@@ -48,6 +51,15 @@ func (nc *networkCheck) run() {
 			case event.ProtocolEngineStartListen:
 				log.Debugf("initiating connection check for %v", e.Data[event.Onion])
 				nc.onionsToCheck = append(nc.onionsToCheck, e.Data[event.Onion])
+			case event.PeerStateChange:

@@ -51,0 +58,4 @@
+				connectionState := e.Data[event.ConnectionState]
+				if connectionState == connections.ConnectionStateName[connections.AUTHENTICATED] || connectionState == connections.ConnectionStateName[connections.CONNECTED] {
+					lastMessageReceived = time.Now()
+					nc.bus.Publish(event.NewEvent(event.NetworkStatus, map[event.Field]string{event.Error: "", event.Status: "Success"}))