wireless_schedule
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Wireless Schedule via Crontab
Introduction
To disable the wireless users at a specific time during the day…say 10:45am-1:00pm you can use this how-to
Edit Crontab file
SSH into your router with putty or winSCP
edit /etc/crontabs/root
Add these example lines
<shell> 30 22 * * * wifi down 30 6 * * * wifi up </shell>
To enable new the schedule either reboot the router or run <shell> /etc/init.d/cron stop </shell> <shell> /etc/init.d/cron start </shell>
Crontab syntax
minute (0-59), hour (0-23, 0 = midnight), day (1-31), month (1-12), weekday (0-6, 0 = Sunday)
Turn wifi off at 10:30pm <shell> 30 22 * * * wifi down </shell>
Turn wifi on at 6:30pm <shell> 30 6 * * * wifi up </shell>
wireless_schedule.1323763793.txt.gz · Last modified: 2011/12/13 08:09 by ispyisail
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