edisigabut / openwrt-fancontrol

openwrt-fancontrol

A replacement for /sbin/fan_ctrl.sh, based on this post from the OpenWRT wrt1900ac thread.

####To use it:

• Download the new fan controller, save it to /etc/, and make it executable.

wget --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jjack/openwrt-fancontrol/master/fancontrol.sh -O /etc/fancontrol.sh
chmod +x fancontrol.sh

• Test it to make sure that it runs correctly.

/etc/fancontrol.sh verbose

• Let it run in the background to keep your router cool.

/etc/fancontrol.sh &

####Disable the orginal fan controller.

• Remove or comment out this line from /etc/crontabs/root (In LuCI, it's System > Scheduled Tasks)

 */5 * * * * /sbin/fan_ctrl.sh

####Optional

• Have this run on boot.
• Add this to /etc/rc.local (In LuCI, it's System > Startup)

/etc/fancontrol.sh &