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I have always wondered do you need to leave you wireless router on 24/7. Also I herd that they are bad on your health is this true. please tell me what you think about this? |
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I leave mine on 24/7, as I have backups running etc. Also I use VOIP, so if I shut down the router, no phone. |
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Don't worry about it! You are harmed more by radiation from the sun when you step outside then from that router. :) |
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As far as health goes, there is nothing to worry about, the radio radiation it gives off is so so so low its in the mW range and unless you sleep with it under your pillow. (in which case you have bigger issues) you should be fine |
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Never gave any thought to turning off such a lower powered device. |
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My TiVo would choke if I turned off the router. Can't have that. |
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Routers are designed to run 24/7, I had my WRT54gl running for around 2 years, all uptime for both the router and the connection (connection never dropped, which is unheard of for verizon. only time that I had downtime was when I updated to a newer version of tomato (tomato 1.27) |


I've heard about the health deal...I fear other things will kill me before my router. Gin, 28 ounce Omaha RibEyes,butter, baklava,cheese.bearnaise and alfraedos and what the French call a grauton are at the top of the list.
I leave my routers,computers,the whole rack on 24/7 and protected by a Liebert UPS. The monitors time out at :30 .