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Well, since nobody answered, I give it a go.<br />
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I think you'll need either a scriptable telnet client (Powerterm does it) or use expect. &nbsp;The problem with expect is that it can be difficult to make to behave (or even work) on windows, works like a champ on all of the Unix(en).<br />
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<a href="http://expect.nist.gov/" rel="ugc">http://expect.nist.gov/</a>
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Well, since nobody answered, I give it a go.

I think you'll need either a scriptable telnet client (Powerterm does it) or use expect.  The problem with expect is that it can be difficult to make to behave (or even work) on windows, works like a champ on all of the Unix(en).

http://expect.nist.gov/ [http://expect.nist.gov/]

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Oh yeah, I tried Expect before I posted and you're right, it's a pain to get working right on windows!! Matter of fact, I couldn't get it running so I ended up posting here!
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Oh yeah, I tried Expect before I posted and you're right, it's a pain to get working right on windows!! Matter of fact, I couldn't get it running so I ended up posting here!

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I have a snapgear which is basically a firewall/vpn piece of equipment and I need to reboot it every so often as it likes to freeze up. <br />
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I can telnet into it or I can use the web interface. I think the easiest way would be to telnet, but I need a way to automate this.<br />
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I need to login, enter my username and password, send the &quot;reboot&quot; command and exit.<br />
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How do I do this as a scheduled task or as a pre-scripted file (preferably without having to buy software of search through crappy freeware sites looking for a program to install)?
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I have a snapgear which is basically a firewall/vpn piece of equipment and I need to reboot it every so often as it likes to freeze up. 

I can telnet into it or I can use the web interface. I think the easiest way would be to telnet, but I need a way to automate this.

I need to login, enter my username and password, send the "reboot" command and exit.

How do I do this as a scheduled task or as a pre-scripted file (preferably without having to buy software of search through crappy freeware sites looking for a program to install)?

Telnet to a SnapGear running Linux and Reboot it

Telnet is an application layer protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and for unsecured remote shell protocols. The term telnet is also used to refer to the software that implements the client part of the protocol. SSH provides a secure channel over an unsecured network in a client-server architecture, connecting an SSH client application with an SSH server.

SSH / Telnet Software

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.