Felly sgrifennodd Gianna :
How would you recommend turning off an adsl router?
A sudden power off (turning off the switch) is the only method on the
models I have seen.

It shouldn't do it any harm; I haven't seen one with a hard disc in before
(and that's the thing that usually causes a problem with sudedn power
outages), even though my modem/router is running Linux Hey that makes
four Linux PCs in oue house

I agree that a power outtage can leave bits of files on a hard drive
(and loss of unsaved data) but it is easy to tidy up.

If you're really unlucky. The power supply can actually send an interrupt
to the CPU to tell it that the power has been cut, and if the CPU can act
quick enough (in the microseconds it has), it should be able to put things
in a safe state. That's the theory anyway; I don't know how Or how often)
this is implemented.

Adrian

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