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