public class StatusHub : Hub {
    public override Task OnDisconnected()
    {
        //handles the disconnected event as needed
        return base.OnDisconnected();
    }


    public override Task OnConnected()
    {
        //handles the connected event as needed
        return base.OnConnected();
    }
}

public class ChatHub : Hub {
    public override Task OnDisconnected()
    {
        //should handle the chat disconnected event but is never reached
        return base.OnDisconnected();
    }


    public override Task OnConnected()
    {
        //should handle the chat connected event but is never reached
        return base.OnConnected();
    }
}

$.connection.hub.start().done(function() {
    //a lot of code here (irrelevant to the question I think)
});

$(function()
{
  // A no-op client method so the hub's
  // OnConnected, OnReconnected and OnDisconnected method overloads are triggered.
  $.connection.chatHub.noop = function () { };
  $.connection.hub.start()
    .done(function() { console.log("SignalR connection is up and running."); })
    .fail(function(error) { console.log(error); });
}