workaround when wan is down

[andresmorago]

Hello

I’m having frequent and long WAN dropouts from my ISP. This of course, is causing my Wi-Fi mobile devices to be connected to the Wi-Fi and not having internet even if they have a data plan active.
I know apple has a Wi-Fi assist option which I would like very much not to use.

Is it possible to create a script so When wan is down, the router either disables wlan or stops providing ip services to the wireless devices?

Thanks

 

[bearever]

Hello

I’m having frequent and long WAN dropouts from my ISP. This of course, is causing my Wi-Fi mobile devices to be connected to the Wi-Fi and not having internet even if they have a data plan active.
I know apple has a Wi-Fi assist option which I would like very much not to use.

Is it possible to create a script so When wan is down, the router either disables wlan or stops providing ip services to the wireless devices?

Thanks

This is a good script — it restarts wan service when ISP is down - https://www.snbforums.com/threads/need-a-script-that-auto-reboot-if-internet-is-down.43819/


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[Martineau]

Is it possible to create a script so When wan is down, the router either disables wlan or stops providing ip services to the wireless devices?

The simple solution would be to turn off the radios,

radio off

change the SSIDs (to something that wouldn't invite curiosity) then restart the radios.

radio on

Hopefully when the radios are turned OFF, the connected WiFi devices will instantly disconnect, and when the radios are turned back ON, the WiFi devices will no longer find their preferred SSID in range so will stay on their 3G/4G data plan.