Reboot router

I was instead asking a question: Is it possible to reboot from a remote location?

Please check your original post to confirm that you asked "how" to do this.....not if it was possible.

The simple answer is "no", using Apple's standard Back to My Mac feature....which allowed this function in Mac operating systems that came before Mojave. Unfortunately, Apple pulled this feature in Mojave.

If this is an important thing that you need for the future, there might be other more complicated ways to do this if your Mac is running Mojave and you have the correct type of modem to allow this....and....the Time Capsule has been configured to act as your router for the network.....and....you have significantly lowered the security of your network.

You won't be able to do any of these checks until you are back at the location of the Time Capsule, so if that is the case, you will need to wait until you are back home.

So, if you want to pursue any possibilities of doing this in the future, we need the make and model number of your "modem". We ask this because it might be a modem and it might be something else.....a modem/router or gateway. What you have will determine how and if it might be possible to do what you want.

If you are away from home at this time and you need to reboot the Time Capsule, the only way that this can be accomplished is to have someone physically unplug the power cord from the Time Capsule, wait a few seconds, then plug the power cord back in to power up the Time Capsule.

Let me give you the VERY SIMPLE method.

Buy an electric (or electronic) clock timer.

Set it to every 4 or 6 or 8 or 12 hours.. with shortest possible turn off time.. usually 1 minute.. but at least 10sec. You do not want a momentary drop.. you want it to power off properly and on again.

No matter what happens then in the course of the day.. the TC will work for most of it.

No external connection is required. The mechanical type are simple and easy to configure.

If the TC is the main router of your network as you stated.. and why I was asking for specific info you did not actually give.. and it has fallen over.. you CANNOT reboot it. This is important to grasp. Once the TC has failed.. it is too late to reboot it..

If the issue is unreliable nature of the TC with Nest products.. and you are by no means unusual in that..

You either should replace the TC as your main router.. it is already at least 5.5 years old and could be 7 years now.. that is well beyond its natural lifespan. Use a different brand.. most work fine with Nest stuff.. it is apple that is problematic.

Or you need to fix the problem between the TC and the Nest thermostat.. which is generally by replacement as well.

Please if you have never tried to fix it.. tell us precisely the problem.

Not sure what router that you have, since you did not indicate this in your post. Can you clarify please?

If it is an Apple AirPort router, you won't be able to use Back to My Mac on your MacBook Pro running Mojave......so are you telling us that you already have port mapping set up on the AirPort.....and......the AirPort is set up to "Allow Setup over WAN".....and.....you simply need the steps to access and reboot the router?

Or......are you telling us that you have not done anything as far as port mapping and configuring the AirPort to "Allow Setup over WAN"?

Why do you need to reboot it remotely?

The point Bob is making.. Apple removed the "easy" method in Mojave. You just upgraded to Mojave.

We can spell out the complicated method.. however it is one that severely compromises the security of your home network. So why?

I presume you are not asking this away from home now and you have lost contact with your TC at home.. you are at home so you can do the configuration required.

We need to know what is the main router of the network..

What is the made and model of your modem?

Is it also your main router?

Is the TC running bridged or in router mode?

If the TC is the main router.. then I do have a simple method to reboot it.

It requires a great deal of trust in what i tell you..

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