[X-Unix] How to determine which network component is failing

[Stroller]

Well done!

I shall be keeping a copy of these notes in my archive. I shall have  
to install curl on a customer's Windows PC and give her an icon to  
click which will reboot the router for her.


On 25 Jul 2006, at 23:25, Charles Howse wrote:
>> ...
>> I think the relevant sections of the HTML are...

Addendum:
    <form method=get action=Gozila.cgi>

>> <SCRIPT language=JavaScript>function pppoeAction(F,I) 
>> { F.pppoeAct.value = I; F.submit();}function DHCPAct(F,I) 
>> { F.dhcpAction.value = I; F.submit();}function showAlert(){alert 
>> ('');}</SCRIPT>
>>
>> and:
>>
>> <input type=hidden name=dhcpAction> ...
>> <input type=button value='DHCP Renew' onClick=DHCPAct(this.form,1)>
>>
>> `curl --manual` gives more examples than `man curl`, but the  
>> http://curl.haxx.se/ website looks more comprehensive still. They  
>> have a mailing list, so you might find what you need by searching  
>> the archives of that, or posting to it.
>
> I made quite a bit of progress playing with curl this afternoon.
> FYI, the following commands work:
>
> - Router -
> # dhcp release - $ curl -u admin:pw "http://192.168.254.254/ 
> Gozila.cgi?dhcpAction=0"
> # dhcp renew - $ curl -u admin:pw "http://192.168.254.254/ 
> Gozila.cgi?dhcpAction=1"

These curl commands relate to the HTML / Javascript snippet in the  
quoted above it, I think...

> - Modem -
> # Reboot Modem - $ curl -d "BUTTON_INPUT=Restart%20Cable%20Modem"  
> 192.168.100.1/configdata.html

Can you possibly post the HMTL from the webpage for the modem,  
please, so I can see can example of when I might use this form?

Stroller.