Something like the following might work:
require 'socket'
require 'timeout'
def is_port_open?(ip, port)
begin
Timeout::timeout(1) do
begin
s = TCPSocket.new(ip, port)
s.close
return true
rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, Errno::EHOSTUNREACH
return false
end
end
rescue Timeout::Error
end
return false
end