diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodeInfo.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodeInfo.java
index a4fa50a0086..c35e94ee7cd 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodeInfo.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/NodeInfo.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.monitor.network.NetworkInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.os.OsInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.process.ProcessInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPoolInfo;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportInfo;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamOutput;
@@ -56,11 +57,14 @@ public class NodeInfo extends NodeOperationResponse {
 
     private ThreadPoolInfo threadPool;
 
+    private TransportInfo transport;
+
     NodeInfo() {
     }
 
     public NodeInfo(DiscoveryNode node, ImmutableMap<String, String> attributes, Settings settings,
-                    OsInfo os, ProcessInfo process, JvmInfo jvm, NetworkInfo network, ThreadPoolInfo threadPool) {
+                    OsInfo os, ProcessInfo process, JvmInfo jvm, NetworkInfo network, ThreadPoolInfo threadPool,
+                    TransportInfo transport) {
         super(node);
         this.attributes = attributes;
         this.settings = settings;
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ public class NodeInfo extends NodeOperationResponse {
         this.jvm = jvm;
         this.network = network;
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
+        this.transport = transport;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -169,6 +174,14 @@ public class NodeInfo extends NodeOperationResponse {
         return threadPool();
     }
 
+    public TransportInfo transport() {
+        return transport;
+    }
+
+    public TransportInfo getTransport() {
+        return transport();
+    }
+
     public static NodeInfo readNodeInfo(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         NodeInfo nodeInfo = new NodeInfo();
         nodeInfo.readFrom(in);
@@ -199,6 +212,9 @@ public class NodeInfo extends NodeOperationResponse {
         if (in.readBoolean()) {
             threadPool = ThreadPoolInfo.readThreadPoolInfo(in);
         }
+        if (in.readBoolean()) {
+            transport = TransportInfo.readTransportInfo(in);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
@@ -239,5 +255,11 @@ public class NodeInfo extends NodeOperationResponse {
             out.writeBoolean(true);
             threadPool.writeTo(out);
         }
+        if (transport == null) {
+            out.writeBoolean(false);
+        } else {
+            out.writeBoolean(true);
+            transport.writeTo(out);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java
index d078432859e..18e8f5bc5f2 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/info/TransportNodesInfoAction.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class TransportNodesInfoAction extends TransportNodesOperationAction<Node
         return new NodeInfo(clusterService.state().nodes().localNode(), nodeAttributes, settings,
                 monitorService.osService().info(), monitorService.processService().info(),
                 monitorService.jvmService().info(), monitorService.networkService().info(),
-                threadPool.info());
+                threadPool.info(), transportService.info());
     }
 
     @Override protected boolean accumulateExceptions() {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
index 71ac9f8cce9..b6bfb2bca55 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/NodeStats.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.monitor.network.NetworkStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.os.OsStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.monitor.process.ProcessStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPoolStats;
+import org.elasticsearch.transport.TransportStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 
@@ -48,18 +49,21 @@ public class NodeStats extends NodeOperationResponse {
 
     private ThreadPoolStats threadPool;
 
+    private TransportStats transport;
+
     NodeStats() {
     }
 
     public NodeStats(DiscoveryNode node,
                      OsStats os, ProcessStats process, JvmStats jvm, NetworkStats network,
-                     ThreadPoolStats threadPool) {
+                     ThreadPoolStats threadPool, TransportStats transport) {
         super(node);
         this.os = os;
         this.process = process;
         this.jvm = jvm;
         this.network = network;
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
+        this.transport = transport;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,6 +136,14 @@ public class NodeStats extends NodeOperationResponse {
         return threadPool();
     }
 
+    public TransportStats transport() {
+        return transport;
+    }
+
+    public TransportStats getTransport() {
+        return transport();
+    }
+
     public static NodeStats readNodeStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         NodeStats nodeInfo = new NodeStats();
         nodeInfo.readFrom(in);
@@ -155,6 +167,9 @@ public class NodeStats extends NodeOperationResponse {
         if (in.readBoolean()) {
             threadPool = ThreadPoolStats.readThreadPoolStats(in);
         }
+        if (in.readBoolean()) {
+            transport = TransportStats.readTransportStats(in);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
@@ -189,5 +204,11 @@ public class NodeStats extends NodeOperationResponse {
             out.writeBoolean(true);
             threadPool.writeTo(out);
         }
+        if (transport == null) {
+            out.writeBoolean(false);
+        } else {
+            out.writeBoolean(true);
+            transport.writeTo(out);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java
index fef537d04b0..50874b0b920 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/TransportNodesStatsAction.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class TransportNodesStatsAction extends TransportNodesOperationAction<Nod
         return new NodeStats(clusterService.state().nodes().localNode(),
                 monitorService.osService().stats(), monitorService.processService().stats(),
                 monitorService.jvmService().stats(), monitorService.networkService().stats(),
-                threadPool.stats());
+                threadPool.stats(), transportService.stats());
     }
 
