diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2443bd1..a9b35e0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cove-core",
  "futures",
+ "rand",
  "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-tungstenite",
diff --git a/cove-core/src/id.rs b/cove-core/src/id.rs
index 95112c2..db51f32 100644
--- a/cove-core/src/id.rs
+++ b/cove-core/src/id.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::macros::id_alias;
 
 // TODO Use base64 representation instead
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 struct Id(#[serde(with = "hex")] [u8; 32]);
 
 impl Id {
diff --git a/cove-core/src/macros.rs b/cove-core/src/macros.rs
index d1a58ad..882062a 100644
--- a/cove-core/src/macros.rs
+++ b/cove-core/src/macros.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 macro_rules! id_alias {
     ($name:ident) => {
-        #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+        #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Deserialize, Serialize)]
         pub struct $name(Id);
 
         impl $name {
diff --git a/cove-core/src/message.rs b/cove-core/src/message.rs
index 8fdbd79..b3ff412 100644
--- a/cove-core/src/message.rs
+++ b/cove-core/src/message.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{Identity, MessageId};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct Message {
-    pub time: i128,
+    pub time: u128,
     pub pred: MessageId,
     pub parent: Option<MessageId>,
     pub identity: Identity,
diff --git a/cove-server/Cargo.toml b/cove-server/Cargo.toml
index 70fe4c2..719a893 100644
--- a/cove-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cove-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.53"
 cove-core = { path = "../cove-core" }
 futures = "0.3.21"
+rand = "0.8.4"
 serde_json = "1.0.78"
+thiserror = "1.0.30"
 tokio = { version = "1.16.1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.8"
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.16.1"
diff --git a/cove-server/src/conn.rs b/cove-server/src/conn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91cd71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cove-server/src/conn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+use std::result;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use cove_core::packets::Packet;
+use futures::stream::{SplitSink, SplitStream};
+use futures::StreamExt;
+use rand::Rng;
+use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use tokio::try_join;
+use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::{self, Message};
+use tokio_tungstenite::WebSocketStream;
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("WS error: {0}")]
+    Ws(#[from] tungstenite::Error),
+    #[error("MPSC error: {0}")]
+    Mpsc(#[from] mpsc::error::SendError<Message>),
+    #[error("Serde error: {0}")]
+    Serde(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+    #[error("client did not pong")]
+    NoPong,
+    #[error("illegal binary packet")]
+    IllegalBinaryPacket,
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ConnTx {
+    tx: UnboundedSender<Message>,
+}
+
+impl ConnTx {
+    pub fn send(&self, packet: &Packet) -> Result<()> {
+        let msg = Message::Text(serde_json::to_string(packet)?);
+        self.tx.send(msg)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ConnRx {
+    ws_rx: SplitStream<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>>,
+    last_ping_payload: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+}
+
+impl ConnRx {
+    pub async fn recv(&mut self) -> Result<Option<Packet>> {
+        loop {
+            let msg = match self.ws_rx.next().await {
+                None => return Ok(None),
+                Some(msg) => msg?,
+            };
+            let str = match msg {
+                Message::Text(str) => str,
+                Message::Pong(payload) => {
+                    *self.last_ping_payload.lock().await = payload;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Message::Ping(_) => {
+                    // Tungstenite automatically replies to pings
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Message::Binary(_) => return Err(Error::IllegalBinaryPacket),
+                Message::Close(_) => return Ok(None),
+            };
+            let packet = serde_json::from_str(&str)?;
+            return Ok(Some(packet));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ConnMaintenance {
+    // Shoveling packets into the WS connection
+    rx: UnboundedReceiver<Message>,
+    ws_tx: SplitSink<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>, Message>,
+    // Pinging and ponging
+    tx: UnboundedSender<Message>,
+    ping_delay: Duration,
+    last_ping_payload: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+}
+
+impl ConnMaintenance {
+    pub async fn perform(self) -> Result<()> {
+        let result = try_join!(
+            Self::shovel(self.rx, self.ws_tx),
+            Self::ping_pong(self.tx, self.ping_delay, self.last_ping_payload)
+        );
+        result.map(|_| ())
+    }
+
+    async fn shovel(
+        rx: UnboundedReceiver<Message>,
+        ws_tx: SplitSink<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>, Message>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        UnboundedReceiverStream::new(rx)
+            .map(Ok)
+            .forward(ws_tx)
+            .await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn ping_pong(
+        tx: UnboundedSender<Message>,
+        ping_delay: Duration,
+        last_ping_payload: Arc<Mutex<Vec<u8>>>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut payload = [0u8; 8];
+
+        rand::thread_rng().fill(&mut payload);
+        // debug!("Sending first ping with payload {:?}", payload);
+        tx.send(Message::Ping(payload.to_vec()))?;
+        tokio::time::sleep(ping_delay).await;
+
+        loop {
+            let last_payload = last_ping_payload.lock().await;
+            if (&payload as &[u8]) != (&last_payload as &[u8]) {
+                // warn!("Invalid ping payload, client probably dead");
+                return Err(Error::NoPong);
+            }
+
+            rand::thread_rng().fill(&mut payload);
+            // debug!("Sending ping with payload {:?}", payload);
+            tx.send(Message::Ping(payload.to_vec()))?;
+            tokio::time::sleep(ping_delay).await;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn new(
+    stream: TcpStream,
+    ping_delay: Duration,
+) -> Result<(ConnTx, ConnRx, ConnMaintenance)> {
+    let (ws_tx, ws_rx) = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await?.split();
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+    let last_ping_payload = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![]));
+
+    let conn_tx = ConnTx { tx: tx.clone() };
+    let conn_rx = ConnRx {
+        ws_rx,
+        last_ping_payload: last_ping_payload.clone(),
+    };
+    let conn_maintenance = ConnMaintenance {
+        ws_tx,
+        rx,
+        tx,
+        ping_delay,
+        last_ping_payload,
+    };
+
+    Ok((conn_tx, conn_rx, conn_maintenance))
+}
diff --git a/cove-server/src/main.rs b/cove-server/src/main.rs
index 1a2c814..89c8656 100644
--- a/cove-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/cove-server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
+mod conn;
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use anyhow::anyhow;
 use cove_core::packets::{Cmd, HelloRpl, Packet, Rpl};
 use cove_core::{Identity, MessageId, Session, SessionId};
 use futures::stream::{SplitSink, SplitStream};
 use futures::{future, Sink, SinkExt, Stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use rand::prelude::ThreadRng;
+use rand::Rng;
 use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc::{self, UnboundedSender};
 use tokio::sync::{self, Mutex, RwLock};
@@ -26,18 +31,40 @@ struct Room {
     last_timestamp: u128,
 }
 
