diff --git a/unum/verify.go b/unum/verify.go
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+// Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/tatsushid/go-fastping"
+	"net"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// VerifyConnection verify the connection by attempt to connect to the host
+func VerifyNodes(nodes []string, port int) error {
+
+	var err error
+
+	pinger := fastping.NewPinger()
+	//pinger.Network("udp")
+	pinger.MaxRTT, err = time.ParseDuration("1s")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	count := len(nodes)
+	pinger.OnRecv = func(addr *net.IPAddr, rtt time.Duration) {
+		count -= 1
+	}
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		pinger.AddIPAddr(&net.IPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(node)})
+	}
+	if err := pinger.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if count != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to verify all nodes, %d unverified", count)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}