#!/usr/bin/env python import httplib2 import sys URL = "http://"+sys.argv[1]+"/cgi-bin/reboot.cgi" USER = "root" PASS = "root" h = httplib2.Http(cache=None, timeout=0.1) h.add_credentials(USER, PASS) try: resp = h.request(URL, "GET", headers={'cache-control':'no-cache'}) resp print"OK" except: print"Asic not avalible"