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| - | ==== to do ==== | + | ==== Raspberry Pi Dropping of Wireless Network |
| - | wireless dropping out on ntp server. I need to document this, I found my raspberry Pi Zero, that is using the official Raspberry Pi Wireless Dongle drops off the wireless network after around a week. Only a reboot gets it back (as I have no keyb/mouse connected) so I figured just using Cron to reboot the thing every 24 hours will be a suitable work around. | + | I found my raspberry Pi Zero, that is using the official Raspberry Pi Wireless Dongle drops off the wireless network after around a week. Only a reboot gets it back (as I have no keyb/mouse connected) so I figured just using Cron to reboot the thing every 24 hours will be a suitable work around. |
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| - | Will document the Cron command here. | ||
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| To use cron (should already be installed): | To use cron (should already be installed): | ||
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| sudo crontab -e (reboots require super user rights) | sudo crontab -e (reboots require super user rights) | ||
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| Insert the following line: | Insert the following line: | ||
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| Explanation: | Explanation: | ||
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| minute hour dayOfMonth Month dayOfWeek commandToRun | minute hour dayOfMonth Month dayOfWeek commandToRun | ||
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| so the line | so the line | ||
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| would reboot your system every day at 00:00. | would reboot your system every day at 00:00. | ||
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| - | + | Use Ctrl+X, Y, Enter. This will save and exit crontab (if using nano) | |
| - | Ctrl+X, Y, Enter should get you out of crontab (if using nano) | + | \\ |
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| - | Note: you might have to run crontab -e as root, because shutdown needs root. | + | |
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