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do ye leave your modems on all the time?

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    #32
    vibe666
    Registered Users Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    squared wrote: »
    Have to keep mine plugged in. Without it i wouldn't have any phone service!
    same here, along with any other ntl users with their phone service.

    not to mention that if I only turned it off when it wasn't doing anything, it would still be on 24/7 cos it's always doing *something*. :)

    there's also at least one pc on 24/7 too.


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    #33
    rogue-entity
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭rogue-entity


    watty wrote: »
    No, the ISP can do that if they need.

    Ours is only off when the UPS dies and generator not up.

    I have a mail server (only our own email, but with forwarding) and two phone lines (one Fax) running on the modem. We have no physical phone lines (saves a lot!) so have to have it running.

    Family members away from home use the VPN. Allows secure use of email and web via public WiFi etc
    I dont have a UPS, but fortuneatly power-failures are a rare occurrance.. and the equipment I have doesnt seem to mind brief interruptions. Im looking for an Online UPS that will give me about an hour or two of runtime though.

    I also have my own mail server but also an IRCd and local DNS server (far better than openDNS), the machine is online all the time, along with my modem and switches.

    I'll probably convince the parents to dump the phone line and transfer it to UPC, the infrastructure is already in place, and they are cheaper than all the other providers.


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