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by d2wa 1379 days ago
(Author here.) The estimated savings is roughly 24 Euro/year assuming the AP is completely idle (which it mostly is at night). So, that's the savings from just disabling one of the radios. Europe is currently experiencing an affordable energy shortage. So, everyone is encouraged to cut energy usage. One AP doesn't make much difference, but this change is something almost every AP — residential and business — could make to cut waste. It should probably be a first-time setup question: do you want to save energy by disabling the 5 GHz radio between 23:00 and 07:00?