use LWP; use HTTP::Request::Common; my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $resp = $ua->request(GET 'http://192.168.0.1/admin.cgi'); if($resp->is_success){ # returned 200; request sent/page received print $resp->content; #content of page returned, check this } #to see if it looks like your router's "settings changed" page. else{ print "Couldn't fetch page. Something's wrong!!!\n"; }