Do you leave your router on at all times?

stockton_2

Mr_Toad wrote: »

But the flip side of that is that there's no reason to turn it off.

That is right but it is my call.:beer:

onomatopoeia99

stockton wrote: »

Because there is no reason to leave it on.

If I turned the router off the MTA behind it couldn't accept email for the domain it is the MX for. So there is a reason, at least for me.

Gloomendoom

dipsomaniac wrote: »

have we established if anyone <55 switch their routers off at night?

My dad is 90 and his stay on all the time.

He used to turn it off until I managed to convince him that hackers weren't going to come down the wire and rob his house while he slept.

takman

stockton wrote: »

I do not think there is a single answer for everyone. I switch mine off at night and it does not affect my download speed. So, for me, there is no point in leaving it on.

I take the point of those who say that we leave fridges and sky boxes on at night but then to turn the fridge off would result in a loss of food. Switching the sky box off would result in a failed recording. Switching my router off results in no loss at all.

If my router was in the attic I probably would leave it on. If speed was a problem for me then I would probably leave it on. Cost is not an issue: fire hazard is not an issue (as far as I know).

So I turn mine off at night. Some people leave their's on 24/7. No problem. We all have different scenarios. There is no one right way of doing things here.

On a slightly different note how often do you record programs that are on while your in bed?. Also do you switch off your Sky box when you don't have any recordings scheduled that night?.

gt568

On all the time.

I only added this so could say, not an IT consultant.

thescouselander

We leave ours on; there's so much stuff connected to it that uses the internet 24/7 so switching it off wouldn't make sense at all. Also I often use the remote record feature on the sky box so the router needs to be on for that also.

neilmcl

thescouselander wrote: »

We leave ours on; there's so much stuff connected to it that uses the internet 24/7 so switching it off wouldn't make sense at all. Also I often use the remote record feature on the sky box so the router needs to be on for that also.

I'm not sure it does, in fact I'm pretty sure you don't actually require BB to use the remote record service, it's an OTA service afaik.

thescouselander

neilmcl wrote: »

I'm not sure it does, in fact I'm pretty sure you don't actually require BB to use the remote record service, it's an OTA service afaik.

According to Sky the box needs to be connected to broadband

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/record-to-your-sky-box-wherever-you-are

neilmcl

thescouselander wrote: »

According to Sky the box needs to be connected to broadband

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/record-to-your-sky-box-wherever-you-are

Yes, I did read that but I think at best the information is incorrect. As I mentioned RR is an over the air update so doesn't require an internet connection to work. Simple way to prove it, give it a go.

Update: As it happens I just did and can confirm that RR works without your Sky box being connected to the internet. Try it yourself if you have doubts.

aardvaak

Surely you should turn it off during a thunderstorm