/router-rebooter

Script for automatic reboot of a WiFi router

Primary LanguagePython

Router-Rebooter

I use a neighbor's wifi router sometimes it crashes, but solve problems with unstable Internet I need to restart the router. The problem is that physically I do not have access to the router because my neighbor lives in another apartment, therefore I cannot restart the physical router. But I can also reboot the router inside the wifi point network, which I do. But it happens that the router, either because of the heavy load of the network, or because of the power supply, stops giving signs of life for 2-3 hours, which is critical for me, and I cannot restart the router inside the network, because the router is not working. In this case, I solved this problem by turning off all electricity from the neighbor, so the Wi-Fi router turned off, turned on itself, and could continue to work. But I got tired of manually turning off the lights every time, and sometimes I forgot to restart the router manually. Therefore, I decided to write a script that entered the router's control panel for me and rebooted itself several times a day. And I will run the script inside the docker container on my home server that runs inside the wifi network of the neighbor.

I have not tested the script for other versions and models of routers, but everything works for my neighbor's wifi router:

Router information

  • Router model: TL-WR841N / TL-WR841ND
  • Firmware version: 3.15.9 Build 140625 Rel.64271n
  • Hardware version: WR841N v9 00000000

Technologies used

  • Python 3.8
  • Selenium==3.141.0
  • Chromedriver
  • Docker

How to run

For the script to work, you just need to run the docker container. The automatic reboot of the router occurs every 2 hours via crontab. To change the start time of the script see the crontab file.

$ git clone https://github.com/Zoxon470/router-rebooter && cd router-rebooter
$ docker build -t rebooter .
$ docker run -d --name rebooter rebooter
$ docker logs -f rebooter # See logs for rebooting router

Environments

Name Value Description
ROUTER_URL http://192.168.0.1/ URL for router admin panel
ROUTER_LOGIN admin Login for admin account
ROUTER_ADMIN admin Password for admin account

Example running docker container via environments

docker run -d -e ROUTER_URL=http://192.168.0.1/ -e ROUTER_LOGIN=admin -e ROUTER_PASSWORD=admin --name rebooter rebooter