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OK to unplug broadband?

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  • 26-04-2007 1:57pm
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    tonc76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭


    I only access NTL broadband with wireless router from home in the evenings between 7 and 12. As I don't use it the rest of the time I see it as pointless to have both running for 24 hours a day, could I plug both out at night and leave off until the following evening or would that be a very unwise thing to do? :confused:


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    No problem with that at all.


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    Tivoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭Tivoli


    good idea, the eircom wifi roupter uses about 15watts, you could run 2 cfl bulbs for that


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    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    I now blame eircom wifi routers for Global warming.


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    steedevaney
    Registered Users Posts: 70 ✭✭steedevaney


    Is there an issue with th IP address by doing this?


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    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Tivoli wrote:
    good idea, the eircom wifi roupter uses about 15watts, you could run 2 cfl bulbs for that
    Ha!
    I find you need a 21W CFL for decent light. And they dim with age.

    No issue with IP.


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    Sad Professor
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    But if your ip is dynamic (and not static) then it may change when the modem is switched back on, isn't that right?


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    Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    Sad Professor- it might.. but if it's dynamic, it will change every couple of days anyway even if the modem is always connected.


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    tonc76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭tonc76


    Thanks for the help.

    Three cheers for a cooler planet :D


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    Whatsthisabout
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭Whatsthisabout


    One piece of advise I would give is that when switching it back on is plug the modem in first wait till its locked on, then start the router wait till that’s ready, then your computer.

    Sometimes doing it any other way or switching them all on together can cause you not to get an IP address straight away.


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