Force router reset while away
I have 2 Nest (brand) security cams in the S&B which are Wifi to my Linksys router WRT120N. This router has a bad habit of dropping the wifi connection every now and then, which means the cams go off...
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One of the things that might get you is if you are also shutting down the modem, its possible that when it wakes up it will acquire a different IP address and that could cause loss external control with the cameras. When my cameras reset the first thing they do is send me their new IP and its a simple matter of changing the viewer IP in the iPhone.
Ive never understood why it is that routers start to lock-up a few years down the road, even after FW updates, etc., but its a well known fact that it happens.. I have probably 5 in the garage now, including 2 Linksys. You might consider replacing that router before you take off, just because..
To the timer: We did this on a remote radio site with a cranky WRT54. Used a digital timer that would shut it and the other gear down on Sunday night around 3AM and wake the entire pile up fresh.
Ive never understood why it is that routers start to lock-up a few years down the road, even after FW updates, etc., but its a well known fact that it happens.. I have probably 5 in the garage now, including 2 Linksys. You might consider replacing that router before you take off, just because..
To the timer: We did this on a remote radio site with a cranky WRT54. Used a digital timer that would shut it and the other gear down on Sunday night around 3AM and wake the entire pile up fresh.
