I have a netgear rangemax DG834N router at home which works fine with
my macbook. I turn the power off when I go to work but when I power it
back on at night, my macbook won't see the network name. It's not a
problem with the macbook because it picks up other wireless networks
in the area. If I reset the router the network appears again. Question
is, is it safe to leave the router on all day?

Anyone else had this problem? I thought powering off would do the same
as resetting?

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"alexanderd79@googlemail.com"  writes

>I have a netgear rangemax DG834N router at home which works fine with
>my macbook.

>Question
>is, is it safe to leave the router on all day?

My 3Com equivalent has been running solidly for around 3 years.

Don't cover, put things on/around it and ensure ventilation is good
-- 
Tony

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>I have a netgear rangemax DG834N router at home which works fine with
> my macbook. I turn the power off when I go to work but when I power it
> back on at night, my macbook won't see the network name. It's not a
> problem with the macbook because it picks up other wireless networks
> in the area. If I reset the router the network appears again. Question
> is, is it safe to leave the router on all day?

Yes, routers are designed to be left on 24/7. I only turn mine off if I go 
away on holiday. Otherwise it stays on all the time.

Mortimer, in article , 
says...
>
>Yes, routers are designed to be left on 24/7. I only turn mine off if I go 
>away on holiday. Otherwise it stays on all the time. 

So, when your ADSL signal is down you're probably on holiday?  
Mmmm??  Wonder who else knows this?? :-)
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JohnW.
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"JohnW" <invalid@earlsway.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Mortimer, in article ,
> says...
>>
>>Yes, routers are designed to be left on 24/7. I only turn mine off if I go
>>away on holiday. Otherwise it stays on all the time.
>
> So, when your ADSL signal is down you're probably on holiday?
> Mmmm??  Wonder who else knows this?? :-)

I think only the ISP would know whether my ADSL signal is connected or not. 
My router is never pingable because I set it not to respond to pings on the 
WAN side.

Maybe my neighbours would notice that my wireless signal is not 
broadcasting, though the fact that my car wasn't there might be an even 
bigger clue.