     @Override protected boolean accumulateExceptions() {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/info/RestNodesInfoAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/info/RestNodesInfoAction.java
index d421594cbe3..6a39e216380 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/info/RestNodesInfoAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/info/RestNodesInfoAction.java
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ public class RestNodesInfoAction extends BaseRestHandler {
                         if (nodeInfo.threadPool() != null) {
                             nodeInfo.threadPool().toXContent(builder, request);
                         }
+                        if (nodeInfo.transport() != null) {
+                            nodeInfo.transport().toXContent(builder, request);
+                        }
 
                         builder.endObject();
                     }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/RestNodesStatsAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/RestNodesStatsAction.java
index dc439f8cca0..afd38c3648f 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/RestNodesStatsAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/admin/cluster/node/stats/RestNodesStatsAction.java
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ public class RestNodesStatsAction extends BaseRestHandler {
                         if (nodeStats.threadPool() != null) {
                             nodeStats.threadPool().toXContent(builder, request);
                         }
+                        if (nodeStats.transport() != null) {
+                            nodeStats.transport().toXContent(builder, request);
+                        }
 
                         builder.endObject();
                     }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportInfo.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..295ce54988e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elastic Search and Shay Banon under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. Elastic Search licenses this
+ * file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.transport;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.Streamable;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.transport.BoundTransportAddress;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.xcontent.builder.XContentBuilder;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * @author kimchy (shay.banon)
+ */
+public class TransportInfo implements Streamable, Serializable, ToXContent {
+
+    private BoundTransportAddress address;
+
+    TransportInfo() {
+    }
+
+    public TransportInfo(BoundTransportAddress address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject("transport");
+        builder.field("bound_address", address.boundAddress().toString());
+        builder.field("publish_address", address.publishAddress().toString());
+        builder.endObject();
+    }
+
+    public static TransportInfo readTransportInfo(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        TransportInfo info = new TransportInfo();
+        info.readFrom(in);
+        return info;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        address = BoundTransportAddress.readBoundTransportAddress(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        address.writeTo(out);
+    }
+
+    public BoundTransportAddress address() {
+        return address;
+    }
+
+    public BoundTransportAddress getAddress() {
+        return address();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
index 87be4c9ec7e..97392f94cc8 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ public class TransportService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<TransportServic
 
     final CopyOnWriteArrayList<TransportConnectionListener> connectionListeners = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<TransportConnectionListener>();
 
+    final AtomicLong rxBytes = new AtomicLong();
+
+    final AtomicLong rxCount = new AtomicLong();
+
+    final AtomicLong txBytes = new AtomicLong();
+
+    final AtomicLong txCount = new AtomicLong();
+
     // An LRU (don't really care about concurrency here) that holds the latest timed out requests so if they
     // do show up, we can print more descriptive information about them
     final Map<Long, TimeoutInfoHolder> timeoutInfoHandlers = Collections.synchronizedMap(new LinkedHashMap<Long, TimeoutInfoHolder>(100, .75F, true) {
@@ -106,6 +114,14 @@ public class TransportService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<TransportServic
         return transport.addressSupported(address);
     }
 
+    public TransportInfo info() {
+        return new TransportInfo(boundAddress());
+    }
+
+    public TransportStats stats() {
+        return new TransportStats(rxCount.get(), rxBytes.get(), txCount.get(), txBytes.get());
+    }
+
     public BoundTransportAddress boundAddress() {
         return transport.boundAddress();
     }
@@ -211,6 +227,17 @@ public class TransportService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<TransportServic
     }
 
     class Adapter implements TransportServiceAdapter {
+
+        @Override public void received(long size) {
+            rxCount.getAndIncrement();
+            rxBytes.addAndGet(size);
+        }
+
+        @Override public void sent(long size) {
+            txCount.getAndIncrement();
+            txBytes.addAndGet(size);
+        }
+
         @Override public TransportRequestHandler handler(String action) {
             return serverHandlers.get(action);
         }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportServiceAdapter.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportServiceAdapter.java
index 9dee61a84c4..6e33c84199e 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportServiceAdapter.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportServiceAdapter.java
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ public interface TransportServiceAdapter {
     void raiseNodeConnected(DiscoveryNode node);
 
