Reboot Script for Linksys WAP200 access points

15 September 2009 By dopefish 5 In Uncategorized

Since the Linksys WAP200 has a tendency to hang and not let any users connect anymore, this little script to reboot an accesspoint (webinterface still works fine). Replace user and password with correct values.

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#!/bin/bash
 
if [[ "$#" == "1" ]]
then
nc -w1 -z $1 443
if [[ "$?" == "0" ]]
then
wget -q -O - --user=foouser --password=foopass --no-check-certificate --post-data='DeviceReboot=1&page=AdminReboot.htm' https://${1}/reboot.cgi >/dev/null
else
echo "Could not connect to https webinterface on ${1}"
fi
else
echo "Usage: $(basename $0) "
fi

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5 Comments on "Reboot Script for Linksys WAP200 access points"

Ederson Vieira
17/08/2011 at 8:40 pm Permalink

Thanks!!!!

We have 17 APs WAP200 and we have an issue with radius authentication. When we reboot everything works fine.

Discussion about this topic on https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2064010

ps.: Sorry about my english.
Ryan Schulze
17/08/2011 at 9:02 pm Permalink

Your english is fine

Thanks for the link to the topic, it actually looks promising, at least Cisco is showing interest in it. With luck we may yet get a working firmware from Cisco for the WAP200 devices.
I had started a topic while back ( https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2018682 ), but that didn’t go anywhere.
Ryan Dyer
14/02/2012 at 7:31 pm Permalink

I’m a little new to this but what do you use to execute the script?
Ryan Dyer
14/02/2012 at 7:44 pm Permalink

How would I get this to work in a Windows environment?
dopefish
14/03/2012 at 7:08 pm Permalink

sry for the late response, seems the server stopped sending me emails for new comments.

I’m not sure how to solve the problem in a windows environment. The script is written in bash to be executed from a linux host.

Basically it just opens up https://$ip_of_access_point/reboot.cgi and sends “DeviceReboot=1&page=AdminReboot.htm” as POST data. If you google for “powershell http post” there should be some useful tipps on how to build this in powershell/windows.