diff --git a/src.ts/providers/provider-ipcsocket.ts b/src.ts/providers/provider-ipcsocket.ts
index 6226f658be..2304bfbae3 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/provider-ipcsocket.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/provider-ipcsocket.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { connect } from "net";
 import { SocketProvider } from "./provider-socket.js";
 
 import type { Socket } from "net";
+
+import type { JsonRpcApiProviderOptions } from "./provider-jsonrpc.js";
 import type { Networkish } from "./network.js";
 
 
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@ export class IpcSocketProvider extends SocketProvider {
      */
     get socket(): Socket { return this.#socket; }
 
-    constructor(path: string, network?: Networkish) {
-        super(network);
+    constructor(path: string, network?: Networkish, options?: JsonRpcApiProviderOptions) {
+        super(network, options);
         this.#socket = connect(path);
 
         this.socket.on("ready", async () => {
diff --git a/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts b/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts
index 4069ffb1e1..8674964e43 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/provider-jsonrpc.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export type DebugEventJsonRpcApiProvider = {
  */
 export type JsonRpcApiProviderOptions = {
     polling?: boolean;
-    staticNetwork?: null | Network;
+    staticNetwork?: null | boolean | Network;
     batchStallTime?: number;
     batchMaxSize?: number;
     batchMaxCount?: number;
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ export abstract class JsonRpcApiProvider extends AbstractProvider {
     };
 
     #network: null | Network;
+    #pendingDetectNetwork: null | Promise<Network>;
 
     #scheduleDrain(): void {
         if (this.#drainTimer) { return; }
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ export abstract class JsonRpcApiProvider extends AbstractProvider {
         this.#drainTimer = null;
 
         this.#network = null;
+        this.#pendingDetectNetwork = null;
 
         {
             let resolve: null | ((value: void) => void) = null;
@@ -563,9 +565,15 @@ export abstract class JsonRpcApiProvider extends AbstractProvider {
             this.#notReady = { promise, resolve };
         }
 
-        // Make sure any static network is compatbile with the provided netwrok
         const staticNetwork = this._getOption("staticNetwork");
-        if (staticNetwork) {
+        if (typeof(staticNetwork) === "boolean") {
+            assertArgument(!staticNetwork || network !== "any", "staticNetwork cannot be used on special network 'any'", "options", options);
+            if (staticNetwork && network != null) {
+                this.#network = Network.from(network);
+            }
+
+        } else if (staticNetwork) {
+            // Make sure any static network is compatbile with the provided netwrok
             assertArgument(network == null || staticNetwork.matches(network),
                 "staticNetwork MUST match network object", "options", options);
             this.#network = staticNetwork;
@@ -641,36 +649,56 @@ export abstract class JsonRpcApiProvider extends AbstractProvider {
      */
     async _detectNetwork(): Promise<Network> {
         const network = this._getOption("staticNetwork");
-        if (network) { return network; }
+        if (network) {
+            if (network === true) {
+                if (this.#network) { return this.#network; }
+            } else {
+                return network;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this.#pendingDetectNetwork) {
+            return await this.#pendingDetectNetwork;
+        }
 
         // If we are ready, use ``send``, which enabled requests to be batched
         if (this.ready) {
-            return Network.from(getBigInt(await this.send("eth_chainId", [ ])));
+            this.#pendingDetectNetwork = (async () => {
+                const result = Network.from(getBigInt(await this.send("eth_chainId", [ ])));
+                this.#pendingDetectNetwork = null;
+                return result;
+            })();
+            return await this.#pendingDetectNetwork;
         }
 
         // We are not ready yet; use the primitive _send
+        this.#pendingDetectNetwork = (async () => {
+            const payload: JsonRpcPayload = {
+                id: this.#nextId++, method: "eth_chainId", params: [ ], jsonrpc: "2.0"
+            };
 
-        const payload: JsonRpcPayload = {
-            id: this.#nextId++, method: "eth_chainId", params: [ ], jsonrpc: "2.0"
-        };
+            this.emit("debug", { action: "sendRpcPayload", payload });
 
