shutdown

Franc

Hi,

is there a way to shutting down the USG60 without doing the standard steps via browser (login>maintenance>reboot) ?

In event of electrical supply trouble I'd like to switch off the firewall very quickly to prevent hardware damages (I have already replaced TWO USG 100 for this reason!)

For example, it would be wonderful from my smarthphone have a special link to run directly the shutting down.

Any ideas or suggestion?

Thanks

Best regards

Zyxel_Emily

Hi @Franc,

Yes, it is a right way to switch off the USG by entering the command "shutdown" via SSH.

Franc

Thank-you very much @mMontana @lalaland @Zyxel_Emily

Best regards

PeterUK

Maybe you should look at getting a UPS.

Franc

I have the UPS of course.

But the right question is why these pro devices don’t support an ups link!

I am pretty angry because these firewalls are too delicate, just a few sudden stops to damage them.

mMontana

Scripting a terminal emulator? Never tried but could be possible.

lalaland

How about using python script to perform this task, and add it to windows scheduler run?

Please don't run this script from wan since it is just simple telnet without encryption.

(Replace them with your device ip, ID, and password.

----------------------------shutdown.py-------------------------------------

import telnetlib

#Log in info

USG_IP = "192.168.2.1"

ID = "admin"

Password = "12345"

tn = telnetlib.Telnet(USG_IP, timeout=1)

#Set debug level if need

#tn.set_debuglevel(2)

#Telnet Log In

tn.read_until("Username:")

tn.write(ID + "\n")

tn.read_until("Password:")

tn.write(Password + "\n")

#Put your command here

tn.write("shutdown\n")

tn.write("exit\n")

#print

print tn.read_all()

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Franc

https://businessforum.zyxel.com/discussion/comment/10394#Comment_10394

Thank-You @lalaland and @mMontana ! It sounds very good and it may works also in a mobile app. It would be great to swith off the firewall from the smartphone.

On USG 60 side, how can I enable the telnet script reception?

mMontana

Suggest SSH not Telnet outside LAN1.

lalaland

@Franc , Enable Telnet at "Configuration > System > Telnet"?

Franc

thank-you very much guys I'll try and I let you know

Franc

Hi @lalaland and @mMontana

As you suggested I try with SSH, no third party client needed on MacOS.

I successfully logged in via SSH and I simply wrote "shutdown". The USG immediately has switched off. Very good!!

I wrote:

"ssh username@host"

"password"

"shutdown"

One more thing, is this way a RIGHT way to switch off the USG as the standard way via web interface? Or rather, does the USG switch off correctly without damages?

Thank-you very much!