diff --git a/client/components/home/_home.jsx b/client/components/home/_home.jsx
index 4b1ab46..405a968 100644
--- a/client/components/home/_home.jsx
+++ b/client/components/home/_home.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ApiContext } from '../../utils/api_context';
 import { AuthContext } from '../../utils/auth_context';
 import { RolesContext } from '../../utils/roles_context';
 import { Button } from '../common/button';
+import { Ping } from './ping';
 
 export const Home = () => {
   const [, setAuthToken] = useContext(AuthContext);
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@ export const Home = () => {
           Admin
         </Button>
       )}
+      <section>
+        <Ping />
+      </section>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/client/components/home/ping.jsx b/client/components/home/ping.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd891af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/components/home/ping.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Button } from '../common/button';
+
+export const Ping = () => {
+  const [pings, setPings] = useState([]);
+  const [key, setKey] = useState('defaultkey');
+  return (
+    <>
+      <header>Ping</header>
+      <section>
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          className="border-2 border-gray-700 p-2 rounded"
+          value={key}
+          onChange={(e) => setKey(e.target.value)}
+        />
+        <Button>Ping Connect</Button>
+        <Button>Send Ping</Button>
+      </section>
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 8affa3a..6dd0978 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
-    "react-router-dom": "6"
+    "react-router-dom": "6",
+    "socket.io-client": "^4.4.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/yarn.lock b/client/yarn.lock
index 679a725..ce2984f 100644
--- a/client/yarn.lock
+++ b/client/yarn.lock
@@ -603,6 +603,16 @@
     chrome-trace-event "^1.0.2"
     nullthrows "^1.1.1"
 
+"@socket.io/base64-arraybuffer@~1.0.2":
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@socket.io/base64-arraybuffer/-/base64-arraybuffer-1.0.2.tgz#568d9beae00b0d835f4f8c53fd55714986492e61"
+  integrity sha512-dOlCBKnDw4iShaIsH/bxujKTM18+2TOAsYz+KSc11Am38H4q5Xw8Bbz97ZYdrVNM+um3p7w86Bvvmcn9q+5+eQ==
+
+"@socket.io/component-emitter@~3.0.0":
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@socket.io/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-3.0.0.tgz#8863915676f837d9dad7b76f50cb500c1e9422e9"
+  integrity sha512-2pTGuibAXJswAPJjaKisthqS/NOK5ypG4LYT6tEAV0S/mxW0zOIvYvGK0V8w8+SHxAm6vRMSjqSalFXeBAqs+Q==
+
 "@swc/helpers@^0.2.11":
   version "0.2.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@swc/helpers/-/helpers-0.2.14.tgz#20288c3627442339dd3d743c944f7043ee3590f0"
@@ -686,6 +696,11 @@ autoprefixer@^10.4.0:
     picocolors "^1.0.0"
     postcss-value-parser "^4.2.0"
 
+backo2@~1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/backo2/-/backo2-1.0.2.tgz#31ab1ac8b129363463e35b3ebb69f4dfcfba7947"
+  integrity sha1-MasayLEpNjRj41s+u2n038+6eUc=
+
 balanced-match@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.2.tgz#e83e3a7e3f300b34cb9d87f615fa0cbf357690ee"
@@ -989,6 +1004,13 @@ csso@^4.2.0:
   dependencies:
     css-tree "^1.1.2"
 
+debug@~4.3.1, debug@~4.3.2:
+  version "4.3.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-4.3.3.tgz#04266e0b70a98d4462e6e288e38259213332b664"
+  integrity sha512-/zxw5+vh1Tfv+4Qn7a5nsbcJKPaSvCDhojn6FEl9vupwK2VCSDtEiEtqr8DFtzYFOdz63LBkxec7DYuc2jon6Q==
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.1.2"
+
 defined@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/defined/-/defined-1.0.0.tgz#c98d9bcef75674188e110969151199e39b1fa693"
@@ -1063,6 +1085,28 @@ electron-to-chromium@^1.4.71:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.4.75.tgz#d1ad9bb46f2f1bf432118c2be21d27ffeae82fdd"
   integrity sha512-LxgUNeu3BVU7sXaKjUDD9xivocQLxFtq6wgERrutdY/yIOps3ODOZExK1jg8DTEg4U8TUCb5MLGeWFOYuxjF3Q==
 