-        this.emit("debug", { action: "sendRpcPayload", payload });
+            let result: JsonRpcResult | JsonRpcError;
+            try {
+                result = (await this._send(payload))[0];
+                this.#pendingDetectNetwork = null;
+            } catch (error) {
+                this.#pendingDetectNetwork = null;
+                this.emit("debug", { action: "receiveRpcError", error });
+                throw error;
+            }
 
-        let result: JsonRpcResult | JsonRpcError;
-        try {
-            result = (await this._send(payload))[0];
-        } catch (error) {
-            this.emit("debug", { action: "receiveRpcError", error });
-            throw error;
-        }
+            this.emit("debug", { action: "receiveRpcResult", result });
 
-        this.emit("debug", { action: "receiveRpcResult", result });
+            if ("result" in result) {
+                return Network.from(getBigInt(result.result));
+            }
 
-        if ("result" in result) {
-            return Network.from(getBigInt(result.result));
-        }
+            throw this.getRpcError(payload, result);
+        })();
 
-        throw this.getRpcError(payload, result);
+        return await this.#pendingDetectNetwork;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src.ts/providers/provider-socket.ts b/src.ts/providers/provider-socket.ts
index 88c0749199..e5ec69f4e2 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/provider-socket.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/provider-socket.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import { JsonRpcApiProvider } from "./provider-jsonrpc.js";
 
 import type { Subscriber, Subscription } from "./abstract-provider.js";
 import type { EventFilter } from "./provider.js";
-import type { JsonRpcError, JsonRpcPayload, JsonRpcResult } from "./provider-jsonrpc.js";
+import type {
+    JsonRpcApiProviderOptions, JsonRpcError, JsonRpcPayload, JsonRpcResult
+} from "./provider-jsonrpc.js";
 import type { Networkish } from "./network.js";
 
 
@@ -194,8 +196,23 @@ export class SocketProvider extends JsonRpcApiProvider {
      *
      *  If unspecified, the network will be discovered.
      */
-    constructor(network?: Networkish) {
-        super(network, { batchMaxCount: 1 });
+    constructor(network?: Networkish, _options?: JsonRpcApiProviderOptions) {
+        // Copy the options
+        const options = Object.assign({ }, (_options != null) ? _options: { });
+
+        // Support for batches is generally not supported for
+        // connection-base providers; if this changes in the future
+        // the _send should be updated to reflect this
+        assertArgument(options.batchMaxCount == null || options.batchMaxCount === 1,
+            "sockets-based providers do not support batches", "options.batchMaxCount", _options);
+        options.batchMaxCount = 1;
+
+        // Socket-based Providers (generally) cannot change their network,
+        // since they have a long-lived connection; but let people override
+        // this if they have just cause.
+        if (options.staticNetwork == null) { options.staticNetwork = true; }
+
+        super(network, options);
         this.#callbacks = new Map();
         this.#subs = new Map();
         this.#pending = new Map();
diff --git a/src.ts/providers/provider-websocket.ts b/src.ts/providers/provider-websocket.ts
index ea2ba51755..ee1cf847fa 100644
--- a/src.ts/providers/provider-websocket.ts
+++ b/src.ts/providers/provider-websocket.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { WebSocket as _WebSocket } from "./ws.js"; /*-browser*/
 
 import { SocketProvider } from "./provider-socket.js";
 
+import type { JsonRpcApiProviderOptions} from "./provider-jsonrpc.js";
 import type { Networkish } from "./network.js";
 
 /**
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ export class WebSocketProvider extends SocketProvider {
         return this.#websocket;
     }
 
-    constructor(url: string | WebSocketLike | WebSocketCreator, network?: Networkish) {
-        super(network);
+    constructor(url: string | WebSocketLike | WebSocketCreator, network?: Networkish, options?: JsonRpcApiProviderOptions) {
+        super(network, options);
         if (typeof(url) === "string") {
             this.#connect = () => { return new _WebSocket(url); };
             this.#websocket = this.#connect();