Re: Leave router switched on 24/7 ?

[Bernard Peek <bap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <20080724185152.7b3bfcb0@bluemoon>, Rob Morley 
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> 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?

Because the workstations are all going to be off so there's nothing left 
up to send a wakeup packet. I want the server to power up some time 
before I expect to be using any of the workstations.



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