     void raiseNodeDisconnected(DiscoveryNode node);
+
+    void received(long size);
+
+    void sent(long size);
 }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportStats.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportStats.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..797acadc4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportStats.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elastic Search and Shay Banon under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. Elastic Search licenses this
+ * file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.transport;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.util.SizeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.Streamable;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.xcontent.ToXContent;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.xcontent.builder.XContentBuilder;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * @author kimchy (shay.banon)
+ */
+public class TransportStats implements Streamable, Serializable, ToXContent {
+
+    private long rxCount;
+
+    private long rxSize;
+
+    private long txCount;
+
+    private long txSize;
+
+    TransportStats() {
+    }
+
+    public TransportStats(long rxCount, long rxSize, long txCount, long txSize) {
+        this.rxCount = rxCount;
+        this.rxSize = rxSize;
+        this.txCount = txCount;
+        this.txSize = txSize;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void toXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
+        builder.startObject("transport");
+        builder.field("rx_count", rxCount);
+        builder.field("rx_size", rxSize().toString());
+        builder.field("rx_size_in_bytes", rxSize);
+        builder.field("tx_count", txCount);
+        builder.field("tx_size", txSize().toString());
+        builder.field("tx_size_in_bytes", txSize);
+        builder.endObject();
+    }
+
+    public static TransportStats readTransportStats(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        TransportStats stats = new TransportStats();
+        stats.readFrom(in);
+        return stats;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        rxCount = in.readVLong();
+        rxSize = in.readVLong();
+        txCount = in.readVLong();
+        txSize = in.readVLong();
+    }
+
+    @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        out.writeVLong(rxCount);
+        out.writeVLong(rxSize);
+        out.writeVLong(txCount);
+        out.writeVLong(txSize);
+    }
+
+    public long rxCount() {
+        return rxCount;
+    }
+
+    public long getRxCount() {
+        return rxCount();
+    }
+
+    public SizeValue rxSize() {
+        return new SizeValue(rxSize);
+    }
+
+    public SizeValue getRxSize() {
+        return rxSize();
+    }
+
+    public long txCount() {
+        return txCount;
+    }
+
+    public long getTxCount() {
+        return txCount();
+    }
+
+    public SizeValue txSize() {
+        return new SizeValue(txSize);
+    }
+
+    public SizeValue getTxSize() {
+        return txSize();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransport.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransport.java
index d1aff0955f9..80adecc8693 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransport.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransport.java
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ public class LocalTransport extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Transport> implem
         }
 
         final byte[] data = ((BytesStreamOutput) stream.wrappedOut()).copiedByteArray();
+
+        transportServiceAdapter.sent(data.length);
+
         threadPool.execute(new Runnable() {
             @Override public void run() {
                 targetTransport.messageReceived(data, action, LocalTransport.this, handler);
@@ -164,6 +167,8 @@ public class LocalTransport extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<Transport> implem
     }
 
     void messageReceived(byte[] data, String action, LocalTransport sourceTransport, @Nullable final TransportResponseHandler responseHandler) {
+        transportServiceAdapter.received(data.length);
+
         StreamInput stream = new BytesStreamInput(data);
         stream = HandlesStreamInput.Cached.cached(stream);
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/MessageChannelHandler.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/MessageChannelHandler.java
index 67b30321925..a7a89b2cdcf 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/MessageChannelHandler.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/MessageChannelHandler.java
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.Streamable;
 import org.elasticsearch.util.logging.ESLogger;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.ExceptionEvent;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
-import org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.*;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -56,10 +53,18 @@ public class MessageChannelHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler {
         this.logger = logger;
     }
 
+    @Override public void writeComplete(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, WriteCompletionEvent e) throws Exception {
+        transportServiceAdapter.sent(e.getWrittenAmount());
+        super.writeComplete(ctx, e);
+    }
+
     @Override public void messageReceived(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, MessageEvent event) throws Exception {
         ChannelBuffer buffer = (ChannelBuffer) event.getMessage();
 
         int size = buffer.getInt(buffer.readerIndex() - 4);
+
+        transportServiceAdapter.received(size);
+
         int markedReaderIndex = buffer.readerIndex();
         int expectedIndexReader = markedReaderIndex + size;
 
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/transport/BoundTransportAddress.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/transport/BoundTransportAddress.java
index b36e3724d10..2b21f1ba745 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/transport/BoundTransportAddress.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/util/transport/BoundTransportAddress.java
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.util.transport;
 
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.StreamOutput;
+import org.elasticsearch.util.io.stream.Streamable;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 /**
  * A bounded transport address is a tuple of two {@link TransportAddress}, one that represents
  * the address the transport is bounded on, the the published one represents the one clients should
@@ -26,11 +32,14 @@ package org.elasticsearch.util.transport;
  *
  * @author kimchy (shay.banon)
  */
-public class BoundTransportAddress {
+public class BoundTransportAddress implements Streamable {
 
-    private final TransportAddress boundAddress;
+    private TransportAddress boundAddress;
 
-    private final TransportAddress publishAddress;
+    private TransportAddress publishAddress;
+
+    BoundTransportAddress() {
+    }
 
     public BoundTransportAddress(TransportAddress boundAddress, TransportAddress publishAddress) {
         this.boundAddress = boundAddress;
@@ -45,6 +54,22 @@ public class BoundTransportAddress {
         return publishAddress;
     }
 
+    public static BoundTransportAddress readBoundTransportAddress(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        BoundTransportAddress addr = new BoundTransportAddress();
+        addr.readFrom(in);
+        return addr;
+    }
+
+    @Override public void readFrom(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
+        boundAddress = TransportAddressSerializers.addressFromStream(in);
+        publishAddress = TransportAddressSerializers.addressFromStream(in);
+    }
+
+    @Override public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        TransportAddressSerializers.addressToStream(out, boundAddress);
+        TransportAddressSerializers.addressToStream(out, publishAddress);
+    }
+
     @Override public String toString() {
         return "bound_address[" + boundAddress + "], publish_address[" + publishAddress + "]";
     }