netmiko.exceptions.NetmikoTimeoutException

[exlr8in]

Hello,

I've tried few try\except attempts to no avail. What is the right code to create this exception?
I am purposely trying to connect to a device (IP), that does not exist

try:
        connection = ConnectHandler(**ssh)
except (NameError, socket.timeout, netmiko.exceptions.NetmikoTimeoutException):
        print(f"Was not able to connect to {aSwitch}")
        badSwitches = aSwitch
        pass

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 1046, in establish_connection
    self.remote_conn_pre.connect(**ssh_connect_params)
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/paramiko/client.py", line 349, in connect
    retry_on_signal(lambda: sock.connect(addr))
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/paramiko/util.py", line 279, in retry_on_signal
    return function()
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/paramiko/client.py", line 349, in <lambda>
    retry_on_signal(lambda: sock.connect(addr))
socket.timeout: timed out

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "f.py", line 112, in <module>
    connection = ConnectHandler(**ssh)
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/netmiko/ssh_dispatcher.py", line 365, in ConnectHandler
    return ConnectionClass(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 439, in __init__
    self._open()
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 444, in _open
    self.establish_connection()
  File "/home/blah/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 1068, in establish_connection
    raise NetmikoTimeoutException(msg)
netmiko.exceptions.NetmikoTimeoutException: TCP connection to device failed.

Common causes of this problem are:
1. Incorrect hostname or IP address.
2. Wrong TCP port.
3. Intermediate firewall blocking access.

Device settings: cisco_ios

[ktbyers]

This worked fine for me:

from netmiko import ConnectHandler, NetmikoTimeoutException

try:
    net_connect = ConnectHandler(**my_device)

    output = net_connect.send_command("show ip int brief")
    print(output)
    net_connect.disconnect()
except NetmikoTimeoutException:
    print("Connection failed")

[ktbyers]

I left out a few things that didn't really matter like the my_device definition.

[ktbyers]

# Executing this to an IP address with nothing listening on the SSH port
$ python show_command.py 
Connection failed

[exlr8in]

I mean, i swear i tried that lol, well thank you, your suggestion worked just fine!