My previous post was about writing a script to automatically reset a cable modem when the Internet dies. My cable modem goes nuts from time to time and needs to be reset to get the Internet connection back. This isn’t that big a deal, in fact it’s not an uncommon problem to have; but, I do access services running at home remotely and I’d like to have it set up to fix itself whenever this happens.
As noted in my previous post, I discovered that my particular cable modem has a web interface and you can reset it from the web interface. However, I’ve already discovered instances where it’s gone crazy and does not respond to the http reset command, requiring a full power cycle to get things back in order. Also, some people may not be able to reset the modem from the web interface, so this new method will help them out as well.