How to reboot TP-Link router remotely

[phoenix55]

Sometimes our TP Link TD-W8960N ADSL and wireless router at the non-profit organization office goes haywire and needs to be rebooted.

To do this currently, the office staff switch off the power at the wall (which in turn affects the server, routers, network switch and other equipment attached there) or they switch off the router itself (but in doing this they can bump or move cables in the near vicinity which causes downtime for other services).

All round not good for people to be fiddling with that sort of equipment in that manner :-(

Hopefully getting a UPS later in the year but then the router won't be rebooted even if they switch off the wall power so need another solution.

Is there a script or BAT file that can be run remotely from their computers to reboot the router when needed? The router login credentials would need to be encrypted as don't want them knowing this information, too much power to cause havoc in error ;-D

Or is there an Android App that can reboot the router remotely?

Any other ways for end-user / office staff to do this remotely and easily?

Is there a way to schedule the router to be rebooted daily at say 02h00?

 

[Orihalcon]

Can setup telnet on the router if it supports that.

 

[Pho3nix]

Bat file is your best bet albeit the credentials will be clear to see.
Alternative is dev a small app that does this using telnet.

Automatically doing this is a little hard as well because Bat files need a user to be logged in or they won't work.
@sand_man had a guide about automating router functions albeit his use-case was switching ADSL accounts. Hopefully he can post or point to his guide.

If you don't come right lemme know and I'll try help you with that app, need to start working on mine to change the user accounts

 

[feo]

Any other ways for end-user / office staff to do this remotely and easily?

Is there a way to schedule the router to be rebooted daily at say 02h00?

VPN.

PuTTy into the router and just sudo reboot.

Scheduled it can be done with a cronjob.

 

[McGuywer]

Mods,
Please merge with http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...cript-or-app-or-other?p=17944603#post17944603

 

[SauRoNZA]

Does the Router support reboot in the web config?

Then simply setup DynDNS (or if you have a static IP use that) and Remote Management. Login to the GUI and reboot?

 

[BradleyKZN]

When you say haywire what exactly do you mean?
The reason I ask is because I had a script to do the reboot on a tp-link as well, but couldnt reboot it remotely because it went haywire

 

[Napalm2880]

When you say haywire what exactly do you mean?
The reason I ask is because I had a script to do the reboot on a tp-link as well, but couldnt reboot it remotely because it went haywire

This is exactly what I was thinking. My W8968 goes haywire quite often and becomes totally unreachable. I suspect it can't handle a high number of TCP sessions (torrents) over the WiFi. Power cycle is your best bet. Just show the guys where the ON/OFF button is or how to unplug just the router.

 

[Goobie]

How about plugging the router into a timer switch that cuts power every night at 12:00 for a minute and then switching it back on. A bit crude but effective.