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Right buddy ! I'm an electronic technician and there's one more thing that's I want suggest the interferences between some couples of nearby electronic devices can affect the wifi and internet speed quality that's why we have to keep away the modems and routers in clear place not close to the appliances like microwaves TVs or refrigerators ! Thanks
Additional tips for improving WIFI speed: 1. For cable modems specifically, pull the wire out for 30 seconds - some "provided" cable modems don't actually reboot when you hit the "power" switch they just block data. 2. For older routers consider replacing the factory firmware with something like OpenWRT. 3. Don't rely on WIFI bridging instead, run a network cable, between your main router and any additional routers in your setup - note: you should also enable spanning tree protocol on all routers before doing this. 4. If you have multiple WIFI "routers" check which ports are used you should only use the "WAN" port on your main router (the one connected to the cable modem) all the routers should be connected together via the LAN ports - you will need to ensure only your main router is running DHCP
Thanks for the USB fan idea! We recently moved to a place, which has the router located in the airing cupboard. Which caused me great anxiety about heat build-up. Never thought of using a USB fan. Cheers!
Thanks for these great tips. I have been doing this for a long time and I always thought it might be over kill on my part, glad to know it’s not! Love your channel
I wish I would have run across this video 10 days ago. Just happened to see the firmware update on the Netgear interface and clicked on it. Fixed all my problems with dropping offline. A little faster too.
Wow! While I was watching this my internet slowed down so much it stopped...lol. I just unplug my box for a couple of mins. I basically just have slow internet from my provider because they don't care about providing what we pay for because they have no competition where I live.
My net was slow and as advised by you I just put off the router for 30 secs, it really worked. Thanks for your valuable and simple suggestion. Thank you sir.
Another reboot option is what I do. I have it on a power strip. Flip the rocker switch at it likes the modem, router, and network storage drive all at once. Turn it on and the modem usually takes the longest but tyre other devices will go ahead and contact to the network devices. The router will wait patiently for the modem to finally finish and then connect thus bringing everything back online.
30 sec wait is ancient electronics: those 'batteries' are capacitors, and the discharge rate of modern caps is much, much faster than the old stuff. Forget the little light - that is just a resistor-capacitor set up to prevent flickering.
My router loves you, man. He had a contract with an electrical distributor before, but he runs out of ele. only 5 times a year when there is a storm. Thanks for all the detailed explanations
I have modem/router that doesn’t have a power button, I just pull the power plug and wait 30 seconds and plug it back in, then it automatically boots up.
Quote: “If this is your first time here, my name is Liron Segev”. So, Liron, my question is ..... If this is not our first time here, what is your name? 🤣🤣🤣
Speaking from an ISP customer service side.... Using the ISP equipment will hold them accountable. I have dealt with 3rd party equipment a lot. My whole intention is to help. When we don't have remote access or more logged info.... It makes the job a lot harder. It definitely depends on your ISP and what kind of equipment you're dealing with though.
I been doing this since 1997 every week. But i unplug everything for 5 min , and put a pc 140mm fan on 1 side to make the air pass to the other side . And the real good one's cat 7 cables to my router and 4 computers .
guess it depends on the equipment you have, I rarely reboot anything. my speed issues are purely down to the technology australia used to provide to provide the last 800 metres
The one thing that wasn't mentioned is when you reset your modem or router regularly it helps to protect you from hackers. When you do this the equipment sets a new IP address so it no good for any hacker that has found your system. Its like moving without leaving a forwarding address.
Most likely because it's not correct. The there are 2 options for the local IP address. (The local address is a Public IP address) Depending on your provider you will either have a fixed IP address or a DHCP address. If it is fixed you will always have the same Public IP address. If it is a DHCP address the address is allocated from a pool provided by your service provider. You are given an IP address on a timed lease. Normally about 1 day. But can be in few minutes when service providers are doing maintenance on their equipment. You will get a lease extension as long as you request that address before the lease expires. When you ask for a new IP address after the device is powered on if your lease is still active you will get your previous IP address. In most cases even if the lease has expired when you request a new DHCP IP address you will get your old one as long as it has not in the intermediate period been given to someone else. This is the majority of cases, but dependant on the Service Providers equipment and FW versions of the DHCP service.
resting your router/modem does nothing except make more work for you if there things you need to set up (like DNS addresses and such) ... as Brian explained, there are internal IP addresses and external IP addresses .... the rest of the world only cares about your external IP address, in almost every scenario there is nothing you can do to reset this IP address, only your provider can manipulate this address. sometimes you can trick the system into granting you a new address by leaving your modem unplugged overnight or longer but that was back in the day with old security protocols and only on certain types of systems ... as new tech gets put in and companies want to implement new security standards and big brother still wants to keep tabs on you and what your doing, i guarantee that you will not be able to manipulate your own external IP ... if you could then every hacker and terrorist would be using it to hide themselves ...
I have a router sometimes I reboot it every time the internet shutdown, now I install the analog timer I set it up to two minutes rebooting time and I'm surprise for speed my normal internet speed is five mbps now it increase to 25 mbps. Thanks for your tip👍👍👍
Thanks for the tip on regularly rebooting. My D-LInk does not have a scheduling feature so it's down to me witching off..then on. I would say this is not too difficult!!! We'll see after two weeks or so and see how many times I have actually done it!
I love some of your suggestions. I myself have tried the daily reboot option. However, my first attempt was with a smart lock. I found that when I used this method the smart lock failed because the internet went down when (of course) it switched the router/wifi combo off. When this happened the smart switch didn't come back online to switch the router/wifi back online. So I would suggest only use the mechanical timers in this scenario.
hmmm interesting as smart plug maintain their wifi info on the device itself and keeps looking for the router. If it didn't then it means you have to re-setup the plug every single time you have a power failure or you need to move it from one plug to another....
@@LironSegev Right, but it turned off the router/wifi and then after 30 seconds later my hub (habitat) tried to tell the smart switch to turn it back on, but the router was off. So it couldn't communicate with the switch in order to turn the router/wifi back on. ;)
@@LironSegev The one I used doesn't, but I believe I do have one that does. I'm guessing that would behave differently. I'll have to give that a try someday. Although I think the mechanical option is probably best.
I love your videos they are so helpful. I am in the UK and British Telecom say their hubs or routers are intended to stay on 24/7 to keep the signal stable and to receive updates. I have fibre optic and even when I had wired connection it was the same and leave them on. It may be different in other countries.
I do a weekly reboot at 3AM of both my modem and Mesh WiFi 6 routers. I have automation equipment that switches it off for five minutes and then powers it back on. I never have slow speeds since I started doing this about two years ago.
How would a scheduler work on a smart plug. The smart plug would turn the router off but it's not going to turn the router back on because it needs an internet connection to connect with the app to do that.
What is the difference between unplugging and turning off with power switch? Do they do the same thing? One better than the other. I have always just unplugged. Thanks for you videos!
I prefer to disconnect the power - could you just switch it off. Probably. In the "olden days" disconnection was the only real way to ensure the devices are actually off with no remaining charge. Its up to you - the 30 second it important though.
I don't know if you've covered this but in America in 2021 a new law was made where ISPs cannot charge a monthly rental fee (usually $10 a month) for a modem/router you purchase. I'm having that problem right now with my ISP. Thanks
Surely rebooting your rooter several times a week would be seen as a line fault from the dlm and potentially slow your rate to try and make it more stable.
Be very careful using a smart plug to be a timer for your Internet connection! No Internet means no cloud, could mean no smart plug, and so could result that it won't switch on your Internet again. Some smart plugs can continue with their schedule when offline, some don't. For example, how does an offline smart plug know when sunset is today?
most good plugs store the schedule on the actual device itself and don't rely on an internet connection just to power on and off. It saves the network ID too so as soon as the router is back it will reconnect to it. If it didn't do these things, every single time you pull it out of the wall socket or have a power failure you would need to reset it all up. You don't.
You are right, I had mine on a smart outlet. I have wi fi in a remote location to operate cameras and lights. I'm typically at that location once a week. It would sometimes go offline when I was away. So I set up the smart plug to turn it off at midnight for 10 minutes everyday. First time it went off it wouldn't come back on because it had no wi-fi. It was off until I returned to the location and manually turned the outlet back on. Lesson learned. I had some old mechanical timers, and put one of those on it, problem solved. Oh, and to respond to Liron, the wi fi outlet does keep the info, I don't have to reset it every time the power is off, it just won't respond to the schedule without wi fi.
