Re: Leave router switched on 24/7 ?

[Donald Campbell <Donald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <84Xhk.1522$PL3.250@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eddy 
<eddy.bentley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> I understand from reading lots of reviews and reports that the problem
> some people have found with many routers is that they have overheated .
> . and died.  So while I have positioned mine upright and with plenty
> of air around it, I am wondering if its not silly to leave it constantly
> plugged in - with all its lights on and other parts receiving current
> too.   It's so much easier to leave it on all the time though.
>
> I was wondering what most of you do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Eddy.

I look after about a dozen sites with Netgear DG834s. There are all on 
24x7x365.

I have installed them into dozens more where I do not have a continued 
liaison with the site, but again I am unaware of any that get turned 
off.

Yes, I have had failures but not in the first 3 years. I swapped out 
some of the original 834 earlier in the year that had been in continuous 
operation for about 7 years.

My two ADSL routers do not get switched off, nor do any of my Netgear 
switches.


BR
Don C