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Question posted by jquillen51 on July 21st, 2011

Do I Need To Turn Off My Router When I Shut Down My Compute? If Sohow Do I Do It

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on July 25th, 2011 3:44 PM
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No need to shut it off.

If you want to guarantee that no one can access your connection when you're not there just pull out the power cord.  Other than that I wouldn't worry about it.


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User Guide - Page 88

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