LED's?

[baloki]

So how many lights does your modem/router have on it? Mine has 4 active normally and a fifth comes on when I'm using the phone

[Tai]

WEOOOOSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M A PLANE I BELONG HERE

[jent]

my modem has 6 lights, 7 with phone....my first switch has an additional 4 lights, firewall has on average another 4 to 6 lights on....and my gigabit switch has on average 12 lights on

What is sad is they are all on all the time, and there is no easy way to disable them. In general use the lights are almost meaningless. What a waste of electricity.

[Angstwolf]

my modem has 6 lights, 7 with phone....my first switch has an additional 4 lights, firewall has on average another 4 to 6 lights on....and my gigabit switch has on average 12 lights on

What is sad is they are all on all the time, and there is no easy way to disable them. In general use the lights are almost meaningless. What a waste of electricity.

Do you even use lamps?

[jent]

my modem has 6 lights, 7 with phone....my first switch has an additional 4 lights, firewall has on average another 4 to 6 lights on....and my gigabit switch has on average 12 lights on

What is sad is they are all on all the time, and there is no easy way to disable them. In general use the lights are almost meaningless. What a waste of electricity.

Do you even use lamps?

actually no.....my LED's and dual monitors keep me lit....and my server and desktop keep my room warm in the winter too ^.^

[Llewthepoet]

Four...I think.

Why is this in the Airport section?

[baloki]

Why is this in the Airport section?

Why do they have confectionery stores in duty-free shops in airports is what I want to know, we all know you eat the gift way before you hand it over to it's intended recipient...

[Doc Sigma]

Mine has dozens and dozens of lights, and this warning:

ACHTUNG!

ALLES TURISTEN UND NONTEKNISCHEN LOOKENPEEPERS!

DAS KOMPUTERMASCHINE IST NICHT FÃœR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN! ODERWISE IST EASY TO SCHNAPPEN DER SPRINGENWERK, BLOWENFUSEN UND POPPENCORKEN MIT SPITZENSPARKSEN.

IST NICHT FÜR GEWERKEN BEI DUMMKOPFEN. DER RUBBERNECKEN SIGHTSEEREN KEEPEN DAS COTTONPICKEN HÄNDER IN DAS POCKETS MUSS.

ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.

[Richard K Niner]

I have no modem...

[Dr. Doog]

I have cable internet and phone so I have 6 that are always on and one that flashes always.

[Zaaphod]

Four...I think.

Why is this in the Airport section?

It was diverted here due to heavy fog in the Anything section.

Said fog has cleared, so this can be safely moved now. *ZOOM!*

[baloki]

Four...I think.

Why is this in the Airport section?

It was diverted here due to heavy fog in the Anything section.

Said fog has cleared, so this can be safely moved now. *ZOOM!*

Moving my "I'm back" thread is mean

[Tai]

not I'm back; now this thrad is in a better place I can say I have 4 basic lights- power status network and wireless, and 4 port lights

and that leds comsume so little electricity I think that turning on a monitor takes up more energy than leaving all the leds on for a year jent =| I lack the money to try this but you could probably just short the led if you REALLY wanted to save electricity

[Kyler Thatch]

5 LEDs, but only 4 of them actually do something. The other one is just there, not doing anything. I have no idea why they put it in.

The CPU, on the other hand, has two pretty blue lights that run down the left and right sides. Happiness.

[likeafox]

Not including my cable modem I have 24 LEDs on on my routing equipment.

And Tai is right, LEDs are incredibly efficient. For the same luminosity they use 10% the power of an incandescent lamp and nearly half the power of a compact fluorescent. And for the scant amount of light they produce, those always-on LED status indicators likely use a miniscule amount of power compared to any other electrical device in your home.