Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 0:46 Post subject: QoS Cron Script.
Hello all, long time reader first time poster. I am having a problem with QoS breaking after about 20 mins of use. I would like to paste a simple Cron script into the Admin page to restart Qos every 15 mins. Would this be possible? I'm a noob to the Cron section so I have no idea how to make a script to do this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 7:35 Post subject:
on what router what firmware number
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I have a Linksys EA6900 with Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r51288 std. Qos works great for about 20 mins then stops. I have tried using:
*/10 * * * * root stopservice wshaper
*/10 * * * * root startservice wshaper
but it doesn't seems to restart QoS. Not sure if wshaper is the service handle I should be using. If I manually disable then re-enable Qos through the Ui it starts working again for about 20 mins. I'd like to automate this with Cron if I can.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:27 Post subject:
BackOffJack wrote:
but it doesn't seems to restart QoS. Not sure if wshaper is the service handle I should be using. If I manually disable then re-enable Qos through the Ui it starts working again for about 20 mins. I'd like to automate this with Cron if I can.
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but it doesn't seems to restart QoS. Not sure if wshaper is the service handle I should be using. If I manually disable then re-enable Qos through the Ui it starts working again for about 20 mins. I'd like to automate this with Cron if I can.
Looks as if you are trying to stop and restart wshaper service at the same time? Is that format correct?
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but it doesn't seems to restart QoS. Not sure if wshaper is the service handle I should be using. If I manually disable then re-enable Qos through the Ui it starts working again for about 20 mins. I'd like to automate this with Cron if I can.
Looks as if you are trying to stop and restart wshaper service at the same time? Is that format correct?
I have tried spacing out the start and stop of wshaper to give it time for the settings to take but it does not work. Do you happen to know what command would produce the same result as enable/disable Qos in the Ui?
you should rather look for the cause of the problem instead of trying to automate something defective.
Absolutely, this is correct.
blkt wrote:
Configuration details would help for others to reproduce otherwise use newest build then reconfigure from scratch.
Without OP's specific QoS settings and any other related router settings, no identifying the root cause or solutions.
Finally got some time tonight to work on the router, turns out there's an NVRAM bug on the ea6900 series of routers. Only allows 32kb to be used. I ended up flashing a new CFE I downloaded from the FreshTomato website. Seems to have fixed the QoS issue. I still wouldn't mind knowing what cron command would produce the same result as enable/disable QoS in the ui.
