Auto-reset Wemo switches when there is no internet connection

My cable modem needs to reset frequently. So I bought a Wemo switch to recycle the power of my cable modem. This script pings a list of IPs or websites every minute to determine if the internet connection is still up. When it's disconnected, it turns off the Wemo switches, and turns them back on in 20 seconds, to recycle power of the devices. There is a 5 minutes delay between each recycle.

Install

git clone https://github.com/lancevo/wemo-auto-reset.git
cd wemo-auto-reset
npm install

Run the script

Replace WEMOHOSTS string with IP addresses and host names (comma separated) that won't block your IP if it keeps pinging. The host name is randomly pinged.

Replace WEMODEVICES string with device names (comma separated as well)

WEMOHOSTS="google.com,heroku.com" WEMODEVICES="Wemo Mini 1" node index.js

Run as a background service with forever

Install forever

npm install -g forever

Run it and save output to a log file

WEMOHOSTS="google.com,heroku.com" WEMODEVICES="Wemo Mini 1" forever start index.js -o wemo-log.txt