function _connect($server_id)
	{
		$this->log($server_id, 3, "connecting to " . $this->servers[$server_id]['options']['server'] . ":" . $this->servers[$server_id]['options']['port'] );
		$this->servers[$server_id]['socket'] = fsockopen($this->servers[$server_id]['options']['server'],
		$this->servers[$server_id]['options']['port'],
		$errno, $errstr, 5);
		if (!$this->servers[$server_id]['socket']) {
			$this->log($server_id,0, "could not connect $errstr ($errno)");
			return false;
		}
		$this->log($server_id, 3, "connected");
		$this->init_stats($server_id);
		$this->command($server_id, 'USER '.
		$this->servers[$server_id]['options']['identd'] . ' '.
		$this->servers[$server_id]['options']['host']   . ' '.
		$this->servers[$server_id]['options']['server'] . ' '.
		':' . $this->servers[$server_id]['options']['realname']);
		$this->command($server_id, 'NICK ' . $this->servers[$server_id]['options']['nick']);
		socket_set_blocking($this->servers[$server_id]['socket'], false);
		$this->callback($server_id,'CONNECT', false);
		$this->stats[$server_id]['events']['PING']['last'] = $this->get_microtime();
		return $server_id;
	}