Scheduled Restarts

[Cliff McLoughlin]

Hi

Is there any way to schedule my AC68U to restart once a week or once a day? If it involves a script could you please give me a 'dummy's guide' to setting it up?

Thanks

Cliff

 

[TeHashX]

Hi

Is there any way to schedule my AC68U to restart once a week or once a day? If it involves a script could you please give me a 'dummy's guide' to setting it up?

Thanks

Cliff

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Scheduled-Reboot

 

[tsunami2311]

cat << EOF > /jffs/scripts/services-start
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/cru a ScheduledReboot "0 6 * * 4 reboot"
EOF

With putty the above will reboot the router ever Thursday at 6am

ls -l /jffs/scripts/services-start
cat /jffs/scripts/services-start

this will check if code saved and used on boot


http://www.openjs.com/scripts/jslibrary/demos/crontab.php
if you want a diffrent day/time the above will help you

 

[Cliff McLoughlin]

Thanks for the dummies guide. I'll give it a go

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[Cliff McLoughlin]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately I seem to be missing something as after over 5 days my router has not restarted.

As you can see from the screen capture (Asus Admin) I have enabled jffs scripts in Admin, System

As there were 2 very similar but slightly different options suggested I tried each individually and then both together. So currently in my /jffs/scripts folder I have init-start

and the same in services-start.

I also ran chmod a+rx /jffs/scripts/* to make the scripts executable and ls -l shows both files as having permissions -rwxrwxrwx.

What am I missing?

Thanks

Cliff

 

[Calisro]

run a "cru l" to make sure the job was added to cron.

Also after adding the to init-start, did you reboot for the cron entry to be added?

 

[Cliff McLoughlin]

Thanks Calisro

I tried that and it isn't listed. So it doesn't appear to be getting added (and yes I did reboot)

I just now tried typing

/usr/bin/cru a scheduled_reboot "0 3 * * * reboot"

into putty and then cru l it shows up.

It looks like the scripts aren't working correctly.

I just realised that both scripts have the same cru name and changed one and rebooted. Now cru l is listing both. I'll see if the router restarts tonight

Thanks for the help

 

[tsunami2311]

cat << EOF > /jffs/scripts/services-start
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/cru a ScheduledReboot "0 6 * * 4 reboot"
EOF

In putty if you typed that line for line it will reboot ever thursday at 6am, Only time i seen this not work is IF it was not typed right or if the router was deleting JFFS on boot, Which was an old bug that has been long fixed.

IF you have done my way and the way that was link before mine it might be conflicting best to delete the jobs or format the JFFS and pick one to use

I been manual imputing the above code every-time I upgrade the FW and so far it always worked

 

[Deleted member 22229]

Honestly if you need to have the router reboot every day or what ever maybe its time to consider another router that actually works for you.

 

[Calisro]

Thanks Calisro
/usr/bin/cru a scheduled_reboot "0 3 * * * reboot"

It should be /usr/sbin/cru not /usr/bin/cru

Type "which cru" and you'll see the path.

 

[Cliff McLoughlin]

Sorry I thought I had corrected that in the post. I've got it up and working now.

Thanks for the help everyone

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[MichaelR]

This old thread comes up in current Google searches for this issue, so I thought I'd comment.

The current version of the Asuswrt-Merlin firmware now has automated restarts / reboots built into the GUI. For some reason it took my eyes a long time to find it so I'll point it out. This feature is under the Advanced Settings / Administration / System tab. It is in the Miscellaneous section. See screen capture:

 

[MichaelR]

As to why reboots would be needed... I don't think I actually need them right now. But why not?

In another setting, I'm stuck with a worthless Comcast router that has to be rebooted daily to remain stable, so I've just made turning this setting on a habit...

Also - in this setting - I'm experimenting with whether or not reboots help or hinder connectivity and speed of my connection to a VPN server. Let's me connect each morning to the VPN network server that they currently think has the lowest load and is working best for my area. Looking to see if this is a good idea, or if I am better off keeping and holding indefinitely a VPN server that's proven. Of course, this is a new topic for another thread... but part of why I'm currently rebooting.