Schedule "Restart Firewall" on GL-MT300N-V2

meetsang · February 6, 2021, 11:43am

Is there a way to schedule “Restart Firewall” on GL-MT300N-V2?

Johnex · February 6, 2021, 12:27pm

You can use Cron:

Together with:

/etc/init.d/firewall reload

meetsang · February 7, 2021, 6:15pm

Just set it up using that guide. Thank you!!
For newbies like me, here is a step-by-step guide:

Use this link to SSH using command prompt. You will need your root password. [OpenWrt Wiki] SSH access for newcomers
Use this link to go into crontab editor and enter your lines: [OpenWrt Wiki] Scheduling tasks with cron. Basically these are steps:

ssh root@192.168.1.1 to SSH, make sure to set the routers IP there. Enter password in the next command and you will be inside.
crontab -e This will open vi editor.
Enter this on vi editor:
# Run firewall reload at 1 am
0 1 * * * /etc/init.d/firewall reload
Press Esc to come out of vi editor and press :w to save the file. Again press Esc and press :q to quiit.
Last restart cron job by: /etc/init.d/cron restart

meetsang · February 8, 2021, 3:48pm

Just noticed the GUI also allowed setting up crons: