Leaving router and modem on forever bad?

[CarlTR6]

No, the USB ports still have power because I wake my computer up with the USB mouse. That's what happens when you buy a fancy mouse! You could always cover it.

 

[McSeven]

Yes!

 

[imeem]

imeem, not really. If your router is getting hot for some reason, it might. When it comes down to it, saying having it on all the time is bad is like saying having your refrigerator on all the time is bad.

The fridge is different, u have to leave it on 24x7 cuz of food/milk. But the router,when you are all alseep, your neighbor could hack ur WLAN

 

[profdlp]

My old cable modem had a Standby button, which I guess would be handy if you had kids and wanted to kill their Internet overnight. Unfortunately, my computers were often confused about "what happened to the Internet" when I tried to use it and would goof up the whole dang network. Gave it up after a few tries...

My new cable modem doesn't even have that option. (Probably due to frequent support calls to my ISP by other folks having the same problem; see above.)

Not trying to start a debate about energy conservation, but I think a lot of this hysteria about "vampire devices" is overblown. I did the math once and figured that if the numbers stated by the conservation proponents were correct that the entire US could save about three hours of electric usage per year. That's assuming all 300,000,000 of us unplugged all the crap they said we ought to unplug - and did it without failing every time we were supposed to. I think I'd get tired of resetting the clock on my DVR, microwave, etc, every single morning. (Not to mention the extra energy I'd use brewing more caffeinated beverages in order to give myself the wherewithal to do so...)

I'm all for conservation, but there are better ways of going about it.

 

[grimreaper]

If you had a poll done on how many people left their router and modem on i would say an easy 90% plus, and
with so many devices that use wireless networking it's nearly impossible to turn it off nowadays.

 

[sygnus21]

Try the Sleep mode for your computer. It looks like it is off.

Works like a champ. Wouldn't leave home without it

And for the conservationist's... saves electricity

If you had a poll done on how many people left their router and modem on i would say an easy 90% plus, and
with so many devices that use wireless networking it's nearly impossible to turn it off nowadays.

I'm quite sure 99.999 percent of people leave them on so.... (wondering what the other .0001 is doing) :huh:

 

[CarlTR6]

imeem, not really. If your router is getting hot for some reason, it might. When it comes down to it, saying having it on all the time is bad is like saying having your refrigerator on all the time is bad.

The fridge is different, u have to leave it on 24x7 cuz of food/milk. But the router,when you are all alseep, your neighbor could hack ur WLAN

Your neighbor could hack it while you are awake too. Don't you use security measures like a password?

My old cable modem had a Standby button, which I guess would be handy if you had kids and wanted to kill their Internet overnight. Unfortunately, my computers were often confused about "what happened to the Internet" when I tried to use it and would goof up the whole dang network. Gave it up after a few tries...

My new cable modem doesn't even have that option. (Probably due to frequent support calls to my ISP by other folks having the same problem; see above.)

Not trying to start a debate about energy conservation, but I think a lot of this hysteria about "vampire devices" is overblown. I did the math once and figured that if the numbers stated by the conservation proponents were correct that the entire US could save about three hours of electric usage per year. That's assuming all 300,000,000 of us unplugged all the crap they said we ought to unplug - and did it without failing every time we were supposed to. I think I'd get tired of resetting the clock on my DVR, microwave, etc, every single morning. (Not to mention the extra energy I'd use brewing more caffeinated beverages in order to give myself the wherewithal to do so...)

I'm all for conservation, but there are better ways of going about it.

Hear! Hear! Very well stated.

 

[imeem]

imeem, not really. If your router is getting hot for some reason, it might. When it comes down to it, saying having it on all the time is bad is like saying having your refrigerator on all the time is bad.

The fridge is different, u have to leave it on 24x7 cuz of food/milk. But the router,when you are all alseep, your neighbor could hack ur WLAN

Your neighbor could hack it while you are awake too. Don't you use security measures like a password?

