Switching off router

[PuncH]

Hello, what a lovely morning!

Just wondering, do I do any harm in switching off my router when I'm finished with it? ie...overnight and when I'm at work during the day?

I'm on the Home ADSL max and get sync speeds of the following from my router..."DSL Connect Rate (Down/Up)    8128 KBits/Sec by 448 KBits/Sec "

Does turning it off affect the line training etc? (which is now long gone as I went to ADSL max before Christmas).

Many thanks

Jonathan

[jupiter]

Nothing wrong with turning it off overnight.  Repeated turnings on and off are to be avoided though, cos that fools the exchange equipment into thinking your connection may be unstable

[PuncH]

OK cool, thankyou.

When it's on, it's on for about 5-6 hours in the evening and then probably 15-16 hours a day over the weekend!

[cavillas]

I never turn mine off, it seems stable all the time.  I pay for the electricity so I am entitled to us eit all the time.  

The one problem I had was when I turned it off I had a major web disconnect and couldn't access any web sites, also pings were exceptionally high.

[PuncH]

The one problem I had was when I turned it off I had a major web disconnect and couldn't access any web sites, also pings were exceptionally high.

You forgot to turn it on again

[cavillas]

Do you have to do that then?

[Inactive]

I just leave mine switched on 24/7.

[stevelondon]

I leave mine on all the time, every now and then i turn it off and leave it unplugged overnight to get rid of any stale sessions it works well.

[maxping]

Same as Punch here i turn it off when I'm not going to be using it for long periods, It may be highly unlikely but if the power supply shorted it could cause a fire and if you are at work all the smoke alarms in the world ain't going to help.

[Rik]

I leave mine on 24/7 unless I am going away or there is thunder around, in which case I power down and disconnect from the phone line.

[jupiter]

Same as Punch here i turn it off when I'm not going to be using it for long periods, It may be highly unlikely but if the power supply shorted it could cause a fire and if you are at work all the smoke alarms in the world ain't going to help.

That's a worrying thought.  You can also feel good at doing your bit to combat global warming.

[Inactive]

Same as Punch here i turn it off when I'm not going to be using it for long periods, It may be highly unlikely but if the power supply shorted it could cause a fire and if you are at work all the smoke alarms in the world ain't going to help.

I assume you turn your fridge off then Max.. 

Only joking Max, don't ban me... 

[maxping]

I assume you turn your fridge off then Max

I asked the wife if i have ever turned it off , she said it would be the first time i have ever touched it if i had 

[MoHux]

I assume you turn your fridge off then Max.. 

Only joking Max, don't ban me... 

No comparison ......... fridges/freezers are designed to be on 24/7, with built-in safeguards.

All that stands between you and a fire is the coat of varnish on your Routers mains adapter!! 

I turn mine off too Max, and it hasn't affected my connection either. 

[Inactive]

All that stands between you and a fire is the coat of varnish on your Routers mains adapter!! 

.....along with a circuit breaker and RCD at the mains distribution board.

[MoHux]

.....along with a circuit breaker and RCD at the mains distribution board.

Well, I suppose everybody needs to believe in something! 

[Inactive]

Well, I suppose everybody needs to believe in something! 

Don't let it worry you, if I went around and switched off everything before I went to bed, it wouldn't be worth going to bed.

[jupiter]

Don't let it worry you, if I went around and switched off everything before I went to bed, it wouldn't be worth going to bed

I can remember at time - just - when going to bed meant getting switched on ...

[Nerval]

Some memory you got there 

[Inactive]

Indeed, but we only had gas lamps then.. 

[Rik]

LOL!

Oh happy days (hang on, this isn't the song game...). It's a point, though. We have so many 'vampire' appliances these days, sitting in standby at all times, that if we did go round turning them off at night it would take an age. It's a bit like putting the clocks forward - when I was in my teens, it involved a mantlepiece clock, a watch and a bedside alarm. Now, there's so many devices with clocks in, eg fax machines, phones, cameras, microwaves etc, that it takes several hours.

Who remember when you could go away for the weekend with just a toothbrush and a change of underwear?

[jupiter]

Who remember when you could go away for the weekend with just a toothbrush and a change of underwear?

We only changed underwear Sunday night for Monday wash, so the weekends away were no problem in that department

[Rik]

That was even earlier.

You're right, though, as a kid I had one bath a week. Nowadays I don't feel human till I've showered. Times change.

[Nerval]

That would be when you had your weekly bath in the kitchen and shared the water with with the dog, I suppose?

Cue for stories about When I were a lad I slept on newspaper in the coal shed..........

[Rik]

Exactly...

[jupiter]

That would be when you had your weekly bath in the kitchen and shared the water with with the dog, I suppose?
Cue for stories about When I were a lad I slept on newspaper in the coal shed........

I smell middle class roots there.

In reality the coal was in the bath, the newspaper was torn up for use in the outside loo and the dog was in the pot on the black leaded range!

[Nerval]

You blackleaded your range?  Now that IS posh!

Remember the newspaper too. 

[Rik]

I smell middle class roots there.

You have a point.

I was thinking that, if my great-great grandfather came back to life, he could have visited my grandfathers house (this would be around 1950) and very little, if anything would have seemed strange to him. OTOH, if my grandfather came back to life and visited this house, most things in it would be totally alien to him. The rate of change is really accelerating, even my father, who died 22 years ago, would have problems with a lot of the technology in the house.

