def keepalive(self, address, port):
        """
        Tells the node to send a keepalive packet to **address**:**port**

        .. enable_control required

        :param address: IP address of node to send keepalive packet to
        :type address: str

        :param port: Port of node to send keepalive packet to
        :type port: int

        :raises: :py:exc:`nano.rpc.RPCException`

        >>> rpc.keepalive(address="::ffff:192.168.1.1", port=1024)
        True
        """

        address = self._process_value(address, 'ipaddr')
        port = self._process_value(port, 'int')

        payload = {"address": address, "port": port}

        resp = self.call('keepalive', payload)

        return resp == {}