Automatic Mikrotik shutdown at specific time

I’m using Mikrotik wAP access point for home Wi-Fi. At night, for various reasons, I don’t want my Wi-Fi on, so I set up automatic shutdown at midnigth and automatic start up at 6am.

Problem is, in Mikrotik, you can schedule automatic shutdown but not startup. When the device was shut down, only way to start it up again is to plug it out from power outlet and plug it in again. To do this automatically, you’ll need outlet power timer switch similar to this.

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