MR1100 fails to reestablish the connection after the hang up

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mjeddajev wrote:

Mexoh1To7k, Could you please help me at least with the new script? 

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Sure.

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
This scripts monitors the MR1100 to re-enable Data automatically.
This is useful with operators that use PPP and which systematically disconnect
users after a certain period of time.

Works with firmware 12.06.08.00
"""

import requests
import json
import time
import datetime
import sys

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("Usage: {} <IP> <ADMIN_PASSWORD>".format(sys.argv[0]))
    sys.exit(1)

ip = sys.argv[1]
pwd = sys.argv[2]
timeout = 2

url_base = "http://{}".format(ip)
url_session = "{}/sess_cd_tmp".format(url_base)
url_js_token = "{}/api/model.json".format(url_base)
url_config = "{}/Forms/config".format(url_base)
url_json = "{}/api/model.json".format(url_base)
url_json_success = "{}/success.json".format(url_base)
url_success = "{}/index.html".format(url_base)

def login(r):
    try:
        api = r.get(url_js_token, timeout=timeout).text
    except:
        print("Failed to connect to router")
        return

    try:
        api = json.loads(api)
        global token
        token = api['session']['secToken']
    except:
        print("Failed to fetch authentification token")
        return

    data = {
        'token': token,
        'err_redirect': '/index.html?loginfailed',
        'ok_redirect': '/index.html',
        'session.password': pwd,
    }

    try:
        redirect_url = r.post(url_config, data=data, timeout=timeout).url
        if redirect_url == url_success:
            return True
        else:
            print("Failed to authenticate, incorrect password?")
            return
    except:
        print("Router failed to respond to authentication challenge")
        return


def get_status(r):
    try:
        json_model = json.loads(r.get(url_json, timeout=10).text)
        status = json_model['wwan']['connection']
        return status
    except:
        print("Cannot retrieve connection status")


def reconnect(r):
    disconnect = {
        'token': token,
        'err_redirect': '/error.json',
        'ok_redirect': '/success.json',
        'wwan.autoconnect': 'Never',
    }
    connect = {
        'token': token,
        'err_redirect': '/error.json',
        'ok_redirect': '/success.json',
        'wwan.autoconnect': 'HomeNetwork',
    }

    try:
        push = r.post(url_config, data=disconnect, timeout=timeout)
        if push.url != url_json_success:
            print("Failed to disconnect data")
    except:
        print("Invalid answer from router")
        return

    try:
        push = r.post(url_config, data=connect, timeout=timeout)
        if push.url != url_json_success:
            print("Failed to reconnect data")
            return
    except:
        print("Invalid answer from router")
    
def main(dry_run=None):
    data_status = None

    r = requests.Session()
    login_status = login(r)

    if login_status != True:
        return
    else: 
        data_status = get_status(r)
        if dry_run is True:
            return True

    if data_status != "Connected":
        print("Data appears to be disconnected, reconnecting..")

        reconnect(r)

        nb_tries = 0
        while data_status != "Connected" or nb_tries < 3:
            data_status = get_status(r)
            time.sleep(1)
            nb_tries+=1

        if data_status == "Connected":
            timestamp = datetime.datetime.now()
            timestamp = timestamp.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
            print("Reconnection successful {}".format(timestamp))
        else:
            print("Data is still offline, this should not happen")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        dry_run = main(dry_run=True)
        if dry_run is None:
            sys.exit(1)
        else:
            print("Connection to router successful. Monitoring disconnections")

        while True:
            main()
            time.sleep(2)

    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.exit(0)

For the script to run you only need the requests module which you'd usually install with pip in this fashion:

pip3 install requests

I will make a new version of the script to remove this dependency.