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Restart WiFi in Raspberry PI when connection drops
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create a new file /usr/local/bin/restart_wifi.sh | |
and put below script in it. | |
ping -c4 192.168.1.1 > /dev/null | |
if [ $? != 0 ] | |
then | |
echo "No network connection, restarting wlan0" | |
sudo systemctl daemon-reload | |
sleep 5 | |
sudo systemctl restart dhcpcd | |
fi | |
then | |
Now make it executable: | |
sudo chmod 775 /usr/local/bin/restart_wifi.sh | |
Then add it to a crontab | |
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/sudo -H /usr/local/bin/restart_wifi.sh >> /dev/null 2>&1 | |
This command will check every 5 minute if wifi is stopped or not. | |
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