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Warm Reboots vs Power Cycling
From my understanding it's bad for chips to change temps regularly... i.e. turning off a router at night, then turning it back on in the morning. The chips go from hot to cold, back to hot... and ove...
Randin wrote:Thanks, but I apparently obscured my question by providing too much background info as to why I wanted to do a warm reboot each morning. Again, the question wasn't about turning wifi off (which I know is fine), or about a cold boot (which I am not doing).... it was about a daily warm boot.
Instead of providing so much info I should have just asked:
"Is a daily warm boot ok, or will it wear the router faster?"
:)
Since your wanting too do a warm boot the hardware should be ok , The firmware is should load correctly as long no issues pop up during the booting process is the main danger I can see. Your just reloading the os(firmware) like you would in a computer with a reset(reboot) button.
It is also a "soldered joints" phenomenon.
Far fewer of those around these days.
There are many seemingly reputable sources on both sides of the argument as to cold booting. I only do it if there's a reason, and so it's a rare thing and I don't worry about it.
But my question wasn't about cold booting. In the case of warm booting I *do* have a reason to do it once daily, so just wanted to know the conventional wisdom from Netgear. I assume from the answers so far it's not an issue over the long haul, to warm-reboot once daily.
Its the pins that the leads within the chip or other components connect too that are the weak link when it comes to temperature change the two metals react to heating and cooling like a any weld joint if not done correct they will crack over time with each cycle they go bad.
As to which is best turning on and off or leaving on 24 hours 7 days a week that is a age old question ,I seen parts last for years and some only last a few days the only difference was the serial number of the equipment some power supply and operating time.
You should be ok if you turn off the wifi only as oppose too turning the router totally off, you may save a little on the electric bill if turned off totally.
Thanks, but I apparently obscured my question by providing too much background info as to why I wanted to do a warm reboot each morning. Again, the question wasn't about turning wifi off (which I know is fine), or about a cold boot (which I am not doing).... it was about a daily warm boot.
Instead of providing so much info I should have just asked:
"Is a daily warm boot ok, or will it wear the router faster?"
:)
Randin wrote:Thanks, but I apparently obscured my question by providing too much background info as to why I wanted to do a warm reboot each morning. Again, the question wasn't about turning wifi off (which I know is fine), or about a cold boot (which I am not doing).... it was about a daily warm boot.
Instead of providing so much info I should have just asked:
"Is a daily warm boot ok, or will it wear the router faster?"
:)
Since your wanting too do a warm boot the hardware should be ok , The firmware is should load correctly as long no issues pop up during the booting process is the main danger I can see. Your just reloading the os(firmware) like you would in a computer with a reset(reboot) button.