If I lose internet, shouldn't Hub still let me control stuff in my wifi?

[desertblade (Ben W)]

Hub does not need Internet for some rules to work. SmartLighting with motion can work offline.

I talked about this in another thread:

SmartThings trigger power cycle of modem when offline?

Hey everyone, I have a quick question, and maybe the more experienced users could help me out. This morning, I noticed that my internet was down. I power cycled my centurylink modem and all was well. This got me thinking about automating the process. Is something like this possible? Something (Smartthings, or something else) detects that external internet is not accessible. Trigger Smartthings to power cycle my modem, which is plugged in through a smart plug. I have a v1 hub right now so I don’t think this is possible since it has to have an internet connection to do pretty much anything. But, I’m considering upgrading to a v2 hub. Since this new hub can execute some events even when offline, could this be possible? Thanks!

if wifi is up then other PCs can talk to the router. You may be able to may be able to use a script like the one discussed here, running on a rasperrypi or another always on PC:

http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2012/01/automatically-reset-your-cable-modem-when-the-internet-goes-missing/