Powering down router for 2 weeks

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Going on holiday tomrrow for a fortnight, should I switch power off to the router for the two weeks along with computer or could the router give me a problem when trying to reboot after being without power for two weeks.
 
Shouldn't give any problems..
 
If you're not using it why leave it on - waste of power, theoretical fire risk ... it'll be fine when you come back, mine always is.
 
Thanks guy's, I'm sure a few years ago, I read somewhere that if the provider seen the line wasn't being used for a good while then they reduced the linespeed and it could be a carry on getting it returned. I suppose technology is catching up a bit :-). Right I',m off to get a tan :wave:
 
I always switch mine off when away for any length of time.
 
I switch mine off anytime I am not using the computer.
 
ive never turned mine off. but then again my computers never of either
 
My mates brother is a fireman, when he first started chip pans were the biggest cause of house fires, now it is smelly candles and PC equipment.
 
Mikesphotaes said:
I switch mine off anytime I am not using the computer.
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Thats a bad idea as your isp will pick up the router going off line as a possible fault and give you a much lower sync speed !

You need to leave your router on for a few days to get the best sync speeds/stability.
 
Hey Carl, do you have any proof of this?
 
Thanks for that, I'd never heard of that before but then I'm a cable customer.
 
I've worked in IT for more than a decade. I agree that you should leave the router on as much as possible. Turning it off each day is going to cause problems eventually. One other common issue of doing that is freeze/thaw. I.e. that by constantly warming up and cooling the circuitry, you will wear out the solder points causing dry joints. It varies from ISP to ISP but yes some will see it as a line fault if the connection is frequently broken. However, very sensible to turn it off if you're going away for an extended period of time :)
 
Carlos68 said:
Thats a bad idea as your isp will pick up the router going off line as a possible fault and give you a much lower sync speed !

You need to leave your router on for a few days to get the best sync speeds/stability.
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Nope, never had a problem and still over the 8meg max speed my line is supposed to give!
 
Rictus said:
I've worked in IT for more than a decade. I agree that you should leave the router on as much as possible. Turning it off each day is going to cause problems eventually. One other common issue of doing that is freeze/thaw. I.e. that by constantly warming up and cooling the circuitry, you will wear out the solder points causing dry joints. It varies from ISP to ISP but yes some will see it as a line fault if the connection is frequently broken. However, very sensible to turn it off if you're going away for an extended period of time :)
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I see the theory but maybe Netgear solder is stronger;)

In fact, I have done this with all routers and modems for at least 11 years with no ill effects whatsoever!
 
Carlos68 said:
I've been told it by a number of people over the years but here is one example from a Sky engineer :)
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Aye, that's Sky for you, always wanting to know what you're up to:razz:
 
neil_g said:
not at all, i know some of our retail outlets that did just that and turned the router into a paperweight.
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Well my paperweight is still connecting no bother after years and years of this regime.

Perhaps you need to get them more reliable routers!
 
Mikesphotaes said:
I see the theory but maybe Netgear solder is stronger;)

In fact, I have done this with all routers and modems for at least 11 years with no ill effects whatsoever!
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It does indeed depend on the quality of the router. A lot of the time the ISP's tend to ship some pretty poor ones like Thomson cheapo models. It also depends how open to the air you keep them of course. But I have also seen some rather expensive ones do this. A client of mine (a commodities broker) had an emergency backup line in case their leased line failed. When it came time to power it up, it was dead...

Similarly with computers, mine stays on all the time, rather than constantly powering up when needed - except when going away for an extended period of time. But then I have a VMWare server with a permanent VPN to another site where my Exchange cluster lives :D lol
 
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