diff --git a/streamcommon.go b/streamcommon.go
index f37258b..2798c7d 100644
--- a/streamcommon.go
+++ b/streamcommon.go
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ import (
 const expectTimeoutDuration = time.Second
 
 type streamCommon struct {
-	name         string
-	conn         *net.UDPConn
-	localSID     uint32
-	remoteSID    uint32
-	gotRemoteSID bool
-	readChan     chan []byte
+	name             string
+	conn             *net.UDPConn
+	localSID         uint32
+	remoteSID        uint32
+	gotRemoteSID     bool
+	readChan         chan []byte
+	readerClosedChan chan bool
 
 	pkt7 pkt7Type
 }
@@ -31,51 +32,40 @@ func (s *streamCommon) send(d []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *streamCommon) read() []byte {
+func (s *streamCommon) read() ([]byte, error) {
 	b := make([]byte, 1500)
 	n, _, err := s.conn.ReadFromUDP(b)
-	if err != nil {
-		// Ignoring timeout errors.
-		if err, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && !err.Timeout() {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	return b[:n]
+	return b[:n], err
 }
 
 func (s *streamCommon) reader() {
 	for {
-		r := s.read()
+		r, err := s.read()
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
 		if s.pkt7.isPkt7(r) {
 			s.pkt7.handle(s, r)
 		}
 
 		s.readChan <- r
 	}
+	s.readerClosedChan <- true
 }
 
 func (s *streamCommon) tryReceivePacket(timeout time.Duration, packetLength, matchStartByte int, b []byte) []byte {
 	var r []byte
-	expectStart := time.Now()
+	timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
 	for {
-		err := s.conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(timeout - time.Since(expectStart)))
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-
-		r = <-s.readChan
-
-		err = s.conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Time{})
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
+		select {
+		case r = <-s.readChan:
+		case <-timer.C:
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		if len(r) == packetLength && bytes.Equal(r[matchStartByte:len(b)+matchStartByte], b) {
 			break
 		}
-		if time.Since(expectStart) > timeout {
-			return nil
-		}
 	}
 	return r
 }
@@ -117,6 +107,7 @@ func (s *streamCommon) open(name string, portNumber int) {
 	}
 
 	s.readChan = make(chan []byte)
+	s.readerClosedChan = make(chan bool)
 	go s.reader()
 
 	if r := s.pkt7.tryReceive(300*time.Millisecond, s); s.pkt7.isPkt7(r) {
@@ -125,10 +116,33 @@ func (s *streamCommon) open(name string, portNumber int) {
 		log.Print(s.name + "/closing running stream")
 		s.sendDisconnect()
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+		s.close()
+		s.remoteSID = 0
 		s.gotRemoteSID = false
+		s.pkt7.sendSeq = 0
+		s.pkt7.lastConfirmedSeq = 0
+		s.open(name, portNumber)
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *streamCommon) close() {
+	s.conn.Close()
+
+	// Depleting the read channel.
+	var finished bool
+	for !finished {
+		select {
+		case <-s.readChan:
+		default:
+			finished = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Waiting for the reader to finish.
+	<-s.readerClosedChan
+}
+
 func (s *streamCommon) sendPkt3() {
 	s.send([]byte{0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
 		byte(s.localSID >> 24), byte(s.localSID >> 16), byte(s.localSID >> 8), byte(s.localSID),