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rjhudak
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Sep 02, 2020

Automatic reboot

I know people have asked this question before, but no difinitive answer was ever given. How can I schedule a weekly reboot of my router? Why isn't this option in the interface? This (to me) is a pret...
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CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 02, 2020
rjhudak wrote:

I know people have asked this question before, but no difinitive answer was ever given. How can I schedule a weekly reboot of my router? Why isn't this option in the interface? This (to me) is a pretty basic function available from other routers. Anyone?

My Orbi has been up for 89 days with no issues.  "Why isn't this option in the interface?"  Nobody knows. It is not an option on my Netgear R7000 which is 10 years old.  Maybe FURRYe38 is correct that Netgear engineers think routers should "just stay on."

Sorry.