Turn Router off when not in use or Not?

Francesanne

Leopard wrote: »

I give up.

What's the point of trying to pursue and solve issues involving these various devices on MSE when nobody describes correctly the piece of kit they're writing about? :wall:

Sounds like you're a techie snob. As per SKY handy hints & tips "it's important to leave the ROUTER permanently switched on for the first 10 days so we can stabilise your broadband speed".

fiddiwebb

Leopard wrote: »

Thanks for the interesting link. I'll ruminate on it.

Ohhhhh, that's terrible :eek:

It must be the effect of Eyjafjallajokull that's causing these corny jokes

Toxteth_OGrady

fiddiwebb wrote: »

It must be the effect of Eyjafjallajokull that's causing these corny jokes

Things may improve once the dust has setteld. :whistle:

:cool:

TOG

Leopard

Francesanne wrote: »

Sounds like you're a techie snob. As per SKY handy hints & tips "it's important to leave the ROUTER permanently switched on for the first 10 days so we can stabilise your broadband speed".

There's nothing snobbish about it at all.

A modem and a router do completely different things. In addition, some routers are wireless, some aren't.

If you don't describe correctly what it is you're writing about, people think you're writing about a completely different device.

It's like writing "I take my cat for five-mile walks, is that good for her?" when the perambulated animal is actually a dog. Everyone will get the wrong end of the stick (even if the dog, doesn't, when it's retrieving one).

As for Sky itself, remember that you're dealing with a company that can't even come up with a manufacturing spec and software that doesn't freeze a satellite box whenever you've left it to record something that you really wanted to watch.

I'm sorry if what I wrote came across as harsh to you; it wasn't meant to be. It was just frustration at the perpetual confusing inexactitudes in what people write on here.

fiddiwebb wrote: »

Ohhhhh, that's terrible :eek:

It must be the effect of Eyjafjallajokull that's causing these corny jokes

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

Things may improve once the dust has setteld. :whistle:

:cool:

TOG

If you ask me, it was all caused by the Icelandic banks burying their toxic assets.

Mother Earth was just spitting them back. :cool:

crystal9

hi can i ask someone to help me with my wireless connection please. i have chosen public as it tells you to choose that if around a lot of other pc's etc.

i have noticed a lot of connections are on my list the last few days and am really worried that im not that secure?

please help ive not changed any details on sky router

Lil306

Leopard wrote: »

There's nothing snobbish about it at all.

A modem and a router do completely different things. In addition, some routers are wireless, some aren't.

Yes they do different things, but the normal home consumer isn't going to use a multitude of devices to merely save power consumption like yourself. Most people who buy normal Broadband Modem Routers (since they're integrated) want something what works because they either lack the technical know how or because they want a hassle free setup.....

Offtopic - You remind me of Westom, why are you using extensive vocabulary for simplsitic words?




Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyways, this topic seems to be dawdling a bit, the original post was should they turn router off or leave it on..... Yet myself and many others are debating a multitude of things now

spud17

fiddiwebb wrote: »

It must be the effect of Eyjafjallajokull that's causing these corny jokes

That's easy for you to say! :rotfl:





Or is it?

crystal9

crystal9 wrote: »

hi can i ask someone to help me with my wireless connection please. i have chosen public as it tells you to choose that if around a lot of other pc's etc.

i have noticed a lot of connections are on my list the last few days and am really worried that im not that secure?

please help ive not changed any details on sky router

can someone please help me on this above? ive looked at the sticky topic but unsure what i'm doing

RobTang

Leopard wrote: »

There's nothing snobbish about it at all.

A modem and a router do completely different things. In addition, some routers are wireless, some aren't.

If you don't describe correctly what it is you're writing about, people think you're writing about a completely different device.

Surely by accurate defination no routers are actually wireless, as the wireless bit is provided by a totally disparate component that happens to be bolted to the router, much like the modem would be.

Additionally given that these home routers (their not really real routers) can't actually do any routing without some sort of modem, isn't its safe to assume that they are symbiotic to be genericly labled under a single name ?

debitcardmayhem

crystal9 wrote: »

can someone please help me on this above? ive looked at the sticky topic but unsure what i'm doing

Hi Crystal,

you picked a bad thread to get noticed in , but if you open your wireless icon on the bottom of the right of your task bar at the bottom of the screen , left click once, your router will show as connected and if you hover on it it will say Name .... etc and security type either Unsecured/Wep/WPA/WPA2. If it say WPA2 you are secured well and you can select Home s a network type, if its WEP/Unsecured then set it up as WPA2 . Start a new thread if it is and you need help