My buddy’s wifi constantly goes in and out. Signing in 5 times might get you nice internet speed for a couple minutes, then the speed will go to effectively zero.
The router is in a locked bedroom with the owner of the house out of town. I tried different IP addresses and default Motorola passwords, and I got in. Can I reboot the router with a software command? Is this a usual function? I’ve been through the different pages of options, and I can’t find how.
When I was living in an apartment with a few other people and the router in one of the (locked) bedrooms, if it locked up, I just flipped the breaker for their room. They never did figure out why their clocks were always flashing.
So, just flip the breaker for that room and hope there isn’t anything that’s going to be annoyed by getting power cycled on a regular basis.
I posted this and then almost immediately found this page. This will remotely reboot the router, and not cause something else that I’m not anticipating, right?
You could certainly give it a shot. Since it’s telling you that you need to do that to make your changes take effect, it’s not going to reset everything to factory defaults if that’s what you’re worried about.
They do also make IP addressable Power Strips which are specifically designed for rebooting hardware, but that’s only going to work in cases where your internet is funky but the router is still working well enough that your intranet is still up and running.
Also, if this is common and your roommate doesn’t want to move the router to a common area, you might be able to convince him to run an extension cord out, under the door and plug it in to a hallway outlet.
But I’ll bet the reboot button works (unless it’s the modem that needs to be reset).
Good point about the modem. I think this is one of those boxes with the chips and firmware for modem, router, and gateway. Would the software button reboot only the router chip? That didn’t occur to me.
Hard to say from here. I’d imagine the entire thing essentially power cycles. I’d suggest just clicking the button and seeing what happens. Your internet/intranet connection should drop for a second and be back up and running as soon as they get new IP addresses from the router and it re-establishes an internet connection. I would imagine it has the same effect as unplugging it and plugging it back in.