Question

Is there any way to check the wifi status of RUT240 over SMS? I have a unit that I cannot access currently other than through SMS and I would like to understand, whether or not its wifi network is working. There are of course the SMS commands wifion and wifioff for switching the wifi on and off, but they do not provide any response and thus I'm unable to conclude whether they have been successfully executed.

Answer 1

Hello,

When sending an SMS, you can use the UCI API rule to receive Wireless information. More information about UCI API rule you can found here:

https://wiki.teltonika-networks.com/view/RUT240_SMS_Utilities#UCI_API_rule

In your case, the SMS text should look like this <router admin password uci show wireless>

After sending an SMS, you will receive all the information about your wireless configuration. In all information, the relevant line for you will be user_enable.

If user_enable = 1 - wifi is enabled.
user_enable = 0 - wifi is disabled.

You can also find more information about using uci commands here:

https://wiki.teltonika-networks.com/view/UCI_command_usage

Comments

Thanks Marius, this sounds promising. However, for some reason this does not work for me. When I send this message I get no response. It is of course possible that I've gotten the admin password wrong because none of the other commands for which the authentication is done by means of the admin password are working either. (The only ones that work currently are status and mobileon / mobileoff, for which I have changed the authentication method from admin password to serial.) I guess there is no possibility to remedy the situation remotely since the router isn't connected to a WAN, it is only connected to the mobile network and the mobile subscription does not provide a public IP address, so I believe there is no way to access the web admin UI remotely in my case.