Thank you for the great tips! Enjoy all your videos (a newish subscriber, so I am going back and looking at your older but still very helpful videos). 😎
Great videos' and information. But could you adjust the sound level of your thetech guy splash screens that keep popping up. The sound level is way louder than your voice. Keep up the great work, as your help is much appreciated.
Call me special or something. But I have never had to do any of this to my modem or router. It just works for me. Am I just that lucky? I come home get on the wifi and it works. I had it for two years.
Spectrum locks their modems, so good luck checking for updates or putting in your own firewall rules. My new modem won't even let me use the WPS button, it's been locked out! I'd like to turn Spectrum off forever, but sadly the only alternative where I live is even worse.
Question. If I use a smart plug to restart the modem, once the wifi signal stops to the plug, how would it be able to restart the modem? Hope this makes sense.
i haven't upgraded my (personal) router firmware in a couple of years. still works great. I seldom reboot, in fact very rarely. no problems with it. I say if it ain't broke don''t fix it. especially updating the firmware, that is very risky.
It's very risky? Or do you mean there is a very slight chance something could go wrong anywhere on the range from minimal issue to brick the system? So "very risky" is not accurate but more like very small chance there is an issue at all, maybe there is an issue and extremely rare could be bricked system.
@@LironSegev I kept losing my internet connection on hot afternoons. When I went to reset the router and modem, I noticed that both were really hot. So I had a 120mm 12 volt case fan that I set up to blow on the units and this solved my connectivity problem. Next I need to get an 8 day timer. Thanks for the great ideas!
Your re-booting advice often works, just as it does with Windows and other inferior operating systems that do not maintain themselves properly. Memory leaks and crud buildup can bring your system to a crawling halt. It is sad that the commercial equipment we can buy does not have truly robust software and this sort of nonsense is required. It is worth noting that most Unix and Linux systems will run and function perfectly for years without a re-boot.
all this may aplply if you don't have british internet providers , here you get dial up speeds on fiber unlimited conection that 3 people can;t use at the same time !!!! ( thankyou BT )
It's pronounces 'rooter'; a 'rowter' is a woodworking tool. Many ISPs monitor how your service is working, and make changes to optimise service, These changes are stored in the router in volatile memory, so are lost with a reboot. Consequently, unless service is lost, rebooting is actually a poor idea.
in South Africa, England we say rooter, in the US its rowter. No matter which way I say it people seem to have this need to correct my pronunciation.🤦♂️ Settings for in router are certainly 100% NOT stored in volatile memory - ever change a wifi name? the first thing it does is ask you to wait while it reboots!!
@@LironSegev In both US English and UK English, it is pronounced as I say - rooter. You can Google and get pronunciations for those countries that confirm this. The settings that are volatile are ones that are made by the router as it attempts to get the best performance. This may just be a UK thing, but the biggest ISP here actually tells users to leave there router on to keep optimised settings. Of course, user-changed settings are retained.
Sorry but nope - I lived in South Africa and the UK and there we said ROOTER. In the US, which is where I live now, it is pronounced ROW-TER. (th-cam.com/video/tbGAOroACGc/w-d-xo.html) Re: the rebooting - The settings help in ram optimize the router's processes. However, as I said in the video, these can become corrupt, overloaded, run out of temp file space, lock up etc. A reboot every once in a while will allow everything to start fresh. I assume you reboot your computer and your phone right?
@@LironSegev I run Linux on my computers, and Android on my phone, so don't reboot often. I completely understand that a reboot of a router every couple of months MAY be helpful, but equally as I have explained, it should not be done two or three times a week in the UK. That would give a worse performance.
Liron, Hey there. You do a great job and know your stuff, but you are a bit too fast for a non-tech guy like me to follow. If you would slow down some and add more detail to what you're describing, I think it would help you and your viewers. Continued success.
I had my modem without a router one time because I was living with my parents at home and there was no way for me to get wifi across the entire house and ring mains ethernet plugs were a cost I couldn't afford so I used a modem I had an plugged straight into the phone line with it and boy was it fast compared to with a router when connecting to the internet.
