diff --git a/server/Makefile b/server/Makefile
index 0ca0dab1c..dfb991649 100644
--- a/server/Makefile
+++ b/server/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TARGETS = server send random receive test
 
 # Common dependencies for all binaries
-OBJS = socket.o if.o utils.o msg.o node.o cfg.o tc.o hooks.o list.o path.o hist.o
+OBJS = if.o utils.o msg.o node.o cfg.o tc.o hooks.o list.o path.o hist.o socket.o file.o 
 
 VPATH = src
 
diff --git a/server/include/file.h b/server/include/file.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..518b45988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/include/file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/** Node type: File
+ *
+ * This file implements the file type for nodes.
+ *
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ */
+
+#ifndef _FILE_H_
+#define _FILE_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "node.h"
+
+struct file {
+	FILE *in;
+	FILE *out;
+
+	const char *path_in;
+	const char *path_out;
+
+	const char *mode;	/**< The mode for fopen() which is used for the out file. */
+	
+	double rate;		/**< The sending rate. */
+	int tfd;		/**< Timer file descriptor. Blocks until 1/rate seconds are elapsed. */
+};
+
+int file_print(struct node *n, char *buf, int len);
+
+int file_parse(config_setting_t *cfg, struct node *n);
+
+int file_open(struct node *n);
+
+int file_close(struct node *n);
+
+int file_read(struct node *n, struct msg *m);
+
+int file_write(struct node *n, struct msg *m);
+
+#endif /* _FILE_H_ */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/include/node.h b/server/include/node.h
index d3c186504..066b58fe4 100644
--- a/server/include/node.h
+++ b/server/include/node.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 /** Node type: layer, protocol, listen/connect */
 enum node_type {
+	LOG_FILE,	/* File IO */
 	IEEE_802_3,	/* BSD socket: AF_PACKET SOCK_DGRAM  */
 	IP,		/* BSD socket: AF_INET   SOCK_RAW    */
 	UDP,		/* BSD socket: AF_INET   SOCK_DGRAM  */
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct node
 		struct socket *socket;
 		struct opal   *opal;
 		struct gtfpga *gtfpga;
+		struct file   *file;
 	};
 
 	/** A pointer to the libconfig object which instantiated this node */
diff --git a/server/src/file.c b/server/src/file.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..216ec321c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/file.c
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/** Node type: File
+ *
+ * This file implements the file type for nodes.
+ *
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2015, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/timerfd.h>
+
+#include "file.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+int file_print(struct node *n, char *buf, int len)
+{
+	struct file *f = n->file;
+	
+	return snprintf(buf, len, "in=%s, out=%s, mode=%s, rate=%f",
+		f->path_in, f->path_out, f->mode, f->rate);
+}
+
+int file_parse(config_setting_t *cfg, struct node *n)
+{
+	struct file *f = alloc(sizeof(struct file));
+	
+	config_setting_lookup_string(cfg, "in",  &f->path_in);
+	config_setting_lookup_string(cfg, "out", &f->path_out);
+	
+	if (!config_setting_lookup_string(cfg, "mode", &f->mode))
+		f->mode = "w+";
+	
+	if (!config_setting_lookup_float(cfg, "rate", &f->rate))
+		f->rate = 1;
+	
+	n->file = f;
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int file_open(struct node *n)
+{
+	struct file *f = n->file;
+
+	if (f->path_in) {
+		f->in  = fopen(f->path_in,  "r");
+		if (!f->in)
+			serror("Failed to open file for reading: '%s'", f->path_in);
+		
+		f->tfd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0);
+		if (f->tfd < 0)
+			serror("Failed to create timer");
+		
+		struct itimerspec its = {
+			.it_interval = timespec_rate(f->rate),
+			.it_value = { 1, 0 }
+		};
+		int ret = timerfd_settime(f->tfd, 0, &its, NULL);
+		if (ret)
+			serror("Failed to start timer");
+	}
+		
+	if (f->path_out) {
+		f->out = fopen(f->path_out, f->mode);
+		if (!f->out)
+			serror("Failed to open file for writing: '%s'", f->path_out);
+	}
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int file_close(struct node *n)
+{
+	struct file *f = n->file;
+	
+	if (f->tfd)
+		close(f->tfd);
+	if (f->in)
+		fclose(f->in);
+	if (f->out)
+		fclose(f->out);
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int file_read(struct node *n, struct msg *m)
+{
+	struct file *f = n->file;
+	uint64_t runs;
+	
+	if (!f->in)
+		error("Can't read from file node!");
+	
+	read(f->tfd, &runs, sizeof(runs)); /* blocking for 1/f->rate seconds */
+	
+	return msg_fscan(f->in, m);
+}
+
+int file_write(struct node *n, struct msg *m)
+{
+	struct file *f = n->file;
+	
+	if (!f->out)
+		error("Can't write to file node!");
+	
+	return msg_fprint(f->out, m);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/node.c b/server/src/node.c
index 28a5204c8..7ad615eea 100644
--- a/server/src/node.c
+++ b/server/src/node.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static const struct node_vtable vtables[] = {
 #ifdef ENABLE_OPAL_ASYNC
 	VTABLE(OPAL_ASYNC, "opal",	opal),
 #endif
+	VTABLE(LOG_FILE),  "file",	file),
 	VTABLE(IEEE_802_3, "ieee802.3",	socket),
 	VTABLE(IP,	   "ip",	socket),
 	VTABLE(UDP,	   "udp",	socket),