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  • solrize@lemmy.mltoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldemergency remote access
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    6 days ago

    You have to say what your installation is like. If it’s typical consumer cable modem crap that locks up and needs a power cycle now and then, the simplest approach might just be to add a remote power cycle mechanism:

    https://www.adafruit.com/product/2935

    isn’t the cheapest but it’s nicely packaged. That’s just a switchable power strip, so yes you’d need some kind of cellular internet or meshtastic or something to operate it if you want to do it manually, or else just have something automatically power cycle the router if it notices the internet down for more than 3 minutes or something.

    In the more serious case where your box is at a data center, you generally open a ticket with the data center and ask them to reboot the box (“remote hands”). Sometimes they will do that for free, other times they charge you.