// really fire and forget. You wont get an PortUnreachableException
// if no one is listen on the port
if (!configuration.isUdpConnectionlessSending()) {
answer = connectionlessClientBootstrap.connect(new InetSocketAddress(configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort()));
} else {
answer = new SucceededChannelFuture(channel);
}
if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
LOG.debug("Created new UDP client bootstrap connecting to {}:{} with options: {}",
new Object[]{configuration.getHost(), configuration.getPort(), connectionlessClientBootstrap.getOptions()});