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On Sunday 30 Aug 2015 14:26:36 Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hello, Philip. |
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> On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:04:43AM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> > How long do desktop users typically leave their systems between reboots ? |
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> > How long between power off/on's ? |
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> I switch my PC on in the morning when I want to start using it. I |
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> switch it off before going to bed, or going out shopping, or things like |
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> that. I don't like wasting electricity. |
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Same here. Unless I am somewhere near the desk the laptop is on sleep. |
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Overnight it is shut down. |
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> > I've long been in the habit of switching everything off while I sleep, |
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> > then restarting after I've woken & got going again myself. |
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> > However recently, I've run into delays getting my router |
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> > (only 1 device attached) to shake hands successfully with my ISP's |
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> > server, which have been requiring several power off/on's before it |
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> > works. |
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I think that it may be better troubleshooting your ISP PPPoE negotiation (or |
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whatever protocol they are using) than changing your usage habits. Well, I |
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would be doing this anyway, out of curiosity. :-) |
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> Unfortunately, I need to leave my router permanently powered up, which I |
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> resent. German telephone companies have been offering only VOIP |
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> telephone connections for some while, now, which basically means that |
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> instead of the companies converting IP packets into a telephone signal, |
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> every subscriber's got to do it himself. So where people could |
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> previously simply buy a telephone handset and plug it into the wall, |
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> they've now potentially got to spend extra on a router and somehow |
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> manage to configure that router. And of course, the router contuously |
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> wastes electricity, waiting for that occasional incoming call, whereas |
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> previously the handset was only powered up, from the exchange, when a |
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> call was in progress. Progress this is not. |
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I Power cuts can cause re-syncs and a lower sync rate for my connection, so I |
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leave the router powered up 24-7 and connected to a UPS. The waste of |
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electricity is tiny. |
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> > As a result, I've started rebooting only after my weekly system update |
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> > -- it means I get to use the new versions of everything -- |
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> > & not powering off at all ; the monitor + Xscreensaver are off |
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> > whenever I'm away from the machine for >= 1 hr (approx). |
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> > Are there any pro's/con's I sb aware of ? |
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As others have mentioned consider hibernation for overnight purposes (S4) and |
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sleep (S3) for when you are away from your desk for longer periods of time. |
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However, I would be intrigued as to what might be wrong with the ISP network |
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authentication. ;-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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