Ruby on rails - Static method

Question

I want a method to be executed every 5 minutes, I implemented whenever for ruby (cron). But it does not work. I think my method is not accessible. The method I want to execute is located in a class. I think I have to make that method static so I can access it with MyClass.MyMethod. But I can not find the right syntax or maybe I am looking in the wrong place.

Schedule.rb

every 5.minutes do
  runner "Ping.checkPings"
end

Ping.rb

def checkPings      
  gate =  Net::Ping::External.new("10.10.1.1")
  @monitor_ping = Ping.new()

  if gate.ping?        
    MonitorPing.WAN = true
  else 
    MonitorPing.WAN = false
  end

  @monitor_ping.save      
end

Answer 1

To declare a static method, write ...

def self.checkPings
  # A static method
end

... or ...

class Myclass extend self

  def checkPings
    # Its static method
  end

end