diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs
index 64e561b37e..632f96cc4e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/GridAssetClient.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Xml.Serialization;
 using libsecondlife;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Servers;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
 {
@@ -103,16 +104,17 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
         {
             try
             {
-                MemoryStream s = new MemoryStream();
+              //  MemoryStream s = new MemoryStream();
 
-                XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof (AssetBase));
-                xs.Serialize(s, asset);
-                RestClient rc = new RestClient(_assetServerUrl);
-		MainLog.Instance.Verbose("ASSET", "Storing {0}", rc);
-                rc.AddResourcePath("assets");
-                rc.RequestMethod = "POST";
-                rc.Request(s);
-		MainLog.Instance.Verbose("ASSET", "Stored {0}", rc);
+               // XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(AssetBase));
+             //   xs.Serialize(s, asset);
+              //  RestClient rc = new RestClient(_assetServerUrl);
+		MainLog.Instance.Verbose("ASSET", "Storing asset");
+                //rc.AddResourcePath("assets");
+               // rc.RequestMethod = "POST";
+              //  rc.Request(s);
+		//MainLog.Instance.Verbose("ASSET", "Stored {0}", rc);
+        RestObjectPoster.BeginPostObject<AssetBase>(_assetRequests + "/assets/", asset);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/RestObjectPoster.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/RestObjectPoster.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77660a02f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/RestObjectPoster.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
+{
+    public class RestObjectPoster
+    {
+        public static void BeginPostObject<TRequest>(string requestUrl, TRequest obj)
+        {
+            Type type = typeof(TRequest);
+
+            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(requestUrl);
+            request.Method = "POST";
+            request.ContentType = "text/xml";
+
+            MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream();
+
+            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
+            settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
+
+            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+            {
+                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+                serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
+                writer.Flush();
+            }
+
+            int length = (int)buffer.Length;
+            request.ContentLength = length;
+
+            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
+            requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
+            IAsyncResult result = request.BeginGetResponse(AsyncCallback, request);
+        }
+
+        private static void AsyncCallback(IAsyncResult result)
+        {
+            WebRequest request = (WebRequest)result.AsyncState;
+            using (WebResponse resp = request.EndGetResponse(result))
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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