Added a lot more code

nbmdt_simple.py

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import subprocess
+from time import sleep
+
 
 INET="-4"
 INET6="-6"
 
+
 BORDER_GATEWAY_4 = "96.120.102.161"
 BORDER_GATEWAY_6 = "2001:558:4082:5c::1"
 
@@ -21,6 +25,25 @@ def main():
   verify_ping_6 = ping(default_gateway_6, INET6`)
   report("IPv6 default gateway pingable", green=(verify_ping_6 == 1.0), yellow=(verify_ping_6 < 1.0 and verify_ping_4 > 0.0), red = (verify_ping_4 == 0.0) )
 
+def ping(host, protocol):
+
+def report(explanation: str="Not specified", red: bool =False, yellow: 
+        bool =False, green: bool =False):
+  """
+  explanation: str  A descriptive string
+  red: bool True if status should be red
+  yellow: bool  True if status should be yellow.  If not specified, the default
+                is False so the answer must be RED or GREEN
+  green: bool True if status should be green
+  This is done this way to shift complexity to the subroutine
+  """
+  if int(red) + int(yellow) + int(green) > 1:
+      raise ValueError("More than one of red, yellow, or green was set to True")  status = ("RED" if red else ("YELLOW" if yellow else ("GREEN" if green else \
+              "UNKNOWN") ) )
+  print(f"{explanation}: {status}")
+
+def ping(
+
 
 if "__main__" == __name__:
   while True do: