SipSizzurpFo' ShizzlePremium
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Re: how turn off wifi routers?? said by chetan :if such a thing does not exist then i will have to plan on preparing a software for it!! Write a new software sounds like a lot more work than to just buy another router that can run Tomato. 
Edit - If you do not mind me asking, why would you ever want to turn it off ? If you can afford a router and internet then you should not notice the $1 U.S. per year for the electricity it consumes.
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LLigetfa
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Fort Frances, ON
kudos:1 | said by SipSizzurp:If you can afford a router and internet then you should not notice the $1 U.S. per year for the electricity it consumes.
AFAIK, the power never actually gets turned off because there is no soft switch, so the most it can do is to turn off the radio and idle the CPU. It is akin to the old computers before ACPI where it would tell you that it's OK to turn off the power. Essentially you would still have to power it off by pulling the plug.
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kudos:4 | Yep, the mother board always has voltage on it. I was planning to measure the "Active" versus "Off" mA if the OP had shown any further interest. We still don't know why he wants to shut it off.
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| said by SipSizzurp:We still don't know why he wants to shut it off. taking his post at face value, would knowing why he wants to shut it off change how to shut it off (based on how he asked in the post)?
the answer is no. the way (or if) it could be shut off is not dependent on why he wants to shut it off. a solution on how to shut it off (if possible) could be ascertained and incorporated without knowing the why. |
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SipSizzurpFo' ShizzlePremium
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2 edits | said by AngryBlakMan:...taking his post at face value, would knowing why he wants to shut it off change how to shut it off (based on how he asked in the post)? No. Alternately, there are some of us who post on these forums to help people fix their problems. In this particular case there is a good chance the OP does not even fully understand the problem, nor may he actually have any problem at all, but is just perceiving one. For the sake of customer service we would like to be able to help him make those determinations as well, as a literal answer to his stated problem did not immediately appear feasible. Analysing the problem and finding it to actually not be existent would indeed be a fantastic solution.
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| said by SipSizzurp:In this particular case there is a good chance the OP does not even fully understand the problem, nor may he actually have any problem at all, but is just perceiving one. how can you say that? you don't know what "the problem" is because he hasn't told you "the problem". you've drawn a lot of conclusions about something he gave you no information on, instead of focusing solely on the problem he gave you total information about.
at face value, the "problem" is that he doesn't know how turn the router off remotely. to me, that's completely concise and has no grey area and requires no further elaboration.
for the sake of customer support, it would be easiest to just answer the question as stated and let the customer arrive at the conclusions. after all, he's the reason you're here in the first place. let him direct the show! |
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Re: how turn off wifi routers?? said by AngryBlakMan:said by SipSizzurp:In this particular case there is a good chance the OP does not even fully understand the problem, nor may he actually have any problem at all, but is just perceiving one. how can you say that? you don't know what "the problem" is because he hasn't told you "the problem". you've drawn a lot of conclusions about something he gave you no information on, instead of focusing solely on the problem he gave you total information about. at face value, the "problem" is that he doesn't know how turn the router off remotely. to me, that's completely concise and has no grey area and requires no further elaboration. for the sake of customer support, it would be easiest to just answer the question as stated and let the customer arrive at the conclusions. after all, he's the reason you're here in the first place. let him direct the show! I don't see any problem here at all. There is nothing wrong with trying to ascertain why the OP wishes to do what he/she is asking. Sometimes the goal in question may be achieved with a different approach, or a simpler one...not knowing that may result in the best solution not being proffered.
The OP always has the option of responding or not to queries as he/she sees fit...I would have taken SipSizzurp's question at face value and taken no offense.
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LLigetfa
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kudos:1 | Best to simply ignore ABM. He obviously has issues. |
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said by PeteC2:I don't see any problem here at all. There is nothing wrong with trying to ascertain why the OP wishes to do what he/she is asking. Sometimes the goal in question may be achieved with a different approach, or a simpler one...not knowing that may result in the best solution not being proffered. the problem is that it isn't relevant to the topic. it may "seem" relevant, but at the end of the day it isn't. it does not directly contribute to answering the problem. therefore, it isn't a relevant question. you may not agree, but the logic is concrete.
as for ignoring me, my issue is that i understand getting to the point and staying on topic. people here LOATHE that for some inexplicable reason. |
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