+engine.io-client@~6.1.1:
+  version "6.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/engine.io-client/-/engine.io-client-6.1.1.tgz#800d4b9db5487d169686729e5bd887afa78d36b0"
+  integrity sha512-V05mmDo4gjimYW+FGujoGmmmxRaDsrVr7AXA3ZIfa04MWM1jOfZfUwou0oNqhNwy/votUDvGDt4JA4QF4e0b4g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@socket.io/component-emitter" "~3.0.0"
+    debug "~4.3.1"
+    engine.io-parser "~5.0.0"
+    has-cors "1.1.0"
+    parseqs "0.0.6"
+    parseuri "0.0.6"
+    ws "~8.2.3"
+    xmlhttprequest-ssl "~2.0.0"
+    yeast "0.1.2"
+
+engine.io-parser@~5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/engine.io-parser/-/engine.io-parser-5.0.3.tgz#ca1f0d7b11e290b4bfda251803baea765ed89c09"
+  integrity sha512-BtQxwF27XUNnSafQLvDi0dQ8s3i6VgzSoQMJacpIcGNrlUdfHSKbgm3jmjCVvQluGzqwujQMPAoMai3oYSTurg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@socket.io/base64-arraybuffer" "~1.0.2"
+
 entities@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/entities/-/entities-2.2.0.tgz#098dc90ebb83d8dffa089d55256b351d34c4da55"
@@ -1187,6 +1231,11 @@ graceful-fs@^4.1.6, graceful-fs@^4.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.8.tgz#e412b8d33f5e006593cbd3cee6df9f2cebbe802a"
   integrity sha512-qkIilPUYcNhJpd33n0GBXTB1MMPp14TxEsEs0pTrsSVucApsYzW5V+Q8Qxhik6KU3evy+qkAAowTByymK0avdg==
 
+has-cors@1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-cors/-/has-cors-1.1.0.tgz#5e474793f7ea9843d1bb99c23eef49ff126fff39"
+  integrity sha1-XkdHk/fqmEPRu5nCPu9J/xJv/zk=
+
 has-flag@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz#b5d454dc2199ae225699f3467e5a07f3b955bafd"
@@ -1457,6 +1506,11 @@ modern-normalize@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/modern-normalize/-/modern-normalize-1.1.0.tgz#da8e80140d9221426bd4f725c6e11283d34f90b7"
   integrity sha512-2lMlY1Yc1+CUy0gw4H95uNN7vjbpoED7NNRSBHE25nWfLBdmMzFCsPshlzbxHz+gYMcBEUN8V4pU16prcdPSgA==
 
+ms@2.1.2:
+  version "2.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz#d09d1f357b443f493382a8eb3ccd183872ae6009"
+  integrity sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==
+
 msgpackr-extract@^1.0.14:
   version "1.0.16"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/msgpackr-extract/-/msgpackr-extract-1.0.16.tgz#701c4f6e6f25c100ae84557092274e8fffeefe45"
@@ -1590,6 +1644,16 @@ parse-json@^5.0.0:
     json-parse-even-better-errors "^2.3.0"
     lines-and-columns "^1.1.6"
 
+parseqs@0.0.6:
+  version "0.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parseqs/-/parseqs-0.0.6.tgz#8e4bb5a19d1cdc844a08ac974d34e273afa670d5"
+  integrity sha512-jeAGzMDbfSHHA091hr0r31eYfTig+29g3GKKE/PPbEQ65X0lmMwlEoqmhzu0iztID5uJpZsFlUPDP8ThPL7M8w==
+
+parseuri@0.0.6:
+  version "0.0.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parseuri/-/parseuri-0.0.6.tgz#e1496e829e3ac2ff47f39a4dd044b32823c4a25a"
+  integrity sha512-AUjen8sAkGgao7UyCX6Ahv0gIK2fABKmYjvP4xmy5JaKvcbTRueIqIPHLAfq30xJddqSE033IOMUSOMCcK3Sow==
+
 path-is-absolute@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz#174b9268735534ffbc7ace6bf53a5a9e1b5c5f5f"
@@ -2067,6 +2131,26 @@ simple-swizzle@^0.2.2:
   dependencies:
     is-arrayish "^0.3.1"
 