We recently got a new router from our ISP last year. the old one doesn't have that option to check for a firmware update neither the new one.. our problem is that we cant get the minimum required upload speed inorder for my sister to start her online job.. our ISP sucks.... cause they dont even now how to fix it.. so i googled and tried all of the suggested settings and the only thing left is updating.. which, in our case is impossible.. all we can do is wait for fibr to be available in our location and if a fibr connection cant fix our problem then... i dont know anymore since we cant afford an upgrade on our current plan which is 5mbps and the minimum required for the job is 3mbps download and 2 upload.. and all we can get in speed test is 5+mbps down and below 1mbps upload. 😩
Some times it's the cheap & nasty power supply units which cause all sorts of problems. Since buying a more robust PSU I haven't needed to reboot the router for the last year.
true about the power supply units. I find that even with the newer routers you don't NEED to reboot as much, but I still do and allow the operating system to do a nice cleanup. Its all down to personal usage. I have a lot going on in my wifi so I find a cleanup works. Thanks for sharing your experience and being here - good to get people's perspective!
simple just unplug your modem for 15 seconds press the button for 10 sec and thats it. Do this daily. This will reset and trash the clogging and dust that brings when you used your internet.
I hope you can help me with this! I recently subscribed to NETFLIX, but the volume will go completely off and I have to listen to the show with the "CC" on, otherwise I'd never know what they are saying. Do you know what's causing this? Thank you so much for all your help!
Thanks i just learn't how damne lot great video now i know what to do, as my one was playing up, so i turned it off (rebooted)and waited 30secs then turned it on and hello way faster.
My data transfers from my computer to external drives thru router are usually 50-100 MB/s, but sometimes it slows down to 20-30, then returns to normal fast speeds...why does it do this??? Internet speeds thru cable modem doesn't fluctuate this much and shouldn't affect local transfer speeds so this really bugs me. Is there an explanation or fix???
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I found that most wifi problems can easily be taken care of with a 16oz hammer.
4 lb Hammers have much higher bandwidth and are much more effective.
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@@Jaloja Don't let the 4 lbs. hammer slide off your desk and on to your toe. You'll find it works well to 'reset' a toe also.
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Right buddy ! I'm an electronic technician and there's one more thing that's I want suggest the interferences between some couples of nearby electronic devices can affect the wifi and internet speed quality that's why we have to keep away the modems and routers in clear place not close to the appliances like microwaves TVs or refrigerators ! Thanks
Love it! Thanks for the message and sharing🔥🔥🔥
I always put my wifi in my spread spectrum cooking microwave
Additional tips for improving WIFI speed:
1. For cable modems specifically, pull the wire out for 30 seconds - some "provided" cable modems don't actually reboot when you hit the "power" switch they just block data.
2. For older routers consider replacing the factory firmware with something like OpenWRT.
3. Don't rely on WIFI bridging instead, run a network cable, between your main router and any additional routers in your setup - note: you should also enable spanning tree protocol on all routers before doing this.
4. If you have multiple WIFI "routers" check which ports are used you should only use the "WAN" port on your main router (the one connected to the cable modem) all the routers should be connected together via the LAN ports - you will need to ensure only your main router is running DHCP
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Brilliant especially the bit about reset versus reboot. Very important that one
Thanks for the USB fan idea!
We recently moved to a place, which has the router located in the airing cupboard. Which caused me great anxiety about heat build-up.
Never thought of using a USB fan.
Cheers!
So glad that I found this guy on youtube. Solid information and right to the point. Love it.
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Thanks for these great tips. I have been doing this for a long time and I always thought it might be over kill on my part, glad to know it’s not! Love your channel
I wish I would have run across this video 10 days ago. Just happened to see the firmware update on the Netgear interface and clicked on it. Fixed all my problems with dropping offline. A little faster too.
Thank you!!! I tripled my wifi speed after watching a few of your videos.
Awesomeness! Thanks for hanging out here 👍
I like you. Very articulate, informative, and efficient videos. No fluff. Thank you!
Appreciate you being here 🔥
Wow! While I was watching this my internet slowed down so much it stopped...lol. I just unplug my box for a couple of mins. I basically just have slow internet from my provider because they don't care about providing what we pay for because they have no competition where I live.
New modem
Have you tried replacing your ethernet wires? Older or damaged wires will drastically slow down your speeds.
spectrum?
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All the IPS's are EVIL.
My net was slow and as advised by you I just put off the router for 30 secs, it really worked. Thanks for your valuable and simple suggestion. Thank you sir.
You are welcome!
If you ever notice every once and a while your router restarts this is when it's checked for updates..
Mine doesn't
Another reboot option is what I do.
