Re: Leave router switched on 24/7 ?

[Rob Morley <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:38:36 +0100
Bernard Peek <bap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

Why not use wake on LAN, and hibernate after a period of inactivity?