Do you switch your modem off at night?

[MrIncredible]

or do you leave it plugged in? had a few issue's with it lately but it seems to have been sorted now. just wondering if the constant unplugging then rebooting is doing it any harm?
TIA

[AlBags]

It will in the long term .. heating up and cooling down.
Plus it needs bootup time.
I think most will leave it on .. although I use a power-saver/disconnecter socket for everything else.

[sara3]

I switch mine off at night and when I go to work.

but I'm a manic switcher-offer.

[Eve]

Mine is always save for the odd (usually cat related) occasion. I have no idea which is best though.

[marval]

I always have mine switched off at night

[JonnyBoy12]

Yes, I am with sara on this one, and a maniac switcher-offer as well. Can we have a second opionion on this, as to whether we are damaging our modems? I should hope we are not, as I am trying to help save the country £800 million per year in wasted electricity. This is how much is lost through standby and leaving things on charge.

[ChuckFickens]

I assume you mean router, rather than modem, They are designed to be left on all the time and work best if they can keep a sync with the exchange equipment.

All my computer equipment is left on 24/7, I just turn off or shut the screens (on the stuff that has a screen attached)

[sara3]

Chuck, the plug gets warm, which worries me!

[HowardKennitby]

Yes, and I stick my chewing gum on the bedpost.

[anneasquith]

i switch everything off at night!!!!!!!!!!

[MrIncredible]

@chuck, I always assumed it was a modem! Little black box with 6 lights ?
If that's the router what's a modem? (I'm even more confused now)

If there designed to be left on I will leave it on!
Thanks

[craft1948]

I never switch mine off............

[ELVIS68]

Like everything electrical, I switch mine off and check it 5 times

[askyourgran]

I never switch mine off, I didn't think they were meant to be. I unplug my Pc but leave the router on.

[ELVIS68]

Just checking I wrote 5 times and not 4 ;o)

[sara3]

lol ;o)

[ChuckFickens]

"If that's the router what's a modem"

There is some difference here between the "proper" name for things and the consumer name for things...

if I look at the box you have then the consumer name for it a router but from a network engineers point of view it's actually 3 devices in 1 box... a modem (which connects to the internet), a router (which sends the traffic to the correct place) and a switch (which lets you plug more than one thing in at a time)... but the combined name for them in a household environment is just a router.

TBH... I've pretty much given up trying to explain it to most people that don't have a solid grasp of networking because its a) not imprtant and b) too confusing. but basically... a modem is for connecting one computer, a router is for connecting more than one.

[sara3]

but Chuck.. the plug gets warm!!

[ChuckFickens]

LOL.... yep they do, but in 20 years of dealing with thousands of "plugs" I've not seen or heard of one causing a problem.

[sara3]

is it a transformer?

am I talking out of my backside, for a change?

[ChuckFickens]

It's a power supply (switched mode power supply to be technical)..... but I feel this is getting to the point that most peoples eyes glaze over and I should shut up :)