Re: Leave router switched on 24/7 ?

[Bernard Peek <bap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <jj2ik.26488$ec5.16124@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eddy 
<eddy.bentley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> 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'm considering a change to the systems here. I'm currently running a PC 
and router 24x7, the PC is used as a file-server. What I am thinking of 
doing is to use the BIOS settings to wake the server up early in the 
morning and program it to shut down automatically at night. If I plugged 
the server and other stuff into a smart power-strip I could get the 
router and printer etc to switch off at the same time.

There is always the possibility that the server won't reconnect when 
it's powered up, but that's never happened yet.


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Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.