+impl Room {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            clients: HashMap::new(),
+            last_message: MessageId::of(&format!("{}", rand::thread_rng().gen::<u64>())),
+            last_timestamp: SystemTime::now()
+                .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
+                .expect("executed after 1970")
+                .as_millis(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 struct Server {
-    rooms: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, Arc<Mutex<Room>>>>>,
+    rooms: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, Arc<Mutex<Room>>>>>,
 }
 
 impl Server {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            rooms: Arc::new(RwLock::new(HashMap::new())),
+            rooms: Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
         }
     }
 
+    async fn room(&self, name: String) -> Arc<Mutex<Room>> {
+        self.rooms
+            .lock()
+            .await
+            .entry(name)
+            .or_insert_with(|| Arc::new(Mutex::new(Room::new())))
+            .clone()
+    }
+
     async fn recv(rx: &mut SplitStream<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>>) -> anyhow::Result<Packet> {
         loop {
             let msg = rx.next().await.ok_or(anyhow!("connection closed"))??;
@@ -106,7 +133,8 @@ impl Server {
         &self,
         tx: &mut SplitSink<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>, TkMessage>,
         rx: &mut SplitStream<WebSocketStream<TcpStream>>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<(String, String, Identity, u64)> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<(String, Session, u64)> {
+        // TODO Allow multiple Hello commands until the first succeeds
         let packet = Self::recv(rx).await?;
         let (id, cmd) = match packet {
             Packet::Cmd {
@@ -127,18 +155,38 @@ impl Server {
             Self::send(tx, &Packet::rpl(id, HelloRpl::InvalidNick { reason })).await?;
             return Err(anyhow!("invalid identity"));
         }
-        let identity = Identity::of(&cmd.identity);
-        Ok((cmd.room, cmd.nick, identity, id))
+        let session = Session {
+            id: SessionId::of(&format!("{}", rand::thread_rng().gen::<u64>())),
+            nick: cmd.nick,
+            identity: Identity::of(&cmd.identity),
+        };
+        Ok((cmd.room, session, id))
     }
 
     async fn on_conn(self, stream: TcpStream) {
+        // TODO Ping-pong starting from the beginning (not just after hello)
         println!("Connection from {}", stream.peer_addr().unwrap());
         let stream = tokio_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await.unwrap();
         let (mut tx, mut rx) = stream.split();
-        let (room, nick, identity, id) = match self.greet(&mut tx, &mut rx).await {
+        let (room, session, id) = match self.greet(&mut tx, &mut rx).await {
             Ok(info) => info,
             Err(_) => return,
         };
+        let room = self.room(room).await;
+        let (packets, client_rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        {
+            let mut room = room.lock().await;
+            packets.send(Packet::rpl(
+                id,
+                HelloRpl::Success {
+                    you: session.clone(),
+                    others: room.clients.values().map(|c| c.session.clone()).collect(),
+                    last_message: room.last_message,
+                },
+            ));
+            let client = Client { session, packets };
+            room.clients.insert(client.session.id, client);
+        }
         todo!()
     }
 }