Do you or not

[DaveA1]

Switch off you Router/Hub when not using your PC or going to bed?

 

[WoodlandsCamper]

Turn the desktop PC off and everything else left on.

 

[Gabsgrandad]

My router (BT) advises in the instructions not to switch it off { I know if all else fails read the instructions - my favourite instruction! } ---- Pc. etc. goes off.

 

[Anseo]

Home router is always on,.

Portable SIM based router I switch off in case there may be system or application updates that will eat into my data allowance package.

 

[Thingy]

Most ISPs use dynamic line IP profiling which requires the router to be connected. If you check your internal router pages you will find a value for this and it dictates your max connection speed. Your routers connection status offers this profiling an image of a stable connection. If this varies the dynamic profiling can lower this value.
I dont even turn mine off when going away.

 

[DaveA1]

My router (BT) advises in the instructions not to switch it off { I know if all else fails read the instructions - my favourite instruction! } ---- Pc. etc. goes off.

Virgin have sent me a new Hub, free of charge, because my old one would soon stop working (they say). Instructions on how to set it up only, nothing else.

 

[DrZhivago]

Most ISPs use dynamic line IP profiling which requires the router to be connected. ...... If this varies the dynamic profiling can lower this value.

But I believe they reserve your dynamic IP address for a period of time like a day or two. So you would not lose your profile by switching off overnight. Check with your ISP. I have a static IP address anyway 🙂

Anyway, I leave hub and PC on all the time (latter in suspended mode when not using).

 

[Thingy]

Its not a dynamic ip address. Its dynamic line profiling which tells them the speed your line can handle and its stability. They call it ip profiling which is confusing.

 

[otherclive]

I tend to leave the router on, as on the few times that I have switched it off my line speed has been reduced to 2.0mps and no amount of use will get it increased via Dynamic Line Management. I then have to speak to the ISP confirm that I have done all of the checks and they then contact BT who switch the speed up and from thereon it is fine. However recently we went to India and prior to leaving we had been getting intermittent power outages from the main RCD tripping. Despite numerous test our electrician could not find any fault in the circuits. So as we wanted to keep the heating on continuously we disconnected every appliance except the boiler, HD recorder and answerphone. Our instructions to the kids were that if the temperature dropped below zero to ring the house phone. If the answerphone responded all was okay, if it didn't then to drive over and check/reset the RCD.
This seemed a simpler and more reliable approach than sitting a webcam pointing at the boiler instrument panel, or trying to use a web app in deepest India. Both of which required 240v supplies from somewhere.

On return the router came straight up to its normal line speed of 5-6mps and has been stable for the last week since we got back.

 

[crazyguider]

we turn of the router, a)because I can hear it!!! b)so the kids can't chat to their mates all night!! :evil:

 

[Thingy]

Within your router page you can limit the times certain devices can access the net. You can also do this within Windows. Dont telk the kids anyone told you this of course.