Reset a device when wifi has been temporarily lost

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I have a VOIP box that needs to restart when internet signal has been interrupted. If I put a Zwave or Zigbee plug on the VOIP box, is there a way to create an automation that triggers when HA has lost internet (and got it back) that turns that plug OFF and then ON ?

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Does it fall of the network completely (internally as well)? If so you can add a ping sensor and automate based on that.

I would suggest looking into why it loses connection first though, and fix that first.

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Thanks for your reply.
The internet problem is Comcast which fails too often. Unfortunately in my building, the Condo Association has selected Comcast for internet.
I am not familiar with how a ping sensor works. Any guidance would be greatly appriciated.

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First find the devices internal IP address, you can probably find it in the router GUI.

Next time it goes offline, open a command line prompt, type ping and the ip address from step one. If it times out, then you can set up a ping sensor against that ip.

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To detect internet outage use a ping sensor for google.com

This will only detect outages when the ping runs. Meaning a short duration outage may not be seen.

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Thanks to both of you. I installed the Ping Integration and created an Automation with the specific IP address. Thanks

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