diff --git a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ISession.cs b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ISession.cs
index accc8d2..6e58fcc 100644
--- a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ISession.cs
+++ b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ISession.cs
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-using System.Net.Sockets;
-
 namespace ActiveMQ.Artemis.Core.Client;
 
 public interface ISession : IAsyncDisposable;
 
-internal class Session(Socket socket) : ISession
+internal class Session(Transport socket) : ISession
 {
-    public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
     {
-        socket.Dispose();
-        return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+        await socket.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/SessionFactory.cs b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/SessionFactory.cs
index a425180..532f9d0 100644
--- a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/SessionFactory.cs
+++ b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/SessionFactory.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
+using ActiveMQ.Artemis.Core.Client.Framing;
 
 namespace ActiveMQ.Artemis.Core.Client;
 
@@ -41,7 +42,41 @@ public async Task<ISession> CreateAsync(Endpoint endpoint, CancellationToken can
         {
             throw exception ?? new SocketException((int)SocketError.AddressNotAvailable);
         }
+        
+        var createSessionMessageV2 = new CreateSessionMessageV2
+        {
+            Name = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            SessionChannelId = 1,
+            Version = 135,
+            Username = endpoint.User,
+            Password = endpoint.Password,
+            MinLargeMessageSize = 100 * 1024,
+            Xa = false,
+            AutoCommitSends = true,
+            AutoCommitAcks = true,
+            PreAcknowledge = false,
+            WindowSize = -1,
+            DefaultAddress = null,
+            ClientId = null,
+        };
+        
+        // var byteBuffer = new ByteBuffer();
+        // Codec.Encode(byteBuffer, createSessionMessageV2, 1);
+        // _ = await socket.SendAsync(byteBuffer.GetBuffer(), cancellationToken);
+
+        var transport = new Transport(socket);
+
+        await transport.SendAsync(createSessionMessageV2, cancellationToken);
 
-        return new Session(socket);
+        var receivedPacket = await transport.ReceiveAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        if (receivedPacket is CreateSessionResponseMessage)
+        {
+            return new Session(transport);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Received invalid response from the broker");
+        }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/Transport.cs b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/Transport.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc2eb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/Transport.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using ActiveMQ.Artemis.Core.Client.Framing;
+
+namespace ActiveMQ.Artemis.Core.Client;
+
+internal class Transport(Socket socket) : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    public async Task SendAsync(Packet packet, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var byteBuffer = new ByteBuffer();
+        Codec.Encode(byteBuffer, packet, 1);
+        await socket.SendAsync(byteBuffer.GetBuffer(), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    public async Task<Packet> ReceiveAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var receiveBuffer = new byte[sizeof(int)];
+        while (0 == await socket.ReceiveAsync(receiveBuffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+        }
+        
+        var size = new ByteBuffer(receiveBuffer).ReadInt();
+        
+        var buffer = new byte[size];
+        _ = await socket.ReceiveAsync(buffer, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var payloadBuffer = new ByteBuffer(buffer);
+
+        var (packet, _) = Codec.Decode(payloadBuffer);
+        return packet;
+    }
+
+    public ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        socket.Dispose();
+        return ValueTask.CompletedTask; 
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/SessionTests.cs b/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/SessionTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb76b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/SessionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace ActiveMQ.Artemis.Core.Client.Tests;
+
+public class SessionTests
+{
+    [Test]
+    public async Task should_establish_session()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var connectionFactory = new SessionFactory();
+        
+        // Act
+        var session = await connectionFactory.CreateAsync(new Endpoint
+        {
+            Host = "localhost",
+            Port = 5445,
+            User = "artemis",
+            Password = "artemis"
+        });
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.IsNotNull(session);
+    }
+}
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