+socket.io-client@^4.4.1:
+  version "4.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io-client/-/socket.io-client-4.4.1.tgz#b6aa9448149d09b8d0b2bbf3d2fac310631fdec9"
+  integrity sha512-N5C/L5fLNha5Ojd7Yeb/puKcPWWcoB/A09fEjjNsg91EDVr5twk/OEyO6VT9dlLSUNY85NpW6KBhVMvaLKQ3vQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@socket.io/component-emitter" "~3.0.0"
+    backo2 "~1.0.2"
+    debug "~4.3.2"
+    engine.io-client "~6.1.1"
+    parseuri "0.0.6"
+    socket.io-parser "~4.1.1"
+
+socket.io-parser@~4.1.1:
+  version "4.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io-parser/-/socket.io-parser-4.1.2.tgz#0a97d4fb8e67022158a568450a6e41887e42035e"
+  integrity sha512-j3kk71QLJuyQ/hh5F/L2t1goqzdTL0gvDzuhTuNSwihfuFUrcSji0qFZmJJPtG6Rmug153eOPsUizeirf1IIog==
+  dependencies:
+    "@socket.io/component-emitter" "~3.0.0"
+    debug "~4.3.1"
+
 source-map-js@^0.6.2:
   version "0.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-js/-/source-map-js-0.6.2.tgz#0bb5de631b41cfbda6cfba8bd05a80efdfd2385e"
@@ -2237,6 +2321,16 @@ wrappy@1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz#b5243d8f3ec1aa35f1364605bc0d1036e30ab69f"
   integrity sha1-tSQ9jz7BqjXxNkYFvA0QNuMKtp8=
 
+ws@~8.2.3:
+  version "8.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.2.3.tgz#63a56456db1b04367d0b721a0b80cae6d8becbba"
+  integrity sha512-wBuoj1BDpC6ZQ1B7DWQBYVLphPWkm8i9Y0/3YdHjHKHiohOJ1ws+3OccDWtH+PoC9DZD5WOTrJvNbWvjS6JWaA==
+
+xmlhttprequest-ssl@~2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xmlhttprequest-ssl/-/xmlhttprequest-ssl-2.0.0.tgz#91360c86b914e67f44dce769180027c0da618c67"
+  integrity sha512-QKxVRxiRACQcVuQEYFsI1hhkrMlrXHPegbbd1yn9UHOmRxY+si12nQYzri3vbzt8VdTTRviqcKxcyllFas5z2A==
+
 xtend@^4.0.2:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz#bb72779f5fa465186b1f438f674fa347fdb5db54"
@@ -2251,3 +2345,8 @@ yaml@^1.10.0, yaml@^1.10.2:
   version "1.10.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yaml/-/yaml-1.10.2.tgz#2301c5ffbf12b467de8da2333a459e29e7920e4b"
   integrity sha512-r3vXyErRCYJ7wg28yvBY5VSoAF8ZvlcW9/BwUzEtUsjvX/DKs24dIkuwjtuprwJJHsbyUbLApepYTR1BN4uHrg==
+
+yeast@0.1.2:
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yeast/-/yeast-0.1.2.tgz#008e06d8094320c372dbc2f8ed76a0ca6c8ac419"
+  integrity sha1-AI4G2AlDIMNy28L47XagymyKxBk=
diff --git a/server/providers/gateways/ping.gateway.ts b/server/providers/gateways/ping.gateway.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6abc034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/providers/gateways/ping.gateway.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { SubscribeMessage, WebSocketGateway } from '@nestjs/websockets';
+
+@WebSocketGateway()
+export class PingGateway {
+  constructor() {}
+
+  @SubscribeMessage('ping/:id')
+  public handlePing() {
+    return { message: 'recieved ping' };
+  }
+}