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caveman
13-01-2005, 21:54
Silly question maybe. If you turn your PC off at night as I do, do you power down the router if no-one else needs access to any services.
Graham M
13-01-2005, 21:56
There's no obvious need to, its not like it consumes huge amounts of power!
Halcyon
13-01-2005, 22:00
If it consumes electricity, you may as well turn it off. No harm will be done.
jtwn
13-01-2005, 22:11
There's no obvious need to, its not like it consumes huge amounts of power!

Theres no obvious need to leave it on either.
Raistlin
13-01-2005, 22:13
I power mine down:

1. Because it's wireless and I'm paranoid :D
2. Because it consumes power and I'm skint (not to mention tight) :D
3. Because the King of the Potato People tells me to do it :disturbd:
caveman
13-01-2005, 22:20
And so in conclusion, it is purely a personal thing. There is no problem with settings being lost or anything technical, just an economy or safety reason.
Richard M
13-01-2005, 22:23
I leave mine up because it's also my DSL modem so it's easier to leave it running, I leave my switch on too.
homealone
13-01-2005, 23:23
And so in conclusion, it is purely a personal thing. There is no problem with settings being lost or anything technical, just an economy or safety reason.

exactly, I have my connections to ntl as installed, other stuff goes off the 6 gang, surge buffered strip :)

which does have a 4 gang plugged in - but low amperage, honest ;)
Tezcatlipoca
13-01-2005, 23:39
I leave the router & modem turned on all the time.
Electrolyte01
13-01-2005, 23:51
I have to leave my router & modem on since my laptop is constantly running ;)
ian@huth
14-01-2005, 00:32
exactly, I have my connections to ntl as installed, other stuff goes off the 6 gang, surge buffered strip :)

which does have a 4 gang plugged in - but low amperage, honest ;)

Only 9 sockets :Yikes: how do you mange?
Graham M
14-01-2005, 07:31
Theres no obvious need to leave it on either.

Unless you run a server :dunce: As has been stated its purely personal, sometimes my Router can take a while to realise theres a connection to NTL and so sits there for a few minutes thinking about it, its nice to be able to turn my PC on and have a net connection straight away, and I doubt the people who use my IRC server would be too happy if I turned it off every night to go to bed ;)