I just wanted to see what other selfhosters backup emergency plan is if the primary internet router goes offline but the internet isn’t out (ie a router reboot would fix the problem), leaving you without access to your stuff even via vpn.

the options I’ve considered so far:

  1. cellular smart plug to reboot router

I tried a ubibot smart plug (SP1) that is supposed to work with cellular, but the device or sim is bad. I’m currently troubleshooting. The problem with this one is it requires a proprietary cloud service, it’s supposedly self hostable, but it’s a pia to setup and their app port can’t be changed easily allowing for a reverse proxy setup on VPS.

  1. the other option I am considering is cellular wifi router and a wifi smart plug connected to that device to reboot router

what other options have I overlooked? Also, specific models of devices would be helpful info from others doing this already.

TIA!

Edit: also just thought of possibly a cellular internet backup on my opnsense box, but from everything I’ve read that’s also very involved to setup

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    I made an 8 outlet box with relays connected to each outlet (might post a how to). That’s connected to a Pi via GPIO.

    The Pi runs PiKVM, but also has a service that:

    • Checks if the router can be pinged
    • Checks if the internet can be pinged
    • Checks if the router webUI is up

    If any of those fail, it toggles the plugs for modem and router.

    I run OpnSense on a 5V miniPC. I have a second one and will be setting up CARP, too.

    Note: Cellular backup is more involved, but a separate Cellular inbound might not be. I’ve considered putting one on the Pi above.