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    • ahmetakkayaA
      ahmetakkaya
      last edited by ahmetakkaya

      hi
      auto I want to restart dhcp service at 12 AM. every night?

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        SteveITS Galactic Empire @ahmetakkaya
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        12 am? :) pfSense has a "cron" package where you can schedule commands or scripts as cron jobs.

        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
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        • ahmetakkayaA
          ahmetakkaya @SteveITS
          last edited by ahmetakkaya

          @teamits

          00:00 (24:00)

          How should the command for cron be?

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            serbus
            last edited by serbus

            Hello!

            Starting/restarting the dhcpd service looks complicated, but killing it should be easy.

            You could try adding dhcpd to the Service Watchdog package, killing dhcpd at midnight, and then letting the watchdog restart it. You could have a minute or two downtime for dhcpd.

            /usr/bin/killall dhcpd

            John

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