diff --git a/data/internal_config/ssdp.json b/data/internal_config/ssdp.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abe84b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/internal_config/ssdp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "ssdp":{
+          "enabled":{
+                "value": true,
+                "config_file": true,
+                "config_web": false
+              },
+          "refresh_frequency":{
+                "value": 1800,
+                "config_file": true,
+                "config_web": false
+                }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/data/www/templates/base.html b/data/www/templates/base.html
index 3465dcc..e00aecf 100644
--- a/data/www/templates/base.html
+++ b/data/www/templates/base.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/origin')">{{ fhdhr.config.dict["main"]["servicename"] }}</a></button>
       <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/channels')">Channels</a></button>
       <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/guide')">Guide</a></button>
-      <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/cluster')">Cluster</a></button>
+      <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/cluster')">Cluster/SSDP</a></button>
       <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/tuners')">Tuners</a></button>
       <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/xmltv')">xmltv</a></button>
       <button class="pull-left" onclick="OpenLink('/version')">Version</a></button>
diff --git a/data/www/templates/cluster.html b/data/www/templates/cluster.html
index caa41ac..c7b156e 100644
--- a/data/www/templates/cluster.html
+++ b/data/www/templates/cluster.html
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
-    <h4 style="text-align: center;">Cluster</h4>
+    <h4 style="text-align: center;">Cluster/SSDP</h4>
     {% if not fhdhr.config.dict["fhdhr"]["discovery_address"] %}
-      <p style="text-align: center;">Discovery Address must be set for SSDP/Cluster</p>
+      <p style="text-align: center;">Discovery Address must be set for Cluster/SSDP</p>
     {% else %}
 
       <div style="text-align: center;">
         <button onclick="OpenLink('/api/cluster?method=scan&redirect=%2Fcluster')">Force Scan</a></button>
+        <button onclick="OpenLink('/api/cluster?method=alive&redirect=%2Fcluster')">Send Alive</a></button>
         <button onclick="OpenLink('/api/cluster?method=disconnect&redirect=%2Fcluster')">Disconnect</a></button>
       </div>
       <br>
diff --git a/fHDHR/device/ssdp/__init__.py b/fHDHR/device/ssdp/__init__.py
index e57797f..ed317d8 100644
--- a/fHDHR/device/ssdp/__init__.py
+++ b/fHDHR/device/ssdp/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Adapted from https://github.com/MoshiBin/ssdpy and https://github.com/ZeWaren/python-upnp-ssdp-example
 import socket
 import struct
+import time
 
 from .ssdp_detect import fHDHR_Detect
 from .rmg_ssdp import RMG_SSDP
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ class SSDPServer():
 
         self.detect_method = fHDHR_Detect(fhdhr)
 
-        if fhdhr.config.dict["fhdhr"]["discovery_address"]:
+        if (fhdhr.config.dict["fhdhr"]["discovery_address"] and
+           fhdhr.config.dict["ssdp"]["enabled"]):
 
             self.sock = None
             self.proto = "ipv4"
@@ -84,13 +86,51 @@ class SSDPServer():
             self.rmg_ssdp = RMG_SSDP(fhdhr, self._broadcast_ip)
             self.hdhr_ssdp = HDHR_SSDP(fhdhr, self._broadcast_ip)
 
+            self.refresh = int(fhdhr.config.dict["ssdp"]["refresh_frequency"])
+            self.refresh_last = None
+
+            self.do_alive()
             self.m_search()
 
+    def do_alive(self, forcealive=False):
+
+        send_alive = False
+        if not self.refresh_last:
+            send_alive = True
+        elif forcealive:
+            send_alive = True
+        elif time.time() >= (self.refresh_last + self.refresh):
+            send_alive = True
+
+        if send_alive:
+            self.fhdhr.logger.info("Sending Alive message to network.")
+            self.do_notify(('239.255.255.250', 1900))
+            self.refresh_last = time.time()
+
+    def do_notify(self, address):
+
+        notify_list = []
+
+        hdhr_notify = self.hdhr_ssdp.get()
+        notify_list.append(hdhr_notify)
+
+        if self.fhdhr.config.dict["rmg"]["enabled"]:
+            rmg_notify = self.rmg_ssdp.get()
+            notify_list.append(rmg_notify)
+
+        for notify in notify_list:
+
+            self.fhdhr.logger.debug("Created {}".format(notify))
+            try:
+                self.sock.sendto(notify, address)
+            except OSError as e:
+                # Most commonly: We received a multicast from an IP not in our subnet
+                self.fhdhr.logger.debug("Unable to send NOTIFY: %s" % e)
+                pass
+
     def on_recv(self, data, address):
         self.fhdhr.logger.debug("Received packet from {}: {}".format(address, data))
 
-        (host, port) = address
-
         try:
             header, payload = data.decode().split('\r\n\r\n')[:2]
         except ValueError:
@@ -110,24 +150,8 @@ class SSDPServer():
             self.fhdhr.logger.debug("Received qualifying M-SEARCH from {}".format(address))
             self.fhdhr.logger.debug("M-SEARCH data: {}".format(headers))
 
-            notify_list = []
+            self.do_notify(address)
 
-            hdhr_notify = self.hdhr_ssdp.get()
-            notify_list.append(hdhr_notify)
-
-            if self.fhdhr.config.dict["rmg"]["enabled"]:
-                rmg_notify = self.rmg_ssdp.get()
-                notify_list.append(rmg_notify)
-
-            for notify in notify_list:
-
-                self.fhdhr.logger.debug("Created NOTIFY: {}".format(notify))
-                try:
-                    self.sock.sendto(notify, address)
-                except OSError as e:
-                    # Most commonly: We received a multicast from an IP not in our subnet
-                    self.fhdhr.logger.debug("Unable to send NOTIFY to {}: {}".format(address, e))
-                    pass
         elif cmd[0] == 'NOTIFY' and cmd[1] == '*':
             # SSDP presence
             self.fhdhr.logger.debug("NOTIFY data: {}".format(headers))
@@ -169,5 +193,6 @@ class SSDPServer():
             while True:
                 data, address = self.sock.recvfrom(1024)
                 self.on_recv(data, address)
+                self.do_alive()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             self.sock.close()
diff --git a/fHDHR/http/api/cluster.py b/fHDHR/http/api/cluster.py
index a748319..f14c887 100644
--- a/fHDHR/http/api/cluster.py
+++ b/fHDHR/http/api/cluster.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ class Cluster():
         elif method == 'disconnect':
             self.fhdhr.device.cluster.disconnect()
 
+        elif method == 'alive':
+            self.fhdhr.device.ssdp.do_alive(forcealive=True)
+
         else:
             return "Invalid Method"