return answer;
        } else {
            // its okay to create a new bootstrap for each new channel
            Bootstrap connectionlessClientBootstrap = new Bootstrap();
            connectionlessClientBootstrap.channel(NioDatagramChannel.class);
            connectionlessClientBootstrap.group(getWorkerGroup());
            connectionlessClientBootstrap.option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, configuration.getConnectTimeout());
            connectionlessClientBootstrap.option(ChannelOption.SO_BROADCAST, configuration.isBroadcast());
            connectionlessClientBootstrap.option(ChannelOption.SO_SNDBUF, configuration.getSendBufferSize());
            connectionlessClientBootstrap.option(ChannelOption.SO_RCVBUF, configuration.getReceiveBufferSize());