Shell - an applet to notify the network status.

notifynet.sh

#!/bin/bash

net_stat=1

while true
do
    PINGRET=$( ping 8.8.8.8 -c 4 | grep "ttl=" )
    
    [ -z "$PINGRET"  ] &&
    {
        if [ $net_stat -eq 1 ]; then
            notify-send -i /usr/share/icons/oxygen/48x48/actions/dialog-cancel.png "Warning" "Bad connection"
            net_stat=0
        fi
        echo Bad connection
    }||
    {
        if [ $net_stat -eq 0 ]; then
            notify-send -i /usr/share/icons/oxygen/48x48/actions/dialog-ok-apply.png "Congrats" "Network connected"
            net_stat=1
        fi
        echo Network connected
    }
    sleep 5
done