I have it on a power strip. Flip the rocker switch at it likes the modem, router, and network storage drive all at once. Turn it on and the modem usually takes the longest but tyre other devices will go ahead and contact to the network devices. The router will wait patiently for the modem to finally finish and then connect thus bringing everything back online.
Woah, I just struggled with this minutes ago and really needed this, thank you so much, man
Glad I could help!
I always shutdown those router atleast 1 minute. Usb mini fan ... Briliant idea thx 👍
30 sec wait is ancient electronics: those 'batteries' are capacitors, and the discharge rate of modern caps is much, much faster than the old stuff. Forget the little light - that is just a resistor-capacitor set up to prevent flickering.
My router loves you, man. He had a contract with an electrical distributor before, but he runs out of ele. only 5 times a year when there is a storm.
Thanks for all the detailed explanations
Appreciate you being here 👍
Legend mate. Thx so much for the tips and education
Appreciate you being here
I have modem/router that doesn’t have a power button, I just pull the power plug and wait 30 seconds and plug it back in, then it automatically boots up.
Yes, but if it has a backup battery and many do,what you are doing is worthless.
You have to remove the battery to get a true hard reboot.
Quote: “If this is your first time here, my name is Liron Segev”. So, Liron, my question is ..... If this is not our first time here, what is your name? 🤣🤣🤣
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Excellent dictation and delivery of very helpful information. Thank you Liron. :))
Glad you enjoyed it and appreciate you being here!
Speaking from an ISP customer service side....
Using the ISP equipment will hold them accountable. I have dealt with 3rd party equipment a lot. My whole intention is to help. When we don't have remote access or more logged info.... It makes the job a lot harder.
It definitely depends on your ISP and what kind of equipment you're dealing with though.
I been doing this since 1997 every week. But i unplug everything for 5 min , and put a pc 140mm fan on 1 side to make the air pass to the other side . And the real good one's cat 7 cables to my router and 4 computers .
guess it depends on the equipment you have, I rarely reboot anything. my speed issues are purely down to the technology australia used to provide to provide the last 800 metres
Very helpful tips! Thanks! Laughed at wrapping the modem with a table cloth 😂
I was just searching for tips and saw this in my recommended. Thanks!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Never even thought about using the USB fan genius!
The one thing that wasn't mentioned is when you reset your modem or router regularly it helps to protect you from hackers. When you do this the equipment sets a new IP address so it no good for any hacker that has found your system. Its like moving without leaving a forwarding address.
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Most likely because it's not correct. The there are 2 options for the local IP address. (The local address is a Public IP address) Depending on your provider you will either have a fixed IP address or a DHCP address. If it is fixed you will always have the same Public IP address. If it is a DHCP address the address is allocated from a pool provided by your service provider. You are given an IP address on a timed lease. Normally about 1 day. But can be in few minutes when service providers are doing maintenance on their equipment. You will get a lease extension as long as you request that address before the lease expires. When you ask for a new IP address after the device is powered on if your lease is still active you will get your previous IP address. In most cases even if the lease has expired when you request a new DHCP IP address you will get your old one as long as it has not in the intermediate period been given to someone else. This is the majority of cases, but dependant on the Service Providers equipment and FW versions of the DHCP service.
@@brianroberts5062 i had a seizure trying to read your comment
resting your router/modem does nothing except make more work for you if there things you need to set up (like DNS addresses and such) ... as Brian explained, there are internal IP addresses and external IP addresses .... the rest of the world only cares about your external IP address, in almost every scenario there is nothing you can do to reset this IP address, only your provider can manipulate this address. sometimes you can trick the system into granting you a new address by leaving your modem unplugged overnight or longer but that was back in the day with old security protocols and only on certain types of systems ... as new tech gets put in and companies want to implement new security standards and big brother still wants to keep tabs on you and what your doing, i guarantee that you will not be able to manipulate your own external IP ... if you could then every hacker and terrorist would be using it to hide themselves ...
I have a router sometimes I reboot it every time the internet shutdown, now I install the analog timer I set it up to two minutes rebooting time and I'm surprise for speed my normal internet speed is five mbps now it increase to 25 mbps. Thanks for your tip👍👍👍
Thank you Liron ! Well stated technical advice. I really appreciate your well thought out Router PMI routine for functional optimizing !
