diff --git a/examples/interop_connector/main.c b/examples/interop_connector/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8661cdb788372368ad0fd4d7d30fc2500ac344d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interop_connector/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "reowolf.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  // --- setup ---
+  Arc_ProtocolDescription * pd = protocol_description_parse("", 0);
+  Connector * c = connector_new(pd);
+  PortId putter_a, putter_b;
+  FfiSocketAddr addresses[4];
+  /* (address structure initializations omitted) */
+  
+  // putter_a to UDP mediator (getter id discarded)
+  // with local addresses[0] and peer addresses[1] 
+  connector_add_udp_mediator_component(c, &putter_a, NULL, addresses[0], addresses[1]);
+  connector_add_udp_mediator_component(c, &putter_b, NULL, addresses[2], addresses[3]);
+  connector_connect(c, -1);
+  
+  // --- communication --- 
+  connector_put_bytes(c, putter_a, "hello, socket!", 14);
+  connector_put_bytes(c, putter_b, "hello, pseudo-socket!", 21);
+  connector_sync(c, -1);
+  
+  // --- cleanup ---
+  protocol_description_destroy(pd);
+  connector_destroy(c);
+  return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/examples/interop_pseudo_socket/main.c b/examples/interop_pseudo_socket/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..183e5e816c2d8d786f6f00e77013e7a2e91d7205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interop_pseudo_socket/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <sys/socket.h> // socket addresses, constants
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "pseudo_socket.h"
+#define BUFSIZE 512
+int main() {
+  // --- setup ---
+  struct sockaddr_in local, peer; 
+  /* (address structure initializations omitted) */
+  int fd = rw_socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); 
+  rw_bind(fd, (const struct sockaddr *)&local, sizeof(local));
+  rw_connect(fd, (const struct sockaddr *)&peer, sizeof(peer));
+  // --- communication ---
+  char buffer = malloc(BUFSIZE);
+  size_t msglen, i;
+  msglen = rw_recv(fd, (const void *)buffer, BUFSIZE, 0);
+  for(i=0; i<msglen; i++) {
+    printf("%02X", buffer[i]);
+  }
+  // --- cleanup ---
+  rw_close(fd);
+  free(buffer);
+  return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/examples/interop_socket/main.c b/examples/interop_socket/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b113dccccdc1a7f08d4cf2f37941ab72a59eadf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/interop_socket/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include <sys/socket.h> // socket addresses, constants
+#include <stdio.h>
+#define BUFSIZE 512
+int main() {
+    // --- setup ---
+    struct sockaddr_in local, peer; 
+    /* (address structure initializations omitted) */
+    int fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); 
+    bind(fd, (const struct sockaddr *)&local, sizeof(local));
+    connect(fd, (const struct sockaddr *)&peer, sizeof(peer));
+    // --- communication ---
+    char buffer = malloc(BUFSIZE);
+    size_t msglen, i;
+    msglen = recv(fd, (const void *)buffer, BUFSIZE, 0);
+    for(i=0; i<msglen; i++) {
+        printf("%02X", buffer[i]);
+    }
+    // --- cleanup ---
+    close(fd);
+    free(buffer);
+    return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/pseudo_socket.h b/pseudo_socket.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee5473006c3213ec92d2c1106e1b2bc6ba967656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pseudo_socket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <sys/socket.h> // defines {sockaddr, socklen_t}
+
+int rw_socket(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+int rw_connect(int fd, const struct sockaddr *address, socklen_t address_len);
+int rw_bind(int socket, const struct sockaddr *address, socklen_t address_len);
+int rw_close(int fd);
+ssize_t rw_send(int fd, const void * message, size_t length, int flags);
+ssize_t rw_recv(int fd, void * buffer, size_t length, int flags);
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diff --git a/src/ffi/mod.rs b/src/ffi/mod.rs
index 7f1b00fc9b15e9adb9ce3726cecc07290bb600f6..f5f1aabd32d4c2deb527c29c7bc9858a03338baa 100644
--- a/src/ffi/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/mod.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn connector_add_net_port(
 /// - where P is a Putter port that sends messages into the socket
 /// - where G is a Getter port that recvs messages from the socket
 #[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn connector_add_udp_port_pair(
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn connector_add_udp_mediator_component(
     connector: &mut Connector,
     putter: *mut PortId,
     getter: *mut PortId,