Do you unplug your router when your away on vacation?

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    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #11

    Greg, If my neighbours can get into my router they're welcome to leech my broadband.

    But it's not that easy, and I think most of them have trouble selecting a decent TV channel

    And Dennis turn your screen through 90 degrees Then he'll be saying yes in a new way
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       #12

    Barman58 said:
    Greg, If my neighbours can get into my router they're welcome to leech my broadband.

    But it's not that easy, and I think most of them have trouble selecting a decent TV channel

    And Dennis turn your screen through 90 degrees Then he'll be saying yes in a new way
    You are really awesome with suggesting I turn my screen 90 degrees.
    Do you unplug your router when your away on vacation?-bar2.gif
    Works like a charm...
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  3. Posts : 47
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    Thread Starter
       #13

    So do you think I should unplug the modem to?
    BTW it's very healthy to take a vacation once and a while.

    Yeah if they can crack my wpa2 very strong password their more than welcome to use it.
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  4. Posts : 31,250
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       #14

    The Howling Wolves said:
    Barman58 said:
    Greg, If my neighbours can get into my router they're welcome to leech my broadband.

    But it's not that easy, and I think most of them have trouble selecting a decent TV channel

    And Dennis turn your screen through 90 degrees Then he'll be saying yes in a new way
    You are really awesome with suggesting I turn my screen 90 degrees.
    Do you unplug your router when your away on vacation?-bar2.gif
    Works like a charm...
    And I see your little friend agrees
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    Main - Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-Bit; 2nd - Windows Server 2008 R2
       #15

    The Howling Wolves said:
    You are really awesome with suggesting I turn my screen 90 degrees.

    Works like a charm...
    Wish I had thought of that when I was married.
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  6.    #16

    I put a password on my friend's router. Next morning an old lady knocked on the door asking that we turn her internet back on. I helped negotiate a nice monthly usage fee within her budget and gave her the password. I've wondered since then what else she might be pirating.
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       #17

    That is too funny.



    She probably has a whole server farm full of warez.
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  8. Posts : 189
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       #18

    Meh, depends if I intend on remotely going on my home computer or not.
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  9. Posts : 5,941
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       #19

    Hi there
    since I don't have any private stuff on my server I'm quite happy for anybody to leech the broadband while I am away from home --They'll need the password of course.

    However where my server is based its inconceviable that people don't have broadband already -- the only people who might even consider it would be tourists etc but there's plenty of wifi etc all over the country.

    If you don't need access to a remote computer you might as well turn it off but modern routers don't consume much power especially when there isn't any Internet activity going on.

    Cheers
    jimbo
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  10. Posts : 47
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    Thread Starter
       #20

    So unplug modem to?
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