We posted the matter of resetting routers in aircrack-ng forums and got the following:
http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php/topic,468.0.html
madafakaz
Newbie
Re: Reseting Routers Remotely
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2014, 08:35:57 am »Quote
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your success with this really depends on router manufacturer and hardware used
i have successfully managed to reboot tg782i router but only when connected to it's wifi
if you are interested in exploring this the process involves running a couple of concurent nmap scans. i usually open 4-5 terminal windows and run nmap -v -A xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
once the basic scans are done and nmap script engine launches scripts against a router it freezes and restarts. sometimes it's neccessary to repeat the process a few times but if you could narrow down the script that does this it might be useful to try to forge a packet that could be sent in monitor mode.
the mentioned router uses crappy broadcom chipset and it's very likely other thomson/technicolor models are vulenerable to this bug
