReset)
+            {
+                error = new ConnectionResetException(ex.Message, ex);
+            }
+            catch (SocketException ex) when (ex.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.OperationAborted ||
+                                             ex.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.ConnectionAborted ||
+                                             ex.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.Interrupted ||
+                                             ex.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.InvalidArgument)
+            {
+                if (!_aborted)
+                {
+                    // Calling Dispose after ReceiveAsync can cause an "InvalidArgument" error on *nix.
+                    error = new ConnectionAbortedException();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+            {
+                if (!_aborted)
+                {
+                    error = new ConnectionAbortedException();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (IOException ex)
+            {
+                error = ex;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                error = new IOException(ex.Message, ex);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (_aborted)
+                {
+                    error = error ?? new ConnectionAbortedException();
+                }
+
+                _application.Output.Complete(error);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ProcessReceives()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                // Ensure we have some reasonable amount of buffer space
+                var buffer = _application.Output.GetMemory();
+
+                var bytesReceived = await _receiver.ReceiveAsync(buffer);
+
+                if (bytesReceived == 0)
+                {
+                    // FIN
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                _application.Output.Advance(bytesReceived);
+
+                var flushTask = _application.Output.FlushAsync();
+
+                if (!flushTask.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    await flushTask;
+                }
+
+                var result = flushTask.GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                if (result.IsCompleted)
+                {
+                    // Pipe consumer is shut down, do we stop writing
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task<Exception> DoSend()
+        {
+            Exception error = null;
+
+            try
+            {
+                await ProcessSends();
+            }
+            catch (SocketException ex) when (ex.SocketErrorCode == SocketError.OperationAborted)
+            {
+                error = null;
+            }
+            catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+            {
+                error = null;
+            }
+            catch (IOException ex)
+            {
+                error = ex;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                error = new IOException(ex.Message, ex);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _aborted = true;
+                _socket.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
+            }
+
+            return error;
+        }
+
+        private async Task ProcessSends()
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                // Wait for data to write from the pipe producer
+                var result = await _application.Input.ReadAsync();
+                var buffer = result.Buffer;
+
+                if (result.IsCanceled)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                var end = buffer.End;
+                var isCompleted = result.IsCompleted;
+                if (!buffer.IsEmpty)
+                {
+                    await _sender.SendAsync(buffer);
+                }
+
+                _application.Input.AdvanceTo(end);
+
+                if (isCompleted)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Task StartAsync(TransferFormat transferFormat)
+        {
+            // Transfer format is irrelevant
+            return StartAsync();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/TcpHubConnectionBuilderExtensions.cs b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/TcpHubConnectionBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..775ef6f6ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/ClientSample/Tcp/TcpHubConnectionBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System.Net;
+using ClientSample;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client
+{
+    public static class TcpHubConnectionBuilderExtensions
+    {
+        public static IHubConnectionBuilder WithEndPoint(this IHubConnectionBuilder builder, IPEndPoint endPoint)
+        {
+            builder.ConfigureConnectionFactory(() => new TcpConnection(endPoint));
+
+            return builder;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/SignalRSamples/Program.cs b/samples/SignalRSamples/Program.cs
index 7b3cd23722..2f932a18a4 100644
--- a/samples/SignalRSamples/Program.cs
+++ b/samples/SignalRSamples/Program.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -31,9 +32,8 @@ namespace SignalRSamples
                     options.ListenLocalhost(5000);
 
                     // Hub bound to TCP end point
-                    options.ListenLocalhost(9001, builder =>
+                    options.Listen(IPAddress.Any, 9001, builder =>
                     {
-                        // Run the hub on this port (this won't work properly until streaming parsing is implemented)
                         builder.UseHub<Chat>();
                     });
                 })
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core/DefaultUserIdProvider.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core/DefaultUserIdProvider.cs
index b297431276..6d04744284 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core/DefaultUserIdProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core/DefaultUserIdProvider.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Core
     {
         public string GetUserId(HubConnectionContext connection)
         {
-            return connection.User.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier)?.Value;
+            return connection.User?.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier)?.Value;
         }
     }
 }
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