LeazesMag 0 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 do you switch them off when you log off your PC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Yes otherwise people will still your internet. Best giving it a 128bit encryption as well. bugger when you have to put that into a mobile device though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 9996 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 BT engineer guy told me to leave it on all the time. When I used to switch it off my speed got knocked down to crappy dial up speeds, something to do with the exchange monitoring the line and thinking I was getting disconnected all the time. So I just leave it on and put it into power save mode now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Yes otherwise people will still your internet. Best giving it a 128bit encryption as well. bugger when you have to put that into a mobile device though... ta mate. I wondered about that. What's the difference between a hub and a router or are they the same ? How do you do 128bit encryption ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 Sorry LeazesMag. I was having a joke. You should be fine to leave it on. I doubt it uses that much power. With regards to encryption I think as long as you change the default password you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 BT engineer guy told me to leave it on all the time. When I used to switch it off my speed got knocked down to crappy dial up speeds, something to do with the exchange monitoring the line and thinking I was getting disconnected all the time. So I just leave it on and put it into power save mode now. ok. Not bothered about saving power, just don't want to do anything that fucks it up, and I just don't like leaving things plugged in if they don't need to be. Cheers too khay.... I haven't changed the default password yet, haven't had time. I presume I go onto BT website to do that ? Don't like doing things like that either tbh, if it ain't broke don't fix it and all that sort of thing .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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