Re: Leave router switched on 24/7 ?

[Rob Morley <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:41:34 +0100
Eddy <eddy.bentley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for all responses up till now.  Good to hear that NetGears are
> surviving 3 years while being on 24/7.
> 
> However, the idea of installing a timer between the router's adaptor
> and the socket sounds like a good one, to give it at least 8 hours'
> rest a day.
> 
> I don't suppose it aggravates or slowly damages a router to switch its
> power off every night, does it?

I think electronic equipment is more likely to exhibit failure at
start-up than any other time, either because of current surge or
because a contact or component has developed a fault that doesn't
show up when it's warm.