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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blake43216d 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.

miles82516d ago

Did the same thing, total game changer for my old router.