Restarting an Ethernet modem (ADSL) with software

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 20:31:39 UTC 2007


On 4/9/07, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> > Is there some way of restarting an Ethernet modem (ADSL) with
> > software, i.e., without switching it off and then on by hardware?
>
> This is a bit off topic for this forum (unless the modem is running Fedora).
>
> It would have been a good idea to have told us what the model and the firmware
> of the modem is. Then someone might have been able to give you a definitive
> answer. As it is, all we can say is maybe.
>
> I have a couple of adsl modems I am not using right now. One I can telnet
> into, but I don't specifically remember being able to reboot it from
> the command line. The other one has a web interface, and I think changing
> certain settings will force a reboot. If the problem you are trying to fix
> is that the modem is hung, you might not be able to issues the commands
> (if any) to get it to reboot.

Thanks, Bruno. I followed your hints and now I can reboot the modem
from its web interface.

Paul




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