mikostn/bash-network-repair-automation

This bash script checks for wireless internet connection and, if it is failing, tries to fix it

Raspberry Pi (and Linux) Wifi Repair Automation

This bash script checks for wireless internet connection and, if it is failing, tries to fix it.

Prerequisites

• Download and install requirements:
  sudo apt-get install ifupdown fping -y

How to use

• Clone (or download) this repo locally:
  git clone https://github.com/ltpitt/bash-network-repair-automation.git
• Edit your root user's crontab:
  sudo crontab -e
• This line will execute the check every minute. Please customize the script path according to the folder where you cloned the repo:
  * * * * * /yourpath/network_check.sh
• If you also want to reboot in case wifi is not working after the fix uncomment the required lines in the code (you'll find a detailed explanation in the script comments):
  nano network_check.sh
• If you want to perform automatic repair fsck in case of reboot (this is the last possible recovery action) remember to uncomment fsck autorepair editing rcS with the following command:
  sudo nano /etc/default/rcS

Bonus - Push notifications / Email

If you want to add push or email notifications when your network is restored please check my other repo, Simple Notifications

Release History

• 0.0.2
  • Refactored in order to remove tmp files and preserve Raspberry's SD card
• 0.0.1
  • First working version using tmp files to keep count of the network check retries

Meta

Davide Nastri – @pitto – d.nastri@gmail.com

Distributed under the GPL license. See LICENSE for more information.

Bash Wifi Network Repair Script

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/ltpitt/bash-network-repair-automation/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request