So my wireless router is aging and sometimes it stops transmitting a wireless signal after arbitrary lengths of time. One way to restart the signal is to turn off all the power to the router and hard-reset essentially. Another is going into its web-portal and reapplying its settings which restarts the router. Doing that forces the router to restart in-order to apply the new settings.
Then my question is how would I go about make a script/automated process I could execute to do this without having to launch up a web-browser or even better detect if there's no signal and automatically go do the restart procedures. It'd need to login to the router, navigate to a specific page and click apply settings.
Reason I want to do this well really for convenience for other household people using the internet wifi so I don't have to go and manually restart it every time. The router is a Netgear WGR614 and the computer is using Windows 7. Thanks everyone.
[url]http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database[/url]
Flash it with DD WRT, if it doesn't fix your wireless issues you can write scripts to reboot it every so often
Ahh okay thanks for the link and the information.
Did you even try changing wireless channels?
Instead of treating the symptom with an necessary action, you should try some basic wireless troubleshooting first.
It could also be overheating. Many routers today suffer from shitty design, and the only cure is modifications.
I have tried changing wireless channels and the B and G thing to different modes. They seem to work but not in the long run. But I guess I can do it again for good measure.
The WGR614 is a really old model, and we've had it for quite a long time maybe 04?. So I wouldn't be surprised if it's hardware is failing. There was a phase where it worked fantastically of course, just started degrading recently over the last few months.
Thanks for the input I'll test it more thoroughly again.
Wireless transceivers and transceivers in general don't last forever, they eventually wear out and start to have signal problems as they age. Some manufacturers will intentionally overdrive the transceiver in a router to get extra range/performance, further reducing the life of it.
Overheating is another issue, since most people don't want fans in their discrete routers making noise, and most manufacturers are too cheap to put at least a heatsink on some of the hottest parts. Though since you said the problem has been progressive, it's most likely the router is just wearing out.
yeah that is relatively old as far as routers go drop DD-WRT on it and see if that fixes it's problems if not I'd just pick up a new router. I had a WRT54G V2 that lasted way longer than it should of due to me popping open the case Jtagging it and running DD-WRT and dropping a 80mm fan on top of the case
Also if it's an adsl modem/router combo, restarting it too often can cause your adsl speed to be reduced by the DSLAM in the exchange as it thinks that the signal is patchy and reduces speed to increase stability.
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