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My neighbor in Austin told me to put my router on a smart plug set to reboot at 3 AM every night, and my Wi-Fi has been solid for 3 months straight.
I thought it was a pointless extra step until my video calls stopped dropping and my smart lights finally stayed connected, so has anyone else tried a similar schedule for their gear?
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blake4322mo ago
My old Linksys router ran for five years without a single scheduled reboot. Modern hardware should just work, right? If you need to power cycle your gear every night, maybe the real fix is buying a router that doesn't have memory leaks or bad firmware. That smart plug is just a band-aid for a deeper problem.
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the_logan2d ago
Wait, so you're telling me my router is basically a forgetful grandpa who needs a nightly nap to remember how to work properly? Honestly though, if it takes a $15 smart plug and a scheduled 3 AM power nap to keep my smart lights from throwing a tantrum, I'll take it over smashing my router with a hammer every time Zoom freezes. Blake over there acting like his five-year-old Linksys is some kind of immortal tech deity, but news flash: most of us are running on budget gear that starts sweating if you look at it wrong. Sure, maybe I could drop $300 on a "proper" router, but that's the same cost as six months of coffee keeping me awake during the 3 AM reboots I now have to wait through. At this point, my router's memory leak is like a bad relationship - I know it's unhealthy, but the nightly reset is cheaper than therapy.
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