Schedule reboot on if connection to specific Wi-Fi is down

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My OpenWrt router is connected to a Huwaei Sun2000 inverter as a client on 2.4Ghz radio, as a client.

Add iptables rules to survive boot

[image] [image] Is this correct? and for second rules, if we follow SNAT [image] and in case of MASQUERADING [image] I am doing it write or anything wrong?

Connect to Huwaei SUN2000 inverter using fiber modem

adding these rules from ssh(I had to break the No command-line rules) partially fixed the issue. Even though I made a mistake in the first rule, my router IP wasn't correct. iptables -I PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d 192.168.1.24 --dport 6607 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.200.1:6607 iptables -I POSTROUTING -t nat -d 192.168.200.1 -p tcp --dport 6607 -j MASQUERADE Now, wlcrs integration is working fine, there are no dropouts as of in the last one hour [image] but I can't ping the inverter fr…

Since installing the USB and NTFS package, I have had a strange issue, whenever there is a power outage and after power is restored, the connection to the inverter is lost. Restarting the router or even restarting the 2.4Ghz radio ( from the network -- wireless -- restart ) fixes the issues.
Issue

restart button

fixed issue

My OpenWRT router is connected to a UPS, which means it doesn't lose any power during blackouts.

so there any way to restart automatically the 2.4Ghz radio only if the connection to the Inverter is lost?

This is how it looks like in Homeassistant

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Watchcat - network watchdog utility

[KOA]

It seems to be the answer to my problem. what might be the issue though? this wasn't the case before installing USB-Kmod and NTFS.

Found a video on its usage in Indonesian, but I can get the idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnPhWTBXw6c

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@KOA

this wasn't the case before installing USB-Kmod and NTFS.

They don't seem to be connected to your problem.

@KOA

Found a video on its usage in Indonesian, but I can get the idea.

There are not so many options and they are self explanatory. You may want to go with restart_iface and ping the inverter at a high frequency, while keeping a ping_reboot as a backup at a lower frequency.

[KOA]

I am using these settings, are these fine or should I modify them?

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Looks good, now create a second one to reboot the router if there is no response for say 20 minutes.

[KOA]

Power outages/ Blackouts happen for 60mins each time. can't set a lower value than 65mins.

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You know best. I gave an example.

[KOA]

I came up with new math,
Ping every 20mins, restart interface if no reply for 1h/60mins. So there will be a total of 3 pings every 20mins after which the interface will be restarted in case of load shedding/ blackouts. It will be put to test for the next 24-48H, let's see what happens.

/etc/config/watchcat

config watchcat
	option mode 'restart_iface'
	option period '1h'
	option pinghosts '192.168.200.1'
	option pingperiod '20m'
	option pingsize 'standard'
	option interface 'wlan0'
	option mmifacename 'wlan'

[KOA]

how can I check in Status --- System logs
when was the interface was restarted?
I could only find this line.

Fri Jul  1 12:06:15 2022 daemon.info watchcat[742]: Could not reach 192.168.200.1 via "wlan0" for "1200" seconds. Restarting "wlan0" after reaching "3600" seconds

I think I have answered it.
Only found one instance of it. at least it survived the first instance of load-shedding / Black-outs.

Edit: a WLAN restart will look like this

Sat Jul  2 00:26:16 2022 user.notice INFO: Restarting network interface: "wlan0".

which was preceded by this

Sat Jul  2 00:06:15 2022 daemon.info watchcat[742]: Could not reach 192.168.200.1 via "wlan0" for "3600" seconds. Restarting "wlan0" after reaching "3600" seconds
Sat Jul  2 00:06:15 2022 user.notice INFO: Reconnecting modem: "wlan" now.
Sat Jul  2 00:06:15 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wlan' is disabled
Sat Jul  2 00:06:15 2022 daemon.notice netifd: Interface 'wlan' is enabled

[KOA]

How to solve this problem i.e reboot an ISP's modem from OpenWrt's watchcat or something similar?

Is there a way to run a browser window within HA?