What does "Manual reboot" mean?

[WaldemarH]

Hi guys.

I know that this has to be super obvious, but I couldn't find what this 'manual rebooting' means.

To me there are 3 types of reboots:
1. power off/on
2. short reset button press -> have pressed it and it doesn't do anything at all
3. on power reset button press -> factory reset

Thanks for the help.

Br
Waldemar

 

[ColinTaylor]

"Manual" could mean anything other that automatic. It really depends on the context and intent of the person making the statement.

Examples of an automatic reboot would be, applying a change in the router's GUI that necessitates a reboot, setting up a scheduled reboot, or a kernel crash. There's probably others that I can't think of off the top of my head.

A manual reboot would include clicking on the "Reboot" button at the top of every page of the GUI.