Another way to remote-reboot?

[JaimeZX]

Hey all - hopefully easy question. I'm remote-managing my in-laws' AC86U through a VPN server. Problem is, I can't SSH in right now, with the system log in the GUI saying "dropbear: resource temporarily unavailable. vfork: resource temporarily available."

The obvious solution is to reboot the router, but the "Reboot" button in the GUI isn't working, and although I have a weekly scheduled reboot, I see the system uptime is 63 days, so that's not working either.

Before I ask old people to find the box behind their TV and locate the tiny power button, anyone else have an idea regarding rebooting from 2000 miles away?

 

[dave14305]

Another way to trigger a reboot is to change the USB mode on the Administration / System page. But I expect the router won’t react to the reboot request anyway. But it might be worth a shot.

 

[JaimeZX]

Yeah unfortunately that didn't work. Fortunately the phone-enabled manual reboot was successful. Thanks!