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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by smashing3606@feddit.online to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

I just wanted to see what other selfhosters backup emergency plan is if the primary internet router goes offline but the internet isn't out (ie a router reboot would fix the problem), leaving you without access to your stuff even via vpn.

the options I've considered so far:

  1. cellular smart plug to reboot router

I tried a ubibot smart plug (SP1) that is supposed to work with cellular, but the device or sim is bad. I'm currently troubleshooting. The problem with this one is it requires a proprietary cloud service, it's supposedly self hostable, but it's a pia to setup and their app port can't be changed easily allowing for a reverse proxy setup on VPS.

  1. the other option I am considering is cellular wifi router and a wifi smart plug connected to that device to reboot router

what other options have I overlooked? Also, specific models of devices would be helpful info from others doing this already.

TIA!

Edit: also just thought of possibly a cellular internet backup on my opnsense box, but from everything I've read that's also very involved to setup

Edit2: I've setup a homeassistant automation to reboot a zigbee smart plug if 2 external hosts are down for 15 mins, will try this out for a bit. I still need tp troubleshoot why the device goes down in General. Thanks for all the responses and ideas!

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[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How'd you send the command remotely? Radio? Via internet would seem... ironic

[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OP's example use case in the post was with the internet still being up. Building off of that yes, I'd log into the power switch remotely via the internet where I can then power cycle anything plugged into it - for me it was just to restart unresponsive desktops or whatever was plugged into it.

But you wouldn't need internet to power cycle the internet router itself by using scheduled tasks. e.g. the power switch can check that the internet router is responding to pings every x seconds/minutes and power cycle it if stops responding. (it has other checks/conditions it can use besides simple pings)

That said my own equipment rarely/never needs a reboot so in the case my network loses internet access it usually means the internet is actually down, nothing I can do about that aside from maintaining backup internet if I needed.

[–] dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Huh, but I got the idea that OP's internet wasn't still up. His router acting up would indicate to me that he'd be offline, no? And therefore any device on his LAN

[–] smashing3606@feddit.online 1 points 10 months ago

You would be correct, in my case the box itself locks up. meaning my internet from the isp is still working, but no internet inside the house. so a reboot of the device is required.