reboot firwall with cronjob

Question

because of my problem with the pppoe interface hang ups,
i like to reboot my firewall with a cron job..

so i did a new file crontab.misc put in (found in forum here)

* 14 * * * root /sbin/reboot

the problem with this is : it works , but after the firewall
comes up it loops . the firewall reboots without end..
any ideas ?

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Marcel_01 · Answer

Toto,

you told the firewall to reboot when hour matches 14 which is normally the case from 14:00 to 14:59 .. your firewall is going to reboot for an hour..

try this to reboot e.g. at 14:03 :

3 14 * * * root /sbin/reboot

cheers
/marcel