Rebooting Routers

[jaizan]

I've set a plug in timer to reboot my Vodafone router twice a week. [This is after long term testing showing certain devices may disconnect after a few weeks]

I noticed my MotionEye Raspberry Pi stopped uploading photos after that, so this now has a plug in timer with a reboot slightly later than the Vodafone router. Past experience shows Raspberry Pis are capable of crashing anyway, so I should have a timer.

I also have an older Asus router connected to the Vodafone router. I noticed this was very slow to re-establish a LAN service after I powered off the Vodafone router to insert the timer. Long after the Vodafone wifi was working. However, the Asus did re-establish a connection at some point after the timed reboot this morning at 3:00 am.

Would it be wise to also put a timer to reboot the Asus router ? The same timer as for the Vodafone router, or one set a little later to ensure the Vodafone router is connected first ?

[Getting rid of the Asus router would be sensible, but I don't have time for extensive testing before my next holiday. So that's a job for 2025. Right now, I want a reliable result with the minimum of changes]

 

[ColinTaylor]

Repeatedly power cycling an Asus router is generally a bad idea as there's a chance it may corrupt the flash memory settings (or any attached USB devices). If you need to regularly reboot it use the software option in the webUI.

 

[Analog-1]

There is no reason you should have to keep rebooting. Take the time and figure out what is causing your issues.

 

[jaizan]

Repeatedly power cycling an Asus router is generally a bad idea as there's a chance it may corrupt the flash memory settings (or any attached USB devices). If you need to regularly reboot it use the software option in the webUI.

Thank you. I've enabled the software reboot scheduler on the Asus.

I cannot find a software reboot option on the Vodafone router, so that remains with a plug in timer.

There is no reason you should have to keep rebooting. Take the time and figure out what is causing your issues.

In principle, I agree.
However, checking the data, as far as I can tell, my Vodafone router has only had the problem once in the last two months. At that time, rebooting the router fixed the problem.

Troubleshooting a problem which occurs once every two months is difficult AND unfortunately, I don't have time to prove I've fixed the problem before my next holiday. I want the system to work when I am away.

However, I am thinking that one power cycle of the Vodafone router per week will be sufficient & a software cycle of the Asus router.

 

[Ripshod]

Thank you. I've enabled the software reboot scheduler on the Asus.

I cannot find a software reboot option on the Vodafone router, so that remains with a plug in timer.



In principle, I agree.
However, checking the data, as far as I can tell, my Vodafone router has only had the problem once in the last two months. At that time, rebooting the router fixed the problem.

Troubleshooting a problem which occurs once every two months is difficult AND unfortunately, I don't have time to prove I've fixed the problem before my next holiday. I want the system to work when I am away.

However, I am thinking that one power cycle of the Vodafone router per week will be sufficient & a software cycle of the Asus router.

If your not bothered about the digital voice service and have fttp, why not just get rid of the vodafone router altogether and stick with the (much better) asus? Even if you're reliant on the digital voice there is a way to use it without the vodafone router.

 

[jaizan]

If your not bothered about the digital voice service and have fttp, why not just get rid of the vodafone router altogether and stick with the (much better) asus? Even if you're reliant on the digital voice there is a way to use it without the vodafone router.

I have FTTP. I don't use digital voice.
The Asus router is an old AC model, so whether it is much better or not is another question.

[I bought a "good" Asus AX router & had that as my sole router for a while. However, it kept dropping 2.4 GHz connections. There are many posts on this on the internet. After trying all of the ideas, I returned this to the seller, as recommended by Asus.
A single router is on my agenda, but not until well into 2025, as I don't have time now.]