diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Device/Constructor.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Device/Constructor.cs
index 5ee6e8439..c2629307e 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Device/Constructor.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Device/Constructor.cs
@@ -76,75 +76,78 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices
 
                 remote = new Remote.Remote(host);
 
-                throw new NotImplementedException("Remote devices not yet implemented...");
+                Error = remote.Open(devicePath, out var errno);
+                LastError = errno;
             }
-
-            switch (PlatformId)
+            else
             {
-                case PlatformID.Win32NT:
+                switch (PlatformId)
                 {
-                    FileHandle = Extern.CreateFile(devicePath, FileAccess.GenericRead | FileAccess.GenericWrite,
-                        FileShare.Read | FileShare.Write, IntPtr.Zero,
-                        FileMode.OpenExisting,
-                        FileAttributes.Normal, IntPtr.Zero);
-
-                    if (((SafeFileHandle) FileHandle).IsInvalid)
+                    case PlatformID.Win32NT:
                     {
-                        Error = true;
-                        LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
-                    }
+                        FileHandle = Extern.CreateFile(devicePath, FileAccess.GenericRead | FileAccess.GenericWrite,
+                            FileShare.Read | FileShare.Write, IntPtr.Zero,
+                            FileMode.OpenExisting,
+                            FileAttributes.Normal, IntPtr.Zero);
 
-                    break;
-                }
-                case PlatformID.Linux:
-                {
-                    FileHandle =
-                        Linux.Extern.open(devicePath,
-                            FileFlags.ReadWrite | FileFlags.NonBlocking | FileFlags.CreateNew);
-
-                    if ((int) FileHandle < 0)
-                    {
-                        LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
-
-                        if (LastError == 13 || LastError == 30) // EACCES or EROFS
-                        {
-                            FileHandle = Linux.Extern.open(devicePath, FileFlags.Readonly | FileFlags.NonBlocking);
-                            if ((int) FileHandle < 0)
-                            {
-                                Error = true;
-                                LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
+                        if (((SafeFileHandle) FileHandle).IsInvalid)
                         {
                             Error = true;
+                            LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
                         }
 
-                        LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                        break;
                     }
-
-                    break;
-                }
-                case PlatformID.FreeBSD:
-                {
-                    FileHandle = FreeBSD.Extern.cam_open_device(devicePath, FreeBSD.FileFlags.ReadWrite);
-
-                    if (((IntPtr) FileHandle).ToInt64() == 0)
+                    case PlatformID.Linux:
                     {
-                        Error = true;
-                        LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                        FileHandle =
+                            Linux.Extern.open(devicePath,
+                                FileFlags.ReadWrite | FileFlags.NonBlocking | FileFlags.CreateNew);
+
+                        if ((int) FileHandle < 0)
+                        {
+                            LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+
+                            if (LastError == 13 || LastError == 30) // EACCES or EROFS
+                            {
+                                FileHandle = Linux.Extern.open(devicePath, FileFlags.Readonly | FileFlags.NonBlocking);
+                                if ((int) FileHandle < 0)
+                                {
+                                    Error = true;
+                                    LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                Error = true;
+                            }
+
+                            LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                        }
+
+                        break;
                     }
+                    case PlatformID.FreeBSD:
+                    {
+                        FileHandle = FreeBSD.Extern.cam_open_device(devicePath, FreeBSD.FileFlags.ReadWrite);
 
-                    var camDevice = (CamDevice) Marshal.PtrToStructure((IntPtr) FileHandle, typeof(CamDevice));
+                        if (((IntPtr) FileHandle).ToInt64() == 0)
+                        {
+                            Error = true;
+                            LastError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
+                        }
 
-                    if (StringHandlers.CToString(camDevice.SimName) == "ata")
-                        throw new
-                            InvalidOperationException(
-                                "Parallel ATA devices are not supported on FreeBSD due to upstream bug #224250.");
+                        var camDevice = (CamDevice) Marshal.PtrToStructure((IntPtr) FileHandle, typeof(CamDevice));
 
