[Python] socket.connect freezing when there is no internet

I want to check if google is reachable or not and I'm using his code:

import socket

def google_is_reachable():
try:
sck = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sck.settimeout(2)
print("------------------------ 1 --------------------------------")
sck.connect(("google.com", 80))
print("------------------------ 2 --------------------------------")
sck.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
sck.close()
return True
except Exception as e:
return False

res = google_is_reachable()
print(res)


I'm using VPN. And when there is no internet, the code freezes at line:

sck.connect(("google.com", 80))


First question: Is this the best way to check if google is reachable (or any other site)?

Second question: How to solve the issue? I don't want it to get stuck, i want the line to either throw the error or return any value meaning google is not reachable.

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