diff -ur leafnode-ekg2-bd26d9a-orig/plugins/irc/irc.c leafnode-ekg2-bd26d9a/plugins/irc/irc.c
--- leafnode-ekg2-bd26d9a-orig/plugins/irc/irc.c	2011-05-21 13:19:15.000000000 +0200
+++ leafnode-ekg2-bd26d9a/plugins/irc/irc.c	2011-07-05 09:32:19.636396656 +0200
@@ -571,6 +571,24 @@
 	irc_handle_disconnect(s, err->message, EKG_DISCONNECT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+static TIMER_SESSION(irc_ping_timer_handler) {
+   irc_private_t *j;
+   GTimeVal tv;
+
+   if (type == 1)
+       return 0;
+
+   if (!s || !s->connected)
+       return -1;
+
+   j = irc_private(s);
+
+   g_get_current_time(&tv);
+   ekg_connection_write(j->send_stream, "PRIVMSG %s :\01PING %d %d\01\r\n",
+       j->nick ,tv.tv_sec, tv.tv_usec);
+   return 0;
+}
+
 
 /*									 *
  * ======================================== COMMANDS ------------------- *
@@ -599,6 +617,12 @@
 
 	if (session_status_get(session) == EKG_STATUS_NA)
 		session_status_set(session, EKG_STATUS_AVAIL);
+	
+	if(timer_find_session(session, "ping") == NULL) {
+	    /* ping irc server for every 30 minutes */
+	    timer_add_session(session, "ping", 30*60, 1, irc_ping_timer_handler);
+	}
+
 
 	/* XXX: timeout */
 	return -1;
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