hd1/pingmonitor

#!/usr/bin/python
import csv
import datetime
import logging
import subprocess
from subprocess import CalledProcessError

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
cmd = ['/usr/local/bin/fping', '8.8.8.8']
while True:
    try:
        our_output = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
    except CalledProcessError, e:
        logging.debug(our_output)
        with open('/Users/hdiwan/Desktop/network.csv', 'a') as fout:
            writer = csv.writer(fout)
            writer.writerow([datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%s')])
            logging.warning('Internet is down')
            raw_input()