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the tip on regularly rebooting. My D-LInk does not have a scheduling feature so it's down to me witching off..then on. I would say this is not too difficult!!! We'll see after two weeks or so and see how many times I have actually done it!
haha - thats my problem too - I keep meaning to do it, but then forget. I now use a smart plug and i know its done once a week.
@@LironSegev which smart plug do you use? My smart plugs cannot turn the router back because it relies on wifi to do that.
Thank you for explaining things in a simple and succinct way..
Appreciate you being here 🔥
This is a excellent informative video Thank You for sharing
Love the fan idea. Useful to cool the laptop and user, too! Thanks for the videos!!!
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I love some of your suggestions. I myself have tried the daily reboot option. However, my first attempt was with a smart lock. I found that when I used this method the smart lock failed because the internet went down when (of course) it switched the router/wifi combo off. When this happened the smart switch didn't come back online to switch the router/wifi back online. So I would suggest only use the mechanical timers in this scenario.
hmmm interesting as smart plug maintain their wifi info on the device itself and keeps looking for the router. If it didn't then it means you have to re-setup the plug every single time you have a power failure or you need to move it from one plug to another....
@@LironSegev Right, but it turned off the router/wifi and then after 30 seconds later my hub (habitat) tried to tell the smart switch to turn it back on, but the router was off. So it couldn't communicate with the switch in order to turn the router/wifi back on. ;)
@@ErikBartlow ahhh got you. Does your smart plig not have a timer app? Thats what I use to control it and therefore the on/ off
@@LironSegev The one I used doesn't, but I believe I do have one that does. I'm guessing that would behave differently. I'll have to give that a try someday. Although I think the mechanical option is probably best.
My answer to problems is to unplug everything. Wait a while to cool down , me and the gadgets than I plug back in . 9 out of 10 times it works
I love your videos they are so helpful. I am in the UK and British Telecom say their hubs or routers are intended to stay on 24/7 to keep the signal stable and to receive updates. I have fibre optic and even when I had wired connection it was the same and leave them on. It may be different in other countries.
I do a weekly reboot at 3AM of both my modem and Mesh WiFi 6 routers. I have automation equipment that switches it off for five minutes and then powers it back on. I never have slow speeds since I started doing this about two years ago.
Tech4All What equipment are you using to switch them off?
I have a timer plug set to do this once a week at 3am. It turns off and then turns back on 1 minute later.
Simples......it works.
Eskom reboots our routers for us daily, but thanks for the video anyway!
They really care after us....😂
Thanks for the information and I appreciate you making this video.
Thank you for giving me info , I have used one but did not know how they worked ,
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I wasn't paying attention so i thought he said "Your router and your mother" lol
I love that. I think I'll use that as my new rude thing to say to people. 😁😜😂
Love that Joburg accent. Content is also great.
Appreciate you being here 🔥
How would a scheduler work on a smart plug. The smart plug would turn the router off but it's not going to turn the router back on because it needs an internet connection to connect with the app to do that.
What is the difference between unplugging and turning off with power switch? Do they do the same thing? One better than the other. I have always just unplugged. Thanks for you videos!
I prefer to disconnect the power - could you just switch it off. Probably. In the "olden days" disconnection was the only real way to ensure the devices are actually off with no remaining charge. Its up to you - the 30 second it important though.
I don't know if you've covered this but in America in 2021 a new law was made where ISPs cannot charge a monthly rental fee (usually $10 a month) for a modem/router you purchase. I'm having that problem right now with my ISP. Thanks
Another very helpful, well-explained video. Thanks, man!
Thanks for the message and hanging out here 👍
Surely rebooting your rooter several times a week would be seen as a line fault from the dlm and potentially slow your rate to try and make it more stable.
Be very careful using a smart plug to be a timer for your Internet connection! No Internet means no cloud, could mean no smart plug, and so could result that it won't switch on your Internet again.
Some smart plugs can continue with their schedule when offline, some don't. For example, how does an offline smart plug know when sunset is today?
most good plugs store the schedule on the actual device itself and don't rely on an internet connection just to power on and off.
It saves the network ID too so as soon as the router is back it will reconnect to it.
If it didn't do these things, every single time you pull it out of the wall socket or have a power failure you would need to reset it all up.
You don't.
