How to schedule cron job for WiFi on/off

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Crawley
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:53    Post subject: How to schedule cron job for WiFi on/off Reply with quote
Hi all,

I have a very simple problem but can't seem to get it right.

I'd like to switch on/off the radio at certain times via cron, e.g. switch it off while I'm at work and while I'm asleep.

In which files do I need to place what cron line with the "wl radio off" command to switch the radio off, say, each day at 1am?

Thanks for the info,
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:26    Post subject: Reply with quote
you can do that using GUI. Look under wireless/advanced section
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 21:18    Post subject: How to schedule radio on/off differently on weekends Reply with quote
Is there any way to schedule the on/off times of the WiFi radio differently on weekdays and weekends? I know the UI doesn't allow it, but maybe it can be scripted somehow?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 23:57    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can't do it in the GUI. But you can do it with cron jobs.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 23:22    Post subject: Reply with quote
@infusion: I've never used cron before; is it exceedingly difficult? Could you give me a nudge in the right direction? If I were to see a script which turns the radio on/off on a particular weekday, I can extrapolate the rest with a little research.

Thanks for answering!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
You should use 2 scripts.

wloff.sh
Code:
wl radio off

wlon.sh
Code:
wl radio on


Then, in the startup or the command line (to turn off wireless on saturday and to turn it back on monday):

echo '0 0 * * 6 root /mmc/wloff.sh' >> /tmp/crontab
echo '0 0 * * 1 root /mmc/wlon.sh' >> /tmp/crontab

In the example, the scripts are stored in mmc. You can adapt it for your needs.
Hope it helps.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 16:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you very much, I'll look into it and let you know!
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 18:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
this is way easy in the gui on v24

go to the admin /management tab

under cron, click "enabled"

under "additonal cron jobs" enter your jobs

to follow infusion's example

0 0 * * 6 root wl radio off
0 0 * * 1 root wl radio on

click "apply" then "reboot router"

that's IT !


(FYI what this does is store the commands in an nvram variable named cron_jobs, which gets written to /tmp/cron.d/cron_jobs at startup).

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 21:52    Post subject: cron unravelled (?) Reply with quote
If I researched cron correctly, this is what I'm going to use (I'll try it tonight or tomorrow):

echo '0 3 * * 0,6 root /mmc/wloff.sh' >> /tmp/crontab
echo '0 9 * * 0,6 root /mmc/wlon.sh' >> /tmp/crontab
echo '0 2 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /mmc/wloff.sh' >> /tmp/crontab
echo '0 7 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /mmc/wlon.sh' >> /tmp/crontab
echo '0 10 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /mmc/wloff.sh' >> /tmp/crontab
echo '0 19 * * 1,2,3,4,5 root /mmc/wlon.sh' >> /tmp/crontab

This is to have WiFi disabled Saturday and Sunday from 3 AM to 9 AM (when I'm sure to be out of it), and on weekdays from 2 AM to 7 AM (ditto) and from 10 AM to 7 PM (when I'm at work). I suppose home office days and holidays will be a problem, but I'll try to figure something out.

Thanks, guys!
Leandro
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 22:12    Post subject: Reply with quote
Leandro


Here's your jobs in the GUI on the administration \management tab :


just enable, enter jobs, apply, reboot



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 22:23    Post subject: Reply with quote
Leandro --

You can also use the front button on your router (if you have one) to toggle the radio on/off outside of your cron schedule

that's done on the services page

you need to select and apply, and probably reboot,



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanksfor the tip dicksons.
I think your way is the best way to do it. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks, dicksons, that seems like the easiest way. However, I'm still on v23, and I don't have those options. However, I added it to the firewall script (I read that the startup script was broken in this version), and it gets added OK to crontab.

Too lazy to test now, so I'll just wait until the specified timeframe to see if it turns off.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:23    Post subject: Not working Reply with quote
Hey, guys. Based on the "cron" post on the Wiki, I added "stopservice cron && startservice cron" to the script. The script seems to be working, because the /tmp/crontab file has all my added lines. However, the radio isn't getting turned on/off ever. What am I missing? Am I using the wrong crontab file?

Thanks.
Leandro
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 0:08    Post subject: Help with last part! Reply with quote
Hello all,

I need some assistance with my startup script.

All cmds are running just fine but not the last one, it doesn't want to run the last sector "Execute input CRONTAB jobs", what am I missing???

Here is the script, very basic but it will do what I need it to do as the GUI cron bugs if I enter more then 3 lines!

#!/bin/sh

###Create ON OFF scripts###
touch /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_off.sh
chmod +x /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_off.sh
echo "#!/bin/sh" > /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_off.sh
echo /sbin/ifconfig ath0 down >> /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_off.sh

touch /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh
chmod +x /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh
echo "#!/bin/sh" > /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh
echo /sbin/ifconfig ath0 up >> /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh
echo /sbin/reboot >> /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh

touch /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_off.sh
chmod +x /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_off.sh
echo "#!/bin/sh" > /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_off.sh
echo /sbin/ifconfig ath1 down >> /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_off.sh

touch /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_on.sh
chmod +x /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_on.sh
echo "#!/bin/sh" > /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_on.sh
echo /sbin/ifconfig ath1 up >> /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_on.sh
echo /sbin/reboot >> /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_on.sh

###Create CRONTAB script###
touch /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
chmod +x /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "#!/bin/sh" > /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '0 22 * * 0-4 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_off.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '0 7 * * 0-4 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '30 00 * * 5,6 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_off.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '0 8 * * 5,6 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath0_on.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '0 22 * * 0-4 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_off.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '0 10 * * 5,6 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_on.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
echo "echo '30 00 * * 5,6 root /tmp/root/wifi_ath1_off.sh' >> /tmp/crontab" >> /tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh

###Execute input CRONTAB jobs###
/tmp/root/crontab_jobs.sh
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