diff --git a/freenas_network_unlock.py b/freenas_network_unlock.py
index 5191dd9..c772fb5 100644
--- a/freenas_network_unlock.py
+++ b/freenas_network_unlock.py
@@ -8,20 +8,6 @@ logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,format='%(asctime)s - [%(levelname)s] %(
 #requests_log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 #requests_log.propagate = True
 
-def ping(host):
-    """
-    Returns True if host (str) responds to a ping request.
-    Remember that a host may not respond to a ping (ICMP) request even if the host name is valid.
-    """
-
-    # Option for the number of packets as a function of
-    param = '-n' if platform.system().lower()=='windows' else '-c'
-
-    # Building the command. Ex: "ping -c 1 google.com"
-    command = ['ping', param, '1', host]
-
-    return subprocess.call(command) == 0
-  
 def request(resource, method='GET', data=None):
        if data is None:
            data = ''
@@ -46,8 +32,7 @@ def request(resource, method='GET', data=None):
                logging.debug('Request Returned Text: {}'.format(r.text))
                return {'ok': r.ok, 'status_code': r.status_code, 'response': r.text}
        raise ValueError(r)
-    
-#if ping(config.HOSTNAME):
+
 POOLS = request('storage/volume/', 'GET')
 
 for pool in POOLS['response']:
@@ -59,6 +44,4 @@ for pool in POOLS['response']:
         else:
             logging.error('Pool {} was NOT unlocked successfully'.format(pool['name']))
     else:
-        logging.debug('Pool {} is already unlocked'.format(pool['name']))
-#else:
-    #print("Host,{}, is not online".format(config.HOSTNAME))
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+        logging.debug('Pool {} is already unlocked'.format(pool['name']))
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