diff --git a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index f66bd685..8ba07f0a 100644
--- a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ set(KERNEL_SOURCES
 	kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.cpp
 	kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000E.cpp
 	kernel/Networking/NetworkInterface.cpp
+	kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.cpp
+	kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.cpp
+	kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.cpp
 	kernel/OpenFileDescriptorSet.cpp
 	kernel/Panic.cpp
 	kernel/PCI.cpp
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..112474bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <BAN/Vector.h>
+#include <kernel/FS/TmpFS/FileSystem.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkInterface.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.h>
+#include <kernel/PCI.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	class NetworkManager : public TmpFileSystem
+	{
+	public:
+		enum class SocketType
+		{
+			STREAM,
+			DGRAM,
+			SEQPACKET,
+		};
+
+	public:
+		static BAN::ErrorOr<void> initialize();
+		static NetworkManager& get();
+
+		BAN::ErrorOr<void> add_interface(PCI::Device& pci_device);
+		BAN::ErrorOr<void> bind_socket(int port, BAN::RefPtr<NetworkSocket>);
+
+		BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::RefPtr<NetworkSocket>> create_socket(SocketType, mode_t, uid_t, gid_t);
+
+	private:
+		NetworkManager();
+
+	private:
+		BAN::Vector<BAN::RefPtr<NetworkInterface>>		m_interfaces;
+		BAN::HashMap<int, BAN::RefPtr<NetworkSocket>>	m_bound_sockets;
+	};
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b03072d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <kernel/FS/TmpFS/Inode.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkInterface.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	class NetworkSocket : public TmpInode
+	{
+	public:
+		void bind_interface(NetworkInterface*);
+
+	protected:
+		NetworkSocket(mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
+
+	protected:
+		NetworkInterface* m_interface = nullptr;
+	};
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.h b/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aea04613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkInterface.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	class UDPSocket final : public NetworkSocket
+	{
+	public:
+		static BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::RefPtr<UDPSocket>> create(mode_t, uid_t, gid_t);
+
+		void bind_interface(NetworkInterface*);
+
+	protected:
+		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> read_impl(off_t, BAN::ByteSpan) override;
+		virtual BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> write_impl(off_t, BAN::ConstByteSpan) override;
+
+	private:
+		UDPSocket(mode_t, uid_t, gid_t);
+
+	private:
+		NetworkInterface* m_interface = nullptr;
+
+		friend class BAN::RefPtr<UDPSocket>;
+	};
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.cpp
index 56239948..a79af51b 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include <kernel/FS/DevFS/FileSystem.h>
 #include <kernel/IDT.h>
 #include <kernel/InterruptController.h>
 #include <kernel/IO.h>
@@ -97,8 +96,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 		}
 #endif
 
-		DevFileSystem::get().add_device(this);
-
 		return {};
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0ce65c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include <BAN/UniqPtr.h>
+#include <kernel/FS/DevFS/FileSystem.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000E.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	static BAN::UniqPtr<NetworkManager> s_instance;
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<void> NetworkManager::initialize()
+	{
+		ASSERT(!s_instance);
+		NetworkManager* manager_ptr = new NetworkManager();
+		if (manager_ptr == nullptr)
+			return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOMEM);
+		auto manager = BAN::UniqPtr<NetworkManager>::adopt(manager_ptr);
+		TRY(manager->TmpFileSystem::initialize(0777, 0, 0));
+		s_instance = BAN::move(manager);
+		return {};
+	}
+
+	NetworkManager& NetworkManager::get()
+	{
+		ASSERT(s_instance);
+		return *s_instance;
+	}
+
+	NetworkManager::NetworkManager()
+		: TmpFileSystem(128)
+	{ }
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<void> NetworkManager::add_interface(PCI::Device& pci_device)
+	{
+		BAN::RefPtr<NetworkInterface> interface;
+
+		switch (pci_device.subclass())
+		{
+			case 0x00:
+				if (E1000::probe(pci_device))
+				{
+					interface = TRY(E1000::create(pci_device));
+					break;
+				}
+				if (E1000E::probe(pci_device))
+				{
+					interface = TRY(E1000E::create(pci_device));
+					break;
+				}
+				// fall through
+			default:
+				dprintln("unsupported network controller (pci {2H}.{2H}.{2H})", pci_device.class_code(), pci_device.subclass(), pci_device.prog_if());
+				dprintln("  vendor id: {4H}", pci_device.vendor_id());
+				dprintln("  device id: {4H}", pci_device.device_id());
+				return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOTSUP);
+		}
+
+		ASSERT(interface);
+
+		TRY(m_interfaces.push_back(interface));
+		DevFileSystem::get().add_device(interface);
+
+		return {};
+	}
+
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::RefPtr<NetworkSocket>> NetworkManager::create_socket(SocketType type, mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+	{
+		if (type != SocketType::DGRAM)
+			return BAN::Error::from_errno(EPROTOTYPE);
+
+		auto udp_socket = TRY(UDPSocket::create(mode, uid, gid));
+		return BAN::RefPtr<NetworkSocket>(udp_socket);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd8b3f3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkSocket.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	NetworkSocket::NetworkSocket(mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+		// FIXME: what the fuck is this
+		: TmpInode(
+			NetworkManager::get(),
+			MUST(NetworkManager::get().allocate_inode(create_inode_info(mode, uid, gid))),
+			create_inode_info(mode, uid, gid)
+		)
+	{ }
+
+	void NetworkSocket::bind_interface(NetworkInterface* interface)
+	{
+		ASSERT(!m_interface);
+		ASSERT(interface);
+		m_interface = interface;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..967d1228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include <kernel/Networking/UDPSocket.h>
+
+namespace Kernel
+{
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<BAN::RefPtr<UDPSocket>> UDPSocket::create(mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+	{
+		return TRY(BAN::RefPtr<UDPSocket>::create(mode, uid, gid));
+	}
+
+	UDPSocket::UDPSocket(mode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
+		: NetworkSocket(mode, uid, gid)
+	{ }
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> UDPSocket::read_impl(off_t, BAN::ByteSpan)
+	{
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOTSUP);
+	}
+
+	BAN::ErrorOr<size_t> UDPSocket::write_impl(off_t, BAN::ConstByteSpan)
+	{
+		return BAN::Error::from_errno(ENOTSUP);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/PCI.cpp b/kernel/kernel/PCI.cpp
index f80a3ef1..09d23860 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/PCI.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/PCI.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 #include <kernel/IO.h>
 #include <kernel/Memory/PageTable.h>
 #include <kernel/MMIO.h>
-#include <kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000.h>
-#include <kernel/Networking/E1000/E1000E.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h>
 #include <kernel/PCI.h>
 #include <kernel/Storage/ATA/AHCI/Controller.h>
 #include <kernel/Storage/ATA/ATAController.h>
@@ -184,28 +183,8 @@ namespace Kernel::PCI
 				}
 				case 0x02:
 				{
-					switch (pci_device.subclass())
-					{
-						case 0x00:
-							if (E1000::probe(pci_device))
-							{
-								if (auto res = E1000::create(pci_device); res.is_error())
-									dprintln("E1000: {}", res.error());
-								break;
-							}
-							if (E1000E::probe(pci_device))
-							{
-								if (auto res = E1000E::create(pci_device); res.is_error())
-									dprintln("E1000E: {}", res.error());
-								break;
-							}
-							// fall through
-						default:
-							dprintln("unsupported network controller (pci {2H}.{2H}.{2H})", pci_device.class_code(), pci_device.subclass(), pci_device.prog_if());
-							dprintln("  vendor id: {4H}", pci_device.vendor_id());
-							dprintln("  device id: {4H}", pci_device.device_id());
-							break;
-					}
+					if (auto res = NetworkManager::get().add_interface(pci_device); res.is_error())
+						dprintln("{}", res.error());
 					break;
 				}
 				default:
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp b/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
index c4db1e19..e350a606 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <kernel/Memory/Heap.h>
 #include <kernel/Memory/kmalloc.h>
 #include <kernel/Memory/PageTable.h>
+#include <kernel/Networking/NetworkManager.h>
 #include <kernel/PCI.h>
 #include <kernel/PIC.h>
 #include <kernel/Process.h>
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ static void init2(void*)
 	if (auto res = PS2Controller::initialize(); res.is_error())
 		dprintln("{}", res.error());
 
+	MUST(NetworkManager::initialize());
+
 	// NOTE: PCI devices are the last ones to be initialized
 	//       so other devices can reserve predefined interrupts
 	PCI::PCIManager::initialize();