My old cable modem had a Standby button, which I guess would be handy if you had kids and wanted to kill their Internet overnight. Unfortunately, my computers were often confused about "what happened to the Internet" when I tried to use it and would goof up the whole dang network. Gave it up after a few tries...

My new cable modem doesn't even have that option. (Probably due to frequent support calls to my ISP by other folks having the same problem; see above.)

Not trying to start a debate about energy conservation, but I think a lot of this hysteria about "vampire devices" is overblown. I did the math once and figured that if the numbers stated by the conservation proponents were correct that the entire US could save about three hours of electric usage per year. That's assuming all 300,000,000 of us unplugged all the crap they said we ought to unplug - and did it without failing every time we were supposed to. I think I'd get tired of resetting the clock on my DVR, microwave, etc, every single morning. (Not to mention the extra energy I'd use brewing more caffeinated beverages in order to give myself the wherewithal to do so...)

I'm all for conservation, but there are better ways of going about it.

Hear! Hear! Very well stated.

Yes but people can still hack it. I used to turn off my router and modem 3-4 year ago, now my family is just too lazy.

 

[zzz2496]

The fridge is different, u have to leave it on 24x7 cuz of food/milk. But the router,when you are all alseep, your neighbor could hack ur WLAN

Your neighbor could hack it while you are awake too. Don't you use security measures like a password?

My old cable modem had a Standby button, which I guess would be handy if you had kids and wanted to kill their Internet overnight. Unfortunately, my computers were often confused about "what happened to the Internet" when I tried to use it and would goof up the whole dang network. Gave it up after a few tries...

My new cable modem doesn't even have that option. (Probably due to frequent support calls to my ISP by other folks having the same problem; see above.)

Not trying to start a debate about energy conservation, but I think a lot of this hysteria about "vampire devices" is overblown. I did the math once and figured that if the numbers stated by the conservation proponents were correct that the entire US could save about three hours of electric usage per year. That's assuming all 300,000,000 of us unplugged all the crap they said we ought to unplug - and did it without failing every time we were supposed to. I think I'd get tired of resetting the clock on my DVR, microwave, etc, every single morning. (Not to mention the extra energy I'd use brewing more caffeinated beverages in order to give myself the wherewithal to do so...)

I'm all for conservation, but there are better ways of going about it.

Hear! Hear! Very well stated.

Yes but people can still hack it. I used to turn off my router and modem 3-4 year ago, now my family is just too lazy.

There is no such thing as fully hack proof, where there's a will (to hack), there's a way (to hack). I never turn off my network devices (switches, routers, firewall appliances) at all. I think the one important matter in turning off a network device or not is "convenience". We can turn off our computer, put our laptops to sleep, switch our smartphones to airplane mode while it charges, but the second we go "online" we expect everything to work...

zzz2496

 

[merkat106]

24/7 sometimes I have to power cycle the devices.

I have WPA2 set...one of the few of many wifi in my neighborhood. So, I doubt my wifi will be hacked before those set to WEP.

 

[BomberAF]

I have my PC on 24/7 but I have a custom sleep mode that will put the monitor to sleep after 2 mins and the pc to sleep after 3 mins, the modem is on all the time. I do though turn of my TV and satalite decodec off at the mains of a night though, so I think I save more energy than if i done it the other way round.

I should also add that I do recycle a lot, and try my best not to waste energy so having my PC on sleep mode is not so bad I think.

 

[archie123]

Do you guy leave your router and modem on 24 hours 7 days a week none stop?

never turned it off since i got it 2 years ago , i like the pretty blue lights

 

[Petey7]

Do you guy leave your router and modem on 24 hours 7 days a week none stop?

never turned it off since i got it 2 years ago , i like the pretty blue lights

aww, I want mine to have pretty blue lights. Mine just has stupid green ones

 

[profdlp]

...I want mine to have pretty blue lights. Mine just has stupid green ones

Same here.

I feel as though I have been cheated.

 

[Mike8]

Networking equipment routers, switches are really best left on.