Purpose:
Check for an internet connection and if there is not one, open the router web ui and 'press' the reboot buttom.
Requirements:
This solution is built for a Netgear C7800 modem / router but could be used for any Netgear router with the same ui. (e.g., my previous Netgear router had the same ui)
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Run pip install -r requirements from the folder you installed Reboot_Router to install the required python packages.
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Download and install firefox geckodriver if you do not already have it installed on your machine. Follow the instructions here: https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
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Create a file named 'params.ini' in your directory and populate it like this:
[Defaults] Gecko_Path: full path to the firefox geck driver executable User_Name: user name usually set as admin Password: your router password -
Create a windows "autocheck.bat" file and populate it like this:
@echo off cd 'full path to where reboot router is installed' python main.py >> routercheck.log -
Add a scheduler task in Windows to run the autocheck.bat file every 15 minutes.
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(Optional): Your log files may grow to be large so you could also create and schedule a windows cleanlog.bat file and populate it as follows:
@echo off cd 'full path to where reboot router is installed' for /f %%a in ('powershell -Command "Get-Date -format yyyy_MM_dd__HH_mm_ss"') do set datetime=%%a copy routercheck.log %datetime%_Backup_routercheck.log break>routercheck.log copy geckodriver.log %datetime%_Backup_geckodriver.log break>geckodriver.log rem delete older logs - keep last 4 weeks for /f "skip=8 eol=: delims=" %%F in ('dir /b /o-d /a-d 2*.log') do @del "%%F"