diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 59bd347d2f..ffd74297f3 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ nym-sphinx-addressing = { workspace = true }
 nym-bin-common = { workspace = true, features = [
     "basic_tracing",
 ] }
+
+nym-ip-packet-client = { git = "https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client", rev = "5c3aacfce158aac73cbd3fd905d90269f8bacc01" } # max/re-export-test https://github.com/nymtech/nym-vpn-client/commit/5c3aacfce158aac73cbd3fd905d90269f8bacc01
+# nym-gateway-directory
+
 bytecodec = { workspace = true }
 httpcodec = { workspace = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper.rs
index 957c24fec2..c032cd6842 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! TODO
 
 mod mixnet_stream_wrapper;
+mod mixnet_stream_wrapper_ipr;
 
 pub use mixnet_stream_wrapper::{MixSocket, MixStream, MixStreamReader, MixStreamWriter};
-// pub use stream_wrapper::StreamWrapperIPR;
+// pub use mixnet_stream_wrapper_ipr::{} TODO
diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper/mixnet_stream_wrapper_ipr.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper/mixnet_stream_wrapper_ipr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b0b122da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/src/stream_wrapper/mixnet_stream_wrapper_ipr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use super::mixnet_stream_wrapper::{MixSocket, MixStream, MixStreamReader, MixStreamWriter};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+// use nym_gateway_directory::IpPacketRouterAddress;
+// use nym_ip_packet_requests::{
+//     codec::MultiIpPacketCodec,
+//     v8::{
+//         request::{ControlRequest, IpPacketRequest, IpPacketRequestData},
+//         response::{
+//             ConnectResponse, ConnectResponseReply, ControlResponse, InfoLevel, IpPacketResponse,
+//             IpPacketResponseData,
+//         },
+//     },
+//     IpPair,
+// };
+use nym_sphinx::receiver::ReconstructedMessage;
+use std::io;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::task::{Context, Poll};
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
+use tokio_util::codec::FramedRead;
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};