What is the general consensus on power cycling network equipment, and its failure rate. In a lab enviroment, what effect would shutting the equipment off when not in use have on the life span of the ...

At an office where I work some of the time, their LAN has 3 switches (2 of them netgear FS116 10 / 100 16port - The other one is an 8 port that I don't remember the make of) Occasionaly (say once ever ...

Flicking a circuit breaker to power cycle hundreds of desktop computers inside interactive museum exhibits is hardly ideal. Computers tend to get cranky when improperly shutdown, and there’s an ...