I'm using a Cisco Linksys WAG320N Router to connect my OS X UNIX and Linux systems to the Web. How do I reboot my Linksys WAG series router / gateway (modem) from UNIX / Linux / OS X bash command prompt or using a shell script?
The Cisco linksys series modem removed reboot option from its web interface but you can reboot the router using the following url format:
http://your-router-ip/setup.cgi?todo=reboot http://192.168.1.1/setup.cgi?todo=reboot
Sample outputs:
Fig.01: Rebooting Cisco Linksys Router / Gateway
The web interface hack works with any web browser regardless of the operating system.
Command Line Options
curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting various protocosl such as FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, RTMP and RTSP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and much more. The same tool can be used to reboot your router as follows:
curl -u 'Router-username:password' 'http://192.168.1.1/setup.cgi?todo=reboot' curl -u 'admin:Your-Password-Here' 'http://192.168.1.1/setup.cgi?todo=reboot'
Further readings:
man curl
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thanks man !,
i was looking for this exact cgi command to reboot my router from a remote location
On a italian website someone wrote a script with curl to execute shell commands on the router.
http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=2084276&page=97
I had to use this on a SPA400
username of Admin and no password, and the different path in the URL.
curl -u ‘Admin:’ ‘http://10.56.272.56/html/setup.cgi?todo=reboot’
Thanks, you saved my day
Yeah! Thanks man! That’s great…
Thanks It works perfectly on windows ;)
just change ‘ to ”
curl -u “username:password” “http://192.168.1.1/setup.cgi?todo=reboot”
How about a command to forcibly release and renew the external IP address for a Linksys E4200?
Thanks man