Router Left On, Will It Damage?

strangeotron

Deleted_User wrote: »

If you keep switching the router off, the internet will keep building up and ultimately causes a massive blockage in the phone line.

How does that work?

jd87

strangeotron wrote: »

How does that work?

S/he's taking the !!!!.

iltisman

I switch mine off as it runs on my solar driven 12 volt system and it consumes 10 watts - 900 milliamps x 12volts so not a trivial amount over a year. Speed has only increased over the years . I suspect switching on and off several times an hour would be detected as a fault and the ISPs system may throttle back the speed.

Robisere

If you read the documentation and/or emails that you received when you began the TT service, there will be information which tells you to leave the router on. Every ISP does this every time a new service begins, and yet there are still people who either do not read the documents/emails, or ignore the advice & instructions within them.

I am 72, and my parents used to religiously go around the house switching off stuff and unplugging aerials. We don't have to do that nowadays: systems are better engineered and electrical circuits are better protected. Just one question: do you turn off electricals at the wall sockets and unplug?

Ms_Chocaholic

............. But you trust the fridge! .............

boliston

Deleted_User wrote: »

If you keep switching the router off, the internet will keep building up and ultimately causes a massive blockage in the phone line.

It's like coning off your street last thing at night before you go to bed - there is not much traffic at night but when you remove the cones in the morning it will take a while for the traffic that has built up overnight to clear.

wongataa

iltisman wrote: »

I switch mine off as it runs on my solar driven 12 volt system and it consumes 10 watts - 900 milliamps x 12volts so not a trivial amount over a year. Speed has only increased over the years . I suspect switching on and off several times an hour would be detected as a fault and the ISPs system may throttle back the speed.

I have personally witnessed that when a router was stopped being turned off overnight the internet connection speed went up. Not huge amounts, but certainly noticeable. Coincidentally, this was a TalkTalk router.

strangeotron

jd87 wrote: »

S/he's taking the !!!!.

Is there any need to be rude?

I asked a reasonable question and you don't seem to have an answer.

How can turning off a router block anything? It's not like a blocked drain where physical matter is causing a blockage.

All I'm asking is to see some evidence that turning off a router causes this kind of problem.

strangeotron

wongataa wrote: »

I have personally witnessed that when a router was stopped being turned off overnight the internet connection speed went up. Not huge amounts, but certainly noticeable. Coincidentally, this was a TalkTalk router.

What would cause that?

Norman_Castle

strangeotron wrote: »

What would cause that?

The speed is reduced as the provider views the line as unstable.

https://help2.talktalk.co.uk/broadband-basics-0

Leave things running - Turning your router on and off all the time will slow things down.