You are right, I had mine on a smart outlet. I have wi fi in a remote location to operate cameras and lights. I'm typically at that location once a week. It would sometimes go offline when I was away. So I set up the smart plug to turn it off at midnight for 10 minutes everyday. First time it went off it wouldn't come back on because it had no wi-fi. It was off until I returned to the location and manually turned the outlet back on. Lesson learned. I had some old mechanical timers, and put one of those on it, problem solved.
Oh, and to respond to Liron, the wi fi outlet does keep the info, I don't have to reset it every time the power is off, it just won't respond to the schedule without wi fi.
I unplug the wifi at night before I go to bed and plug it back in the next morning. Helps to reduce the electric bill as well.
Common things that a human need to learn but they don't.....you are so awesome man thanks for the information ❤️😌
Much Needed Info...
Thanks for the Help..!
Always welcome
All the best for the vidiq q and a today sir
audio leveling please. effects were really loud.
Thank you for the great tips! Enjoy all your videos (a newish subscriber, so I am going back and looking at your older but still very helpful videos). 😎
Awesome! Thank you - appreciate you being here!
great video....i have been doing this for years...still have the same router.. Very old....10 years
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@@LironSegev yes sir....i Have the old E3000....what's the difference between Single vs Port forwarding
Don't forget if you have a Battery power Backup in the Modem remove the battery before pulling the AC plug.
Great videos' and information. But could you adjust the sound level of your thetech guy splash screens that keep popping up. The sound level is way louder than your voice. Keep up the great work, as your help is much appreciated.
Call me special or something. But I have never had to do any of this to my modem or router. It just works for me. Am I just that lucky? I come home get on the wifi and it works. I had it for two years.
Great information Liron! Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for the tips! awesome too know , lol well thats why i"M here! Enjoy your channel!!
Appreciate you being here! More to come
Spectrum locks their modems, so good luck checking for updates or putting in your own firewall rules. My new modem won't even let me use the WPS button, it's been locked out! I'd like to turn Spectrum off forever, but sadly the only alternative where I live is even worse.
I use Spectrum too - I just dont use their router. I have their modem and I buy my own router so I can make any changes I need to.
Question. If I use a smart plug to restart the modem, once the wifi signal stops to the plug, how would it be able to restart the modem? Hope this makes sense.
i haven't upgraded my (personal) router firmware in a couple of years. still works great. I seldom reboot, in fact very rarely. no problems with it. I say if it ain't broke don''t fix it. especially updating the firmware, that is very risky.
It's very risky? Or do you mean there is a very slight chance something could go wrong anywhere on the range from minimal issue to brick the system? So "very risky" is not accurate but more like very small chance there is an issue at all, maybe there is an issue and extremely rare could be bricked system.
Hey liron i just subscribed to you today just watchimg this video..keep making amazing content man✌
Thanks for subbing and for hanging out here!
I'm learning a lot from your videos. Thanks for making them.
Wow cool idea about the fan. Some of the new routers have an internal fan.
yip - new ones are doing so much more so they need the help to keep cool!
@@LironSegev I kept losing my internet connection on hot afternoons. When I went to reset the router and modem, I noticed that both were really hot. So I had a 120mm 12 volt case fan that I set up to blow on the units and this solved my connectivity problem. Next I need to get an 8 day timer. Thanks for the great ideas!
As all my things are by my tv and I have a 20" box fan blowing that way and that keeps everything cool .
Nice!
Your re-booting advice often works, just as it does with Windows and other inferior operating systems that do not maintain themselves properly. Memory leaks and crud buildup can bring your system to a crawling halt. It is sad that the commercial equipment we can buy does not have truly robust software and this sort of nonsense is required. It is worth noting that most Unix and Linux systems will run and function perfectly for years without a re-boot.
Great information - I also have a WiFi extender and I occasionally reboot them too - should I do the reboot at the same time as the primary routers?
all this may aplply if you don't have british internet providers , here you get dial up speeds on fiber unlimited conection that 3 people can;t use at the same time !!!! ( thankyou BT )
It's pronounces 'rooter'; a 'rowter' is a woodworking tool.
Many ISPs monitor how your service is working, and make changes to optimise service, These changes are stored in the router in volatile memory, so are lost with a reboot. Consequently, unless service is lost, rebooting is actually a poor idea.
in South Africa, England we say rooter, in the US its rowter. No matter which way I say it people seem to have this need to correct my pronunciation.🤦♂️
Settings for in router are certainly 100% NOT stored in volatile memory - ever change a wifi name? the first thing it does is ask you to wait while it reboots!!
