diff --git a/satrs-core/Cargo.toml b/satrs-core/Cargo.toml
index 7b6697f..9ee7cc1 100644
--- a/satrs-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/satrs-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ version = "1"
 default-features = false
 optional = true
 
+[dependencies.socket2]
+version = "0.5.4"
+features = ["all"]
+optional = true
+
 [dependencies.spacepackets]
 version = "0.7.0-beta.1"
 # path = "../../spacepackets"
@@ -93,7 +98,8 @@ std = [
 	"serde/std",
 	"spacepackets/std",
 	"num_enum/std",
-	"thiserror"
+	"thiserror",
+  "socket2"
 ]
 alloc = [
 	"serde/alloc",
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_server.rs b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_server.rs
index f8cd16a..c98ab9d 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_server.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_server.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 //! Generic TCP TMTC servers with different TMTC format flavours.
 use alloc::vec;
 use alloc::{boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
+use socket2::{Domain, Socket, Type};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::net::{TcpListener, ToSocketAddrs};
+use std::net::TcpListener;
 
 use crate::tmtc::{ReceivesTc, TmPacketSource};
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -40,15 +41,24 @@ pub(crate) struct TcpTmtcServerBase<TcError, TmError> {
 }
 
 impl<TcError, TmError> TcpTmtcServerBase<TcError, TmError> {
-    pub(crate) fn new<A: ToSocketAddrs>(
-        addr: A,
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        addr: &SocketAddr,
+        reuse_addr: bool,
+        reuse_port: bool,
         tm_buffer_size: usize,
         tm_source: Box<dyn TmPacketSource<Error = TmError> + Send>,
         tc_buffer_size: usize,
         tc_receiver: Box<dyn ReceivesTc<Error = TcError> + Send>,
     ) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
+        // Create a TCP listener bound to two addresses.
+        let socket = Socket::new(Domain::IPV4, Type::STREAM, None)?;
+        socket.set_reuse_address(reuse_addr)?;
+        socket.set_reuse_port(reuse_port)?;
+        let addr = (*addr).into();
+        socket.bind(&addr)?;
+        socket.listen(128)?;
         Ok(Self {
-            listener: TcpListener::bind(addr)?,
+            listener: socket.into(),
             tm_source,
             tm_buffer: vec![0; tm_buffer_size],
             tc_receiver,
@@ -56,6 +66,10 @@ impl<TcError, TmError> TcpTmtcServerBase<TcError, TmError> {
         })
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn listener(&mut self) -> &mut TcpListener {
+        &mut self.listener
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn local_addr(&self) -> std::io::Result<SocketAddr> {
         self.listener.local_addr()
     }
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs
index 0d1248c..605595f 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/tcp_with_cobs_server.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use cobs::max_encoding_length;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use std::net::ToSocketAddrs;
+use std::net::TcpListener;
 use std::vec::Vec;
 
 use crate::hal::std::tcp_server::TcpTmtcServerBase;
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ impl<TcError: 'static, TmError: 'static> TcpTmtcInCobsServer<TcError, TmError> {
     /// ## Parameter
     ///
     /// * `addr` - Address of the TCP server.
+    /// * `reuse_addr` - Can be used to set the `SO_REUSEADDR` option on the raw socket. This is
+    ///     especially useful if the address and port are static for the server.
+    /// * `reuse_port` - Can be used to set the `SO_REUSEPORT` option on the raw socket. This is
+    ///     especially useful if the address and port are static for the server.
     /// * `tm_buffer_size` - Size of the TM buffer used to read TM from the [TmPacketSource] and
     ///     encoding of that data. This buffer should at large enough to hold the maximum expected
     ///     TM size in addition to the COBS encoding overhead. You can use
@@ -58,8 +62,10 @@ impl<TcError: 'static, TmError: 'static> TcpTmtcInCobsServer<TcError, TmError> {
     ///     calculate this size.
     /// * `tc_receiver` - Any received telecommand which was decoded successfully will be forwarded
     ///     to this TC receiver.
-    pub fn new<A: ToSocketAddrs>(
-        addr: A,
+    pub fn new(
+        addr: &SocketAddr,
+        reuse_addr: bool,
+        reuse_port: bool,
         tm_buffer_size: usize,
         tm_source: Box<dyn TmPacketSource<Error = TmError> + Send>,
         tc_buffer_size: usize,
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ impl<TcError: 'static, TmError: 'static> TcpTmtcInCobsServer<TcError, TmError> {
         Ok(Self {
             base: TcpTmtcServerBase::new(
                 addr,
+                reuse_addr,
+                reuse_port,
                 tm_buffer_size,
                 tm_source,
                 tc_buffer_size,
@@ -77,6 +85,11 @@ impl<TcError: 'static, TmError: 'static> TcpTmtcInCobsServer<TcError, TmError> {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Retrieve the internal [TcpListener] class.
+    pub fn listener(&mut self) -> &mut TcpListener {
+        self.base.listener()
+    }
+
     /// Can be used to retrieve the local assigned address of the TCP server. This is especially
     /// useful if using the port number 0 for OS auto-assignment.
     pub fn local_addr(&self) -> std::io::Result<SocketAddr> {
@@ -464,6 +477,8 @@ mod tests {
     ) -> TcpTmtcInCobsServer<(), ()> {
         TcpTmtcInCobsServer::new(
             addr,
+            false,
+            false,
             1024,
             Box::new(tm_source),
             1024,
diff --git a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/udp_server.rs b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/udp_server.rs
index 931da1c..28e0328 100644
--- a/satrs-core/src/hal/std/udp_server.rs
+++ b/satrs-core/src/hal/std/udp_server.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::vec::Vec;
 /// ```
 /// use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr, UdpSocket};
 /// use spacepackets::ecss::SerializablePusPacket;
-/// use satrs_core::hal::host::udp_server::UdpTcServer;
+/// use satrs_core::hal::std::udp_server::UdpTcServer;
 /// use satrs_core::tmtc::{ReceivesTc, ReceivesTcCore};
 /// use spacepackets::SpHeader;
 /// use spacepackets::ecss::tc::PusTcCreator;