Broadband Hub

[elliemay1]

Is it necessary to leave the hub switched on all the time or is it okay to turn it off when not in use and overnight? Thanks for any advice.

[redman41]

Wont do any harm to turn Off the Power, we prefer to keep ours On permanently in order to save continuous re-booting every day

[sunny-dave]

It's designed to be left on all the time.

If you turn it on/off too often it can give the impression that you have a defective set up and will result in an automatic reduction in your broadband speed

[Jomlett]

I remember when I had BT Hub 3 there was a sleep option in BT Home Hub Manager.

[elliemay1]

Thank you redman, sunny- dave and jomlett for your prompt and helpful replies. Ours is a BT Hub 3 but there's no sleep option on it. I think we'll leave it on all the time now.

[Jomlett]

The sleep option was in the HomeHub Manager not on the hub. if you paste these numbers in your browser bar. your Home Hub Manager should show... http://192.168.1.254/

[Jomlett]

Or Click...as Iv'e JUST discovered!

[heathfield]

Recent Tv program featuring ways to reduce electricity bills mentioned switching off routers overnight as part of the savings.