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AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 2 days ago
Not only! You do it by waiting 60 seconds before turning the router on again! That’s some level of shit because they tried to just turn it off and on quickly and didn’t work!
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Some (poorly designed) “passive” devices need about 20 seconds between power cycles to empty their capacitors, that’s why.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 2 days ago
I know, I work with machines and it’s a common practice to let the capacitors discharge for a good minute before trying to turn the thing on so the device has properly turned off before you try to turn it on again. But I know this because I work with them on a daily basis. If someone sees you as “hackerman” because you fixed the wifi by restarting the router properly, chances are they won’t even understand what a capacitor is.