cableguy78199- most cable companies will tell you to leave your modem on all the time(especially if you bought it from them) they are full of it! would you leave your tvs on all day when your not watching them? if you did they wouldnt last too long. so turn them off when not in use, theres usually a standby switch at the top.

2008-04-06 15:59:32

From what I gather, the standby switch doesn't power anything down, at least not on my Motorola unit. The modem still maintains sync with the cable network and the device(s) on the local end which is how it can reconnect the instant you take it out of standby. Standby mode just breaks the link between the two networks.

2008-07-13 02:53:01 (koolkid1563 )