-                    break;
+                        if (StringHandlers.CToString(camDevice.SimName) == "ata")
+                            throw new
+                                InvalidOperationException(
+                                    "Parallel ATA devices are not supported on FreeBSD due to upstream bug #224250.");
+
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    default: throw new InvalidOperationException($"Platform {PlatformId} not yet supported.");
                 }
-                default: throw new InvalidOperationException($"Platform {PlatformId} not yet supported.");
             }
 
             if (Error) throw new SystemException($"Error {LastError} opening device.");
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Enums.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Enums.cs
index aa225a1aa..a15042994 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Enums.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Enums.cs
@@ -8,4 +8,14 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Remote
         ResponseListDevices = 3,
         CommandOpen = 4
     }
+
+    public enum DicNopReason : byte
+    {
+        OutOfOrder = 0,
+        NotImplemented = 1,
+        NotRecognized = 2,
+        ErrorListDevices = 3,
+        OpenOk = 4,
+        OpenError = 5
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Remote.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Remote.cs
index 65d3f155a..c472ba39a 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Remote.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Remote.cs
@@ -245,5 +245,85 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Remote
 
             return devices.ToArray();
         }
+
+        public bool Open(string devicePath, out int LastError)
+        {
+            LastError = 0;
+
+            var cmdPkt = new DicPacketCommandOpenDevice
+            {
+                hdr = new DicPacketHeader
+                {
+                    id = Consts.PacketId,
+                    len = (uint) Marshal.SizeOf<DicPacketCommandOpenDevice>(),
+                    version = Consts.PacketVersion,
+                    packetType = DicPacketType.CommandOpen
+                },
+                device_path = devicePath
+            };
+
+            var buf = Marshal.StructureToByteArrayLittleEndian(cmdPkt);
+
+            var len = _socket.Send(buf, SocketFlags.None);
+
+            if (len != buf.Length)
+            {
+                DicConsole.ErrorWriteLine("Could not write to the network...");
+                LastError = -1;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var hdrBuf = new byte[Marshal.SizeOf<DicPacketHeader>()];
+
+            len = _socket.Receive(hdrBuf, hdrBuf.Length, SocketFlags.Peek);
+
+            if (len < hdrBuf.Length)
+            {
+                DicConsole.ErrorWriteLine("Could not read from the network...");
+                LastError = -1;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var hdr = Marshal.ByteArrayToStructureLittleEndian<DicPacketHeader>(hdrBuf);
+
+            if (hdr.id != Consts.PacketId)
+            {
+                DicConsole.ErrorWriteLine("Received data is not a DIC Remote Packet...");
+                LastError = -1;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (hdr.packetType != DicPacketType.Nop)
+            {
+                DicConsole.ErrorWriteLine("Expected List Devices Response Packet, got packet type {0}...",
+                    hdr.packetType);
+                LastError = -1;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            buf = new byte[hdr.len];
+            len = _socket.Receive(buf, buf.Length, SocketFlags.None);
+
+            if (len < buf.Length)
+            {
+                DicConsole.ErrorWriteLine("Could not read from the network...");
+                LastError = -1;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            var nop = Marshal.ByteArrayToStructureLittleEndian<DicPacketNop>(buf);
+
+            switch (nop.reasonCode)
+            {
+                case DicNopReason.OpenOk:
+                    return true;
+                case DicNopReason.NotImplemented:
+                    throw new NotImplementedException($"{nop.reason}");
+            }
+
+            DicConsole.ErrorWriteLine($"{nop.reason}");
+            LastError = nop.errno;
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Structs.cs b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Structs.cs
index 774bd7a6c..cd0bfb0c0 100644
--- a/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Structs.cs
+++ b/DiscImageChef.Devices/Remote/Structs.cs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace DiscImageChef.Devices.Remote
     public struct DicPacketNop
     {
         public DicPacketHeader hdr;
-        public byte reasonCode;
+        public DicNopReason reasonCode;
 
         [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 3)]
         public readonly byte[] spare;