@@LironSegev In both US English and UK English, it is pronounced as I say - rooter. You can Google and get pronunciations for those countries that confirm this.
The settings that are volatile are ones that are made by the router as it attempts to get the best performance. This may just be a UK thing, but the biggest ISP here actually tells users to leave there router on to keep optimised settings.
Of course, user-changed settings are retained.
Sorry but nope - I lived in South Africa and the UK and there we said ROOTER. In the US, which is where I live now, it is pronounced ROW-TER. (th-cam.com/video/tbGAOroACGc/w-d-xo.html)
Re: the rebooting - The settings help in ram optimize the router's processes. However, as I said in the video, these can become corrupt, overloaded, run out of temp file space, lock up etc. A reboot every once in a while will allow everything to start fresh.
I assume you reboot your computer and your phone right?
@@LironSegev I run Linux on my computers, and Android on my phone, so don't reboot often.
I completely understand that a reboot of a router every couple of months MAY be helpful, but equally as I have explained, it should not be done two or three times a week in the UK. That would give a worse performance.
Just found you - think Im in love - great info thanks!
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Awesome ,I take it this would apply to an access point ,like a box and then a fibre router plugged into the access box? Another great vid!
Thank you and yes, I do it for every wifi device. Simple enough to do so why not 😜
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Liron, Hey there. You do a great job and know your stuff, but you are a bit too fast for a non-tech guy like me to follow. If you would slow down some and add more detail to what you're describing, I think it would help you and your viewers. Continued success.
I had my modem without a router one time because I was living with my parents at home and there was no way for me to get wifi across the entire house and ring mains ethernet plugs were a cost I couldn't afford so I used a modem I had an plugged straight into the phone line with it and boy was it fast compared to with a router when connecting to the internet.
Useful information! Thank you!
I love your way of informing us with some entertainment, thank you
We recently got a new router from our ISP last year. the old one doesn't have that option to check for a firmware update neither the new one.. our problem is that we cant get the minimum required upload speed inorder for my sister to start her online job.. our ISP sucks.... cause they dont even now how to fix it.. so i googled and tried all of the suggested settings and the only thing left is updating.. which, in our case is impossible.. all we can do is wait for fibr to be available in our location and if a fibr connection cant fix our problem then... i dont know anymore since we cant afford an upgrade on our current plan which is 5mbps and the minimum required for the job is 3mbps download and 2 upload.. and all we can get in speed test is 5+mbps down and below 1mbps upload. 😩
Great information. Thankyou!
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Great clear explanations.
I built a little table fan for my router. I used a computer case fan, usb-to-3-pin wire I bought online, and a thin piece of wood. Super effective.
I used modem/ router combine, Motorola brand, since 2016
Thank you for these videos- why the blast of sci-fi noise every few minutes?
unplug the router/modem before you go to work, plug it in when you get home.
Some times it's the cheap & nasty power supply units which cause all sorts of problems. Since buying a more robust PSU I haven't needed to reboot the router for the last year.
true about the power supply units. I find that even with the newer routers you don't NEED to reboot as much, but I still do and allow the operating system to do a nice cleanup. Its all down to personal usage. I have a lot going on in my wifi so I find a cleanup works. Thanks for sharing your experience and being here - good to get people's perspective!
simple just unplug your modem for 15 seconds press the button for 10 sec and thats it. Do this daily. This will reset and trash the clogging and dust that brings when you used your internet.
I hope you can help me with this! I recently subscribed to NETFLIX, but the volume will go completely off and I have to listen to the show with the "CC" on, otherwise I'd never know what they are saying. Do you know what's causing this? Thank you so much for all your help!
Thanks i just learn't how damne lot great video now i know what to do, as my one was playing up, so i turned it off (rebooted)and waited 30secs then turned it on and hello way faster.
I've got mine on a timer... it goes off @ midnight, and back on @ 4:30a...
My data transfers from my computer to external drives thru router are usually 50-100 MB/s, but sometimes it slows down to 20-30, then returns to normal fast speeds...why does it do this??? Internet speeds thru cable modem doesn't fluctuate this much and shouldn't affect local transfer speeds so this really bugs me. Is there an explanation or fix???
Nice video, but surely if you click restart in your router software it will turn off and on immediately and not wait 30 seconds?