Programmatically changing wireless router settings - Netgear ideally - wireless

Question

Is it possible to programmatically change settings on a Netgear wireless router using C#? I have settings that I change often and I would like to create my own interface for making those changes. Currently I navigate to the admin web page (10.0.0.1) and it prompts me for a username and password. After I authenticate I can use the web interface to change the router's configuration.
If this isn't possible with Netgear, do any outher wireless routers have an API for developers?

Answer 1

There aren't any APIs out there to do this, but you can write something to make HTTP requests to the router to simulate the webUI being used.
I'm guessing most consumer routers are probably pretty simple to talk to. Authentication is probably nothing more than basic realm.

Answer 2

Selenium offers a firefox plugin that lets you record manual interactions with your browser. And then you can export the steps to python, ruby, java or c#. It worked for me to programmatically adjust my router settings to turn off wifi. Clicking on the elements while recording identifies everything you need.
This code works on an Actiontec MI424WR (FIOS)
Edit the code to add your username, password, and router address.
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoAlertPresentException
import unittest, time, re
class Routr(unittest.TestCase):
def setUp(self):
self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
self.driver.implicitly_wait(30)
self.base_url = "http://routerip_or_address"
self.verificationErrors = []
self.accept_next_alert = True
def test_routr(self):
driver = self.driver
driver.get(self.base_url + "/")
driver.find_element_by_name("user_name").clear()
driver.find_element_by_name("user_name").send_keys("your_username")
driver.find_element_by_id("pass2").clear()
driver.find_element_by_id("pass2").send_keys("enter_your_password_here")
driver.find_element_by_link_text("OK").click()
driver.find_element_by_link_text("Change Wireless Settings").click()
driver.find_element_by_id("ws_off").click()
driver.find_element_by_link_text("Apply").click()
def is_element_present(self, how, what):
try: self.driver.find_element(by=how, value=what)
except NoSuchElementException, e: return False
return True
def is_alert_present(self):
try: self.driver.switch_to_alert()
except NoAlertPresentException, e: return False
return True
def close_alert_and_get_its_text(self):
try:
alert = self.driver.switch_to_alert()
alert_text = alert.text
if self.accept_next_alert:
alert.accept()
else:
alert.dismiss()
return alert_text
finally: self.accept_next_alert = True
def tearDown(self):
self.driver.quit()
self.assertEqual([], self.verificationErrors)
if __name__ == "__main__":
unittest.main()

Answer 3

If this is just a few things you want to change programmatically, simulating HTTP requests should be simple enough. Another option would be to install DD-WRT in your router, basically transforming it into a small Linux installation that allows full programmatic configuration through SSH using standard Linux commands.

Answer 4

I'm unaware of any consumer-grade routers that have an API like that, but you could always build something that (ab)uses the Web interface to do what you want, using something like selenium-rc or watir

Answer 5

MiktoTik sells customer grade routers that allow ssh configuration (mind that they use ssh, but not bash inside ssh). You can even roll your own PHP REST API for router (not that I like PHP, but people are doing it).

Answer 6

I'm not familiar with this router, but I have done similar stuff programmatically via a telnet connection the router with Python.
There's a cood telnet lib for C#:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/MinimalisticTelnet.aspx

Answer 7

There is a python based Github repo here that describes a SOAP based API. I've used it to program a device schedule for my kids devices. Not willing to pay Disney for Circle. Works great. There's also a js version here.