wireless router-on all the time?

bradfordboy

Hi,

Just got a wireless router and have set it all up and everything. i got it for the sole purpose of using wifi on my phone. i will probably use it about an hour a day(well, when im in bed really).

am i supposed to leave the router on all day as it is quite fiddly to put all the wires back into the original modem.

thanks

normanmark

Mine is on 24/7 as is my modem

RDMD

Mine has been on 24/7 for over 3 years. No problems so far.

JohalaReewi

I have had a few over the years and all have been on 24/7. The only problem I had was buggy firmware (in an old model) which had a memory leak so would crash every few days. Current router has been on for a year.

Just make sure you use WPA security (and possibly MAC address filtering) to prevent passers-by or next door using your bandwidth.

Sun

i use a timer, it turns off at 11pm and swtich back on at 6:30am, saves me electricity.

esuhl

Sun wrote: »

i use a timer, it turns off at 11pm and swtich back on at 6:30am, saves me electricity.

Wow! That's what I call money saving! My router uses 12W of power, and a kWh of electricity costs around 10p.

So... 10p per kWh = 0.01p per Wh
Multiply by 12W = 0.12p per h
Multiply by 7.5h = 0.9p

So, you save less than a penny per night! (I hope I got my sums right!)

espresso

esuhl wrote: »

Wow! That's what I call money saving! My router uses 12W of power, and a kWh of electricity costs around 10p.

So... 10p per kWh = 0.01p per Wh
Multiply by 12W = 0.12p per h
Multiply by 7.5h = 0.9p

So, you save less than a penny per night! (I hope I got my sums right!)

Yep he's a tight rrrrr's Routers are best left on 24/7/365.

:rotfl: