spawn_link(fun() -> do_dial(ActualHost, Port, self()) end),

    TransportPid = self(),
    spawn_link(fun() -> do_dial(ActualHost, Port, TransportPid) end),

    spawn_link(fun() -> socket_loop(Socket, PeerAddr, self()) end),

    TransportPid = self(),
    spawn_link(fun() -> socket_loop(Socket, PeerAddr, TransportPid) end),

            % Transfer socket ownership to the transport gen_server before we exit
            % Otherwise the socket will be closed when this process terminates
            ok = gen_tcp:controlling_process(Socket, TransportPid),

            % Don't exit - keep running to maintain the socket connection
            socket_loop(Socket, PeerAddr, TransportPid),

            % The transport gen_server will spawn socket_loop when it handles {new_connection, ...}