Do you leave your router on at all times?

terryf

I get my Sky TV via my router so it is never switched off.

mermaidnwuk

I understood SKY to be delivered via the satellite dish?

neilmcl

mermaidnwuk wrote: »

I understood SKY to be delivered via the satellite dish?

He may well be referring to on-demand services or Sky Q streaming.

DoaM

RumRat wrote: »

Either change your router or change the power supply if possible. The plug shouldn't be hot or even warm!

He'll be talking about the AC-DC adaptor-type plug, not a normal plug. These can sometimes get warm. (But they should never get too hot to touch and hold).

davethetaller

Gers wrote: »

My mum is almost 89 years old and leaves hers on all the time! Not an age thing.

Hi,
Why is she not 88 years old, rather than "almost 89 years old", and perhaps she would love to turn it off, but has forgotten where the
switch is! (not making fun of her, I am heading that way)
By the way, you did not mention if she is an IT consultant.

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver2

Yes I leave it on but corporations can use wifi signals to track you.:(:(:(

John_Gray

I would have thought that all real IT consultants would have their routers sitting on ventilated shelves in their comms cabinets, which have extractor fans to remove the heat.
And of course they would leave them on all the time!

onomatopoeia99

John_Gray wrote: »

I would have thought that all real IT consultants would have their routers sitting on ventilated shelves in their comms cabinets, which have extractor fans to remove the heat.
And of course they would leave them on all the time!

While mine is 2U high and rack mountable, I don't have the space for the full depth rack that it would need, being over 800mm deep Don't need ventilation for it, it's the central heating for the study

6U comms cabinet is in the boiler cupboard next to the telephone master socket, with the VDSL modem, swtich and patch panels which has all the cat5e cable from various rooms routed to it. That cabinet is only 300mm deep, so there's enough room for it without getting in the way of the boiler.

Still not an IT consultant though. :rotfl:

BobbinAlong

I'm over 60 and switch most things off at the socket each night, including TV and satellite box (a non Sky free service one) but the router stays on all the time as does my sure signal box for my mobile phone and the wireless expansion box. These only get turned off if the house is empty for a few days, rare now with my graduate daughter living with us because rents are too high with her low paid job. And yes, I'm an IT consultant - a database specialist.

johnfthetraveller

I'm surprised that no one feels, as I do, that for the environments sake in general resources shouldn't be squandered.

I don't switch off my router, but I have a lodger who uses a Powerline adapter to relay the BB wifi signal to his room. While he is away (Mon to Fri), I ask him to switch it off. I don't do this for the cost, but I figure that it must use a non-trivial amount of electricity to keep the wifi signal up.

In a society where we are being encouraged to not leave things on standby, and to reuse plastic bags, the environment is a good reason to consider switching off unused IT equipment.

I would be interested to know (as opposed to hearing what someone "thinks") how much electricity an average router uses in a year.