[jupiter]

The rate of change is really accelerating, even my father, who died 22 years ago, would have problems with a lot of the technology in the house.

I wonder if it will be the same for today's teenagers - or whether there is a kind of base-line of savvy that makes you more adaptable to whatever will come along?  All the teens I come across are pretty smart in technology terms and just dive into any new stuff.

[Rik]

Good question and one I don't have an answer for. When I first got my BBC Micro, I was so impressed that I was able to write a program to display national flags (I got more sophisticated later ). I didn't even dream of the day when I would be able to run a digital darkroom, or fly around the world with Google Earth. Given the changes we have seen in the past 25 years, I'm not sure that even today's teenagers will be 'future proof' as technology changes.

It's quite interesting to see some of the old documentaries from, say, the 60s, predicting what computers would mean for us. Generally, they got it totally wrong.

[jupiter]

And speaking of today's teenagers, did you see a series called Sweet Sixteen, just finished this week. Camera followed pupils and teachers at Northumberland Park School, in the shadow of Spurs stadium.

We didn't just see the bright kids, but it was impressive to see what the teachers were doing in a hard area.  Most of all it was the kids who came over as alert and quick and likeable - not necessarily academically, but just getting on with each other so well.

[Inactive]

Seriously tho', I am quite a safety oriented individual, but I have never, ever heard of a mains adapter catching fire, the router itself is low voltage, so no problem with that.

I know it is all about risk, but I honestly reckon that a Router/Modem falls in to the extremely low risk category.

Oh and the bit about the " gas lamps " was in part true, we only had one power point in the whole house, and electric lighting downstairs, gas wall lights upstairs.

How times change.

[Nerval]

I have never, ever heard of a mains adapter catching fire

Well you'll just have to leave it in the microwave for  longer (with your dishcloth) 

[MoHux]

[quote author=Inactive link=topic=1222.msg22310#msg22310 date=1169992091
Oh and the bit about the " gas lamps " was in part true, we only had one power point in the whole house, and electric lighting downstairs, gas wall lights upstairs.
How times change.
[/quote]

And I can still remember the man coming to our street every day with his long pole, and lighting the street lights. 

[maxping]

To be honest i have no choice in the matter as i have to use a short extension cable to the pc, i usually tidy it away at the end of the day so no one trips over it as my pc is in the kitchen.
I still would probably turn it off at the end of the day if i had the option to leave it on or off.

[Inactive]

Well you'll just have to leave it in the microwave for  longer (with your dishcloth) 

I put mine in my Convection Oven, they fire up more quickly . 

[Rik]

Anyone else get the feeling this thread is now running in parallel with itself?  8)

We could start a new game, reply to the post above the one you're reading!

[maxping]

We could start a new game, reply to the post above the one you're reading!

Do i have to wait until someone else replies before i do 

[Rik]

Not necessarily, Max, we'll make up the rules for best effect as we go along. 

[Nerval]

We could start a new game, reply to the post above the one you're reading!

I think actually replying to  the topic would be novelty enough

[Rik]

Novelty?? It would be unique surely? 

[stevelondon]

Novelty

UNUSUAL   

[Rik]

Cross-topic, cross-forum... 

NORMAL. 

[maxping]

Turned out nice again 

[jupiter]

The Two Ronnies did a skit on Mastermind, the speciality subject being "Answering the question before last".  Very clever and in their usual 'comedy based on words' style

[stevelondon]

I bet punch wishes he never asked if anyone switches their router off now lol 

[Rik]

Is that what this post is about? 

[Nerval]

Since when did you care Rik?

[maxping]

The Two Ronnies did a skit on Mastermind, the speciality subject being "Answering the question before last".  Very clever and in their usual 'comedy based on words' style

Cant find that one but this is worth a look - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ

[Rik]

That one was a classic too. I remember the 'question before' sketch well, it was very cleverly crafted, I assume by Ronnie B.

[Rik]

Since when did you care Rik?

I care passionately. I just don't always remember.

[PuncH]

I bet punch wishes he never asked if anyone switches their router off now lol 

damn right man. i just checked back to see 50 replies! about 5 are about the question itself and the rest of the thread is random drivel! lol

[Rik]

Oh, it's not random... 

[stevelondon]

pmfsl welcome to idnutters 

[jupiter]

Cant find that one but this is worth a look - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ

Brilliant.  Wouldn't want to risk going off topic, but are there any shops like that left anywhere?  All those wooden compartments containing the stuff you now have to get shrink wrapped on a card - never in just the number you want.

Someone is probably paid to work out how many cup hooks, for example, a typical customer wants - then put one less in each pack.

[Mr Booh]

I leave mine on 24/7.

[PuncH]

Brilliant.  Wouldn't want to risk going off topic

Might be juuust a biiiiiit late for that!

[stevelondon]

What topic was that?

[PuncH]

What topic was that?

goodness knows mate. something about leaving a router on? or the two ronnies? ah, no it was kitchen appliances i think....hmmm maybe not.

[Inactive]

Four candles... 

[maxping]

Four candles... 

And some ows 

[Rik]

Your father? 

[maxping]