Router question

paddedjohn

mines been on for nearly 2 yrs now, hardly uses any elecy and its password secure. My last one played up after a short period and was advised by sky not to keep turning it off and on.

free4440273

Quasar wrote: »

Is it ok to keep the router switched off during the night and in the day when I'm not on the computer? I've been doing this for the past month or so as I'm trying to have no standby lights on when I'm not using the appliances, but I'm not sure if it's the done thing for a router. Thanks.

yep, perfectly fine Q -- if u are environmentally conscious although the power usage is minimal i think.

(hi Q , hope u are well :wave:

Quasar

free4440273 wrote: »

yep, perfectly fine Q -- if u are environmentally conscious although the power usage is minimal i think.

(hi Q , hope u are well :wave:

I'm fine free, ta. Yourself?

free4440273

Quasar wrote: »

I'm fine free, ta. Yourself?

fine thanks sexy ! yep, fine and thanks for asking ! u know me Q! pumping and pimping !:rotfl: say hello to Laks for me too !

GunJack

several reasons NOT to keep turning routers off without darn good reason:-

1. The power-on and power-off transients do the most damage to the power supply (internal and external), so leaving on causes less wear to the components and circuitry, so better for the router.

2. The DLM that mr.DCM mentioned earlier - BT and some LLU providers use a Dynamic Line Management system (DLM) to monitor and adjust your line's signal-to-noise margin and therefore your broadband speed. Often, it doesn't take much in terms of disconnections for the DLM to think your line's unstable and it ups your snrm, which drops your speed. Turning your router off all the time could inadvertently kick DLM into action

3. when you wake up at stupid o'clock in the morning, and decide to do some surfing to help you get back to sleep, you have to wait for your pc and router to boot up before you can do this (mine are on 24/7 so don't get this problem )

4. A router uses negligible power when on and not in active use, so minimal environmental impact

debitcardmayhem

GunJack wrote: »

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Promotion at last mr. You forgot to mention the other ISP with DLM being a pain but hey we don't want the Official Rep on here asking us to go to their forum

GunJack

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Promotion at last mr. You forgot to mention the other ISP with DLM being a pain but hey we don't want the Official Rep on here asking us to go to their forum

You still not got it turned off yet ???

debitcardmayhem

GunJack wrote: »

You still not got it turned off yet ???

Supposedly so, but ..... max sync now upto 12.6 m but not keeping it grrr. Had 5 hours yesterday no dropouts regular 11.5 d/l then went to pub came back back to 2.6 sync ????
Night Quasar sorry to hijack your thread

scotty50_2

I was having trouble with my talktalk router...normally left on continuously...kept having to re start it. talktalk advised me to turn it off EVERY time it wasn't in use. No good for my husband....wi-fi phone user.....consequently, the router is on/off/on/off. Surely this can't be good for it? Also, even if I leave the router on, hibernate the computer then come back to it some time later, I have to re start the router!!!! I don't know what to do for the best! Can anyone advise please?

dixiebb

scotty50 wrote: »

I was having trouble with my talktalk router...normally left on continuously...kept having to re start it. talktalk advised me to turn it off EVERY time it wasn't in use. No good for my husband....wi-fi phone user.....consequently, the router is on/off/on/off. Surely this can't be good for it? Also, even if I leave the router on, hibernate the computer then come back to it some time later, I have to re start the router!!!! I don't know what to do for the best! Can anyone advise please?

might be best if u start a new thread and welcome to the forum too.