Re-scan a Router

ISP-OS reads each router to learn which PPPoE profiles and address lists exist on it. Those discovered names are what you pick from when you set a router's enforcement (the profile used for unpaid customers, the address lists for active and disabled customers). When you add or rename a profile directly on the router, ISP-OS won't know about it until the next scan.

You don't have to wait. You can re-scan a router yourself at any time, and ISP-OS also re-scans automatically each day.

Read how fresh the data is

On a router's page, the Enforcement card header shows how current its discovered profiles and lists are:

• Last scanned 2h ago — fresh, nothing to do.
• Last scanned 2d ago (amber) — getting old; a re-scan would refresh it.
• Scanning… — a scan is running now. The page updates on its own when it finishes.
• Last scan failed (amber) — the last scan didn't complete. This is usually temporary (the router was offline for maintenance, or the connection dropped). It will be retried automatically, or you can retry now.
• Not scanned yet — no scan has completed for this router.

Re-scan now

Click Re-scan in the Enforcement card header. ISP-OS connects to the router, reads its current profiles and address lists, and the freshness indicator updates to Scanning… while it works, then back to the latest time when it finishes. Your discovered options in the enforcement pickers refresh automatically.

The button is disabled while a scan is already running, and when the router is offline (ISP-OS can't reach a router that isn't connected). If the router is offline because you're working on it, bring it back online and the next reconnect captures fresh data on its own.

TIP

Typed a profile name into an enforcement picker that isn't in the list? That's fine — you can still save it. If you just created that profile on the router, re-scan so it shows up as discovered next time.

Automatic daily re-scan

ISP-OS re-scans your routers once a day so discovered profiles and lists don't quietly go stale. Only routers that are online and whose data has aged are re-scanned; offline routers are left alone.

You control this under Settings → Network:

• Re-scan routers each day — turn the daily scan on or off.
• Daily scan time — when it runs. Early morning is the default, while your network is quiet.

Related

• Review a Router Snapshot — validate and import what a scan discovered.
• Router Onboarding Reference — how a router first connects and gets scanned.