Automatically restart wireless when down

[KLineD]

Hi everyone!

I have an Asus RT-AC66R flashed with asuswrt-merlin version 380.58. Sometimes when the wireless interface is under heavy load it'll stop working altogether. It happens for instance if streaming videos and trying to use video conferencing, or copying large files between two computers in my wireless network. The same happens with stock firmware. The router is responsive and I can log in via SSH or web interface with a wired connection to the router, it's just the wireless interface that stops working. The only solution I've found so far is to reset the router.

What I would like to do is to via a user script somehow detect that the wireless network is down, and only restart the wireless interface instead of the whole router. Would this be possible, and if so, how?

Thanks in advance!

 

[peraburek]

which wireless interface you using, 2.4ghz or 5ghz or both, guest networks as well?

eth1 - Default LAN 2.4Ghz SSID
wl0.1 - 2.4Ghz Guest Network 1
wl0.2 - 2.4Ghz Guest Network 2
wl0.3 - 2.4Ghz Guest Network 3
eth2 - Default LAN 5Ghz SSID
wl1.1 - 5Ghz Guest Network 1
wl1.2 - 5Ghz Guest Network 2
wl1.3 - 5Ghz Guest Network 3

you could try to run small script and see if it helps

ifconfig eth1 down
ifconfig eth1 up
ifconfig eth2 down
ifconfig eth2 up

if it helps, you could script scheduler to do this for you

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-me...or-VPN-and-SSID-for-Regular-ISP-using-OpenVPN.

 

[KLineD]

That's exactly the information I was looking for, thanks! I'll try it out and report back.