Appropriate User scripts AFTER a wireless client is connected?

[Asad Ali]

Hey guys I want to run a scripts AFTER a wireless client is connected to the router on reboot so what user script will be appropriate for it? I tested with wan-start but it seems it runs way too early.

 

[Asad Ali]

Or should I just use the "sleep" command?

 

[ColinTaylor]

There is no event-driven script associated with a wireless client connecting to the router. The best you can do is create a process that continuously pings/scans/polls the device until it becomes active.

 

[Asad Ali]

There is no event-driven script associated with a wireless client connecting to the router. The best you can do is create a process that continuously pings/scans/polls the device until it becomes active.

I can't do that because my script is for restarting the router if it doesn't connect with the wireless client so a ping condition will put it in an infinite loop.

I believe a "sleep" command is my only option.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I can't do that because my script is for restarting the router if it doesn't connect with the wireless client so a ping condition will put it in an infinite loop.

It sounds like it would go into an infinite boot loop anyway if the client couldn't connect (e.g. was turned off, damaged or removed).

 

[Asad Ali]

It sounds like it would go into an infinite boot loop anyway if the client couldn't connect (e.g. was turned off, damaged or removed).

Yes, there's still a risk for that but the wireless client is a Smart Plug switched on 24/7/365 so there's almost a zero chance that the client will turn off.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Yes, there's still a risk for that but the wireless client is a Smart Plug switched on 24/7/365 so there's almost a zero chance that the client will turn off.

What is the objective here? What is the interaction between the router and the smart plug that requires you to reboot the router? Can you not just restart the wireless instead?

 

[Asad Ali]

What is the objective here?

I need to troubleshoot a different problem I'm facing and that's just a temporary workaround to keep my network alive.

The issue I need to diagnose is on my AX-88U (384.14 but I faced this issue on 384.13 as well) I randomly lose all wifi connections and lose WAN link as well and router somewhat falls in a halted state and only gets fixes after a reboot, so the objective here is to issue a service start_reboot command if the Smart Plug wireless link drops.

 

[Martineau]

Hey guys I want to run a scripts AFTER a wireless client is connected to the router on reboot so what user script will be appropriate for it? I tested with wan-start but it seems it runs way too early.

Could you not exploit the dnsmasq

dhcp-script=

so you could detect @boot the fact that a specifc MAC has been assigned an IP address?

 

[Asad Ali]

Could you not exploit the dnsmasq

dhcp-script=

so you could detect @boot the fact that a specifc MAC has been assigned an IP address?

I'm using manual IP assignments for my devices so the device always gets assigned the same IP pretty early @boot even if it's not yet connected to the router.

What I end up doing is add a cronjob to run every minute and see if the client replies to ping, if yes all is well and if not it issues a service start_reboot command.

In any case, it's just a temporary workaround to keep my network up and running until I don't find the actual cause of why the router hangs like this.