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Can anyone tell me how many watts a router consumes,please?
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>>>I am actually trying to build an argument to persuade a friend he should only switch it off when going to bed Well there's a very good argument as to why he should NEVER turn it off: BT OpenReach's technology monitors connection speeds, to determine what speed the line is capable of handling (and then delivering that speed). When you first connect a router...
00:30 Fri 08th Mar 2013
My Netgear router doesn't specify a Wattage.
It says Input: 12V 1.5A
So the power-supply is capable of delivering 18 Watts. It probably consumes much less than that.
Something that Buenchico hasn't considered is that routers are usually supplied through a power-plug transformer which will also have power losses so a small extra power consumption will be due to that.
It says Input: 12V 1.5A
So the power-supply is capable of delivering 18 Watts. It probably consumes much less than that.
Something that Buenchico hasn't considered is that routers are usually supplied through a power-plug transformer which will also have power losses so a small extra power consumption will be due to that.
>>>I am actually trying to build an argument to persuade a friend he should only switch it off when going to bed
Well there's a very good argument as to why he should NEVER turn it off:
BT OpenReach's technology monitors connection speeds, to determine what speed the line is capable of handling (and then delivering that speed). When you first connect a router you probably won't get the maximum speed for the line; it gradually rises (as the system recognises that the line can handle it) over a period of about 10 days.
If a router is disconnected, the system sees it as a fault on the line and reduces the speed supplied to the line, back to the 'starting point' level, when the router is then reconnected.
So, in order to ensure that you maintain the maximum download speed for your line, you should NEVER disconnect a router!
Well there's a very good argument as to why he should NEVER turn it off:
BT OpenReach's technology monitors connection speeds, to determine what speed the line is capable of handling (and then delivering that speed). When you first connect a router you probably won't get the maximum speed for the line; it gradually rises (as the system recognises that the line can handle it) over a period of about 10 days.
If a router is disconnected, the system sees it as a fault on the line and reduces the speed supplied to the line, back to the 'starting point' level, when the router is then reconnected.
So, in order to ensure that you maintain the maximum download speed for your line, you should NEVER disconnect a router!
Matheous-2:
To be honest, I'm not sure. The technology used by BT OpenReach to test the lines is necessary because traditional phone lines were never intended to carry data traffic, only voice traffic.
It's likely that cable services won't have the same restrictions as copper wires, so it may be that the same speed tests aren't carried out. I've made that assumption in my reply to this thread
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where (somewhat oddly, in my opinion) Virgin Media has told a customer that they need to periodically 'reset' their router. That's certainly new to me!
To be honest, I'm not sure. The technology used by BT OpenReach to test the lines is necessary because traditional phone lines were never intended to carry data traffic, only voice traffic.
It's likely that cable services won't have the same restrictions as copper wires, so it may be that the same speed tests aren't carried out. I've made that assumption in my reply to this thread
http://
where (somewhat oddly, in my opinion) Virgin Media has told a customer that they need to periodically 'reset' their router. That's certainly new to me!
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