diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectPoster.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectPoster.cs
index b754c361e2..71e5b69a1a 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectPoster.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/HttpServer/SynchronousRestObjectPoster.cs
@@ -52,30 +52,42 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer
 
             WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(requestUrl);
             request.Method = verb;
-            request.ContentType = "text/xml";
 
-            MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream();
-
-            XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
-            settings.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
-
-            using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(buffer, settings))
+            if (verb == "POST")
             {
-                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
-                serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
-                writer.Flush();
+                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);
             }
 
-            int length = (int) buffer.Length;
-            request.ContentLength = length;
-
-            Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
-            requestStream.Write(buffer.ToArray(), 0, length);
             TResponse deserial = default(TResponse);
-            using (WebResponse resp = request.GetResponse())
+            try
             {
-                XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof (TResponse));
-                deserial = (TResponse) deserializer.Deserialize(resp.GetResponseStream());
+                using (WebResponse resp = request.GetResponse())
+                {
+                    XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof (TResponse));
+                    deserial = (TResponse) deserializer.Deserialize(resp.GetResponseStream());
+                }
+            }
+            catch (System.InvalidOperationException)
+            {
+                // This is what happens when there is invalid XML
             }
             return deserial;
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/ServiceConnectors/Asset/RemoteAssetServiceConnector.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/ServiceConnectors/Asset/RemoteAssetServiceConnector.cs
index 715cf6e1ce..2cc2962060 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/ServiceConnectors/Asset/RemoteAssetServiceConnector.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/ServiceConnectors/Asset/RemoteAssetServiceConnector.cs
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
 
 using log4net;
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using Nini.Config;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
 using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
+using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.ServiceConnectors.Asset
 {
@@ -76,6 +79,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.ServiceConnectors.Asset
                     }
                     m_Enabled = true;
                     m_ServerURI = serviceURI;
+
+                    m_log.Info("[ASSET CONNECTOR]: Remote assets enabled");
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -106,31 +111,74 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.ServiceConnectors.Asset
 
         public AssetBase Get(string id)
         {
-            return null;
+            string uri = m_ServerURI + "/assets/" + id;
+
+            AssetBase asset = SynchronousRestObjectPoster.
+                    BeginPostObject<int, AssetBase>("GET", uri, 0);
+            return asset;
         }
 
         public AssetMetadata GetMetadata(string id)
         {
-            return null;
+            string uri = m_ServerURI + "/assets/" + id + "/metadata";
+
+            AssetMetadata asset = SynchronousRestObjectPoster.
+                    BeginPostObject<int, AssetMetadata>("GET", uri, 0);
+            return asset;
         }
 
         public byte[] GetData(string id)
         {
-            return new byte[0];
+            RestClient rc = new RestClient(m_ServerURI);
+            rc.AddResourcePath("assets");
+            rc.AddResourcePath(id);
+            rc.AddResourcePath("data");
+
+            rc.RequestMethod = "GET";
+
+            Stream s = rc.Request();
+
+            if (s == null)
+                return null;
+
+            if (s.Length > 0)
+            {
+                byte[] ret = new byte[s.Length];
+                s.Read(ret, 0, (int)s.Length);
+
+                return ret;
+            }
+
+            return null;
         }
 
         public string Store(AssetBase asset)
         {
-            return String.Empty;
+            string uri = m_ServerURI + "/assets/";
+
+            string newID = SynchronousRestObjectPoster.
+                    BeginPostObject<AssetBase, string>("POST", uri, asset);
+            return newID;
         }
 
         public bool UpdateContent(string id, byte[] data)
         {
-            return false;
+            AssetBase asset = new AssetBase();
+            asset.ID = id;
+            asset.Data = data;
+
+            string uri = m_ServerURI + "/assets/" + id;
+
+            return SynchronousRestObjectPoster.
+                    BeginPostObject<AssetBase, bool>("POST", uri, asset);
         }
 
         public bool Delete(string id)
         {
+            string uri = m_ServerURI + "/assets/" + id;
+
+            return SynchronousRestObjectPoster.
+                    BeginPostObject<int, bool>("DELETE", uri, 0);
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Servers/Asset/AssetServerPostHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Servers/Asset/AssetServerPostHandler.cs
index 70cb16a913..3bc7267cfc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Servers/Asset/AssetServerPostHandler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Servers/Asset/AssetServerPostHandler.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Servers.AssetServer
             if (p.Length > 1)
             {
                 bool result =
-                        m_AssetService.UpdateContent(asset.ID, asset.Data);
+                        m_AssetService.UpdateContent(p[1], asset.Data);
 
                 xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(bool));
                 return ServerUtils.SerializeResult(xs, result);