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by schwarz 2917 days ago
Nice, but why do you turn it off?
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It enforces no internet before sleep rule. Personally I find it hard to stick to such habits just by my own will. Too often I find some excuse to turn on my laptop just to check one thing, which then turns into one hour wasted browsing random junk.
I feel like this is also a good security precaution aswell, decreases attack surface for over 50% of the day.
Really good point.
They consume 10-20 Watts.
What are they doing? My 951 uses 3W maximum.

https://mikrotik.com/product/RB951-2n

VDSL2 modem, DECT base station, USB port with external HDD, dual-band 4 stream Wifi radio
OP may want to feel disconnected during nighttime hours.