# Io Reference

Networking / DistributedObjects / MDOConnection

|  | A Minimal Distributed Objects connection. Example;
    dateServerCon := MDOConnection clone setHost("127.0.0.1") setPort(8123) connect
    writeln("date from date server: ", Date fromNumber(dateServerCon currentDate))
    dateServerCon close
See the docs for MDOServer for the DateServer code. A MDOConnection will pause calling coroutines until the response is received. Mutliple requests can be sent before a single request returns if they are sent from separate coroutines.