Reboot Scheduler not working?

[ABuNeNe]

Have enabled the Reboot Scheduler on my 68U but does not seem to work. Running the cru l shows one entry only. Any idea?

 

[ColinTaylor]

The GUI reboot scheduler doesn't put anything in the crontab.

 

[eibgrad]

Set up a continous ping on a WLAN/LAN client to the router, then schedule a reboot for 5 mins from NOW, then see if the ping stops in 5 mins and eventually restarts.

 

[dosborne]

Set up a continous ping on a WLAN/LAN client to the router, then schedule a reboot for 5 mins from NOW, then see if the ping stops in 5 mins and eventually restarts.

Or just look in the system log to see if it rebooted (or check the uptime)

 

[eibgrad]

^^^ Just wanted the OP to get that immediate visual feedback and warm fuzzy feeling from seeing it in real-time. Esp. since it's highly likely to be working just fine.

 

[ABuNeNe]

uptime shows more than 7 days

 

[ColinTaylor]

uptime shows more than 7 days

Did you try the suggestion in post #3, schedule a reboot for 5 mins from NOW? Your screenshot only shows it set to reboot once a week so perhaps there was a reason it missed the last time.

 

[ABuNeNe]

Did you try the suggestion in post #3, schedule a reboot for 5 mins from NOW? Your screenshot only shows it set to reboot once a week so perhaps there was a reason it missed the last time.

yes, I tried scheduled a reboot 5 mins from now and did a continuous ping and the router did not reboot.

 

[ABuNeNe]

just wondering if there a way to check why it's not working if not I could flash the latest firmware and do a factory reset

 

[ColinTaylor]

Were there any messages in the router's System Log when the time occurred?

 

[eibgrad]

FWIW, I can't get the scheduler to work either (using 386.4). And I also have the RT-AC68U. I never use the feature, so it's not something I would have noticed failing until now. I even tried UTC, still didn't work.

I did notice the following in the syslog at the time I set the new reboot time, but I don't know if it's related to this feature.

Feb 16 03:41:38 hour_monitor: daemon is starting
Feb 16 03:41:38 hour_monitor: daemon terminates

When the time was reached, nothing happened. And no messages in the syslog either.

 

[dosborne]

When was the last time you reset the router to default and configured it manually?

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Not sure if this would work, but how about create a simple cronjob to temporarily get around this?

cru a rebootrouter "0 3 * * mon reboot"

 

[thelonelycoder]

Not sure if this would work, but how about create a simple cronjob to temporarily get around this?

cru a rebootrouter "0 3 * * mon reboot"

The proper reboot command for Asuswrt-Merlin is

service reboot

or else some services are not properly shut down when rebooting.

FYI in amtm, option rs is the option to configure a scheduled reboot that is run by cron job. I included it because some users reported problems with the WebUI built in option, just as OP has.