How to reboot an Axis IP camera remotely without web interface

By rashid, 12 August, 2023

In the event that you need to reboot an Axis IP camera that responds to ping but does not load the web interface, you can often accomplish the task via FTP.

After logging in, enter the command “quote site reboot” followed by enter twice.
ftp> quote site reboot
200 Command okay.
ftp> quote site reboot
200 Command okay.
ftp>

The camera will reboot. You can leave a continuous ping window open. It may take 1 to 2 minutes to complete the restart process and after that you can open the camera web interface to verify if it is working again.

# Camera restart script (1x per day)

time(h(06) m(0) s(0)) immune once % /bin/shttpclient : http://192.168.100.100/axis-cgi/admin/restart.cgi  -u USERNAME -w PASSWORD;

The batch file via Chrome browser would work if you could browse to the camera. This is why a script that ran once per day on the actual camera would be most helpful.

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