Hello,
I was wondering if there was a way to send a reboot to an RUT241 via LAN connection.
Essentially, sometimes we lose connection on LAN devices and a reboot to the router refreshes the connection, so was wondering if there was a way to send a reboot ping to the router from the LAN device.
Just FYI, the router will often still be in data session so I’m not sure a ping reboot will work.
Thanks.
Hello,
Thank you for reaching out.
If I understood correctly, the issue you’re facing is that LAN devices occasionally become unreachable, while the RUT241 maintains its data session. If that’s the case, using the Ping Reboot feature might help. You can configure the router to monitor the connectivity of a specific LAN device by entering its IP address. If the device becomes unreachable, the router will automatically reboot. This can be set up in System → Maintenance → Auto Reboot in the WebUI.
Alternatively, if you prefer manual control, you can reboot the RUT241 from a LAN-connected device via SSH by executing the following command:
reboot
Let me know if you need further assistance or have additional questions.
Best regards,
Cool thanks, do you have a suggestion on the simplest way to run SSH commands automatically? Just as our routers have passwords, so SSH will prompt a password (as our routers have passwords set) and was essentially trying to create a utility on the LAN device to reboot the router if connection drops (as it often does out in the field with cellular).
Hello,
Thank you for the clarification.
From your initial description, I understood that LAN devices connected to the router become unresponsive randomly, without a clear link to mobile data connection loss. However, based on your current explanation, it appears the issue is related to the router losing its mobile data connection, which then prevents remote access to LAN devices.
If that’s the case, I recommend configuring the Auto Reboot (System → Maintenance → Auto Reboot) feature on your router. This feature allows the router to automatically reboot, restart the modem, or re-establish the connection when it detects a loss of internet connectivity.
If you have additional questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out.
Best regards,
You can import the ssh public key of the calling machine in the RUT admin configuration then the router will not prompt for a password.
Something like:
ssh 192.168.1.1 "reboot"
You’ll need to ssh manually once to the router in order to accept the fingerprint.
Hi, that initial understanding was correct; the routers seem to maintain a cellular connection, and we can access/reboot them remotely but the LAN device connected to the router seems to have trouble.
I’ve created a utility already to restart the WiFi adapter on the device, but I basically wanted a way of check if no connection → restart LAN adapter → if no connection, restart router → if no connection, reboot.
Apologies if my explanation is a bit all over the place haha.
felbourse’s response seems like what I want, will test that out.
Thanks for your help.