Do you use fans on your router/modem?

Cause i saw some lazada on router has x number fans.

I just put my modem and router on top of laptop cooler pad without turnon. Avoid the heat stuck under the table. Scare fire.

This post has been edited by RallyNight: Dec 20 2020, 03:17 PM

Nope

router can be overclocked ka

why tho?

maybe only high end router has it

Touch my table felt exterme panas so i just left it on the unused laptop pad.

no

Some router will generate quite a lot of heat. So having fans will alleviate the issue. Also helps to maintain reliability & stability.

When i try to wipe the desk, felt the a extreme heat spot under the router n modem. So just put 1 no use cm cooling laptop pad under it.

This post has been edited by RallyNight: Dec 20 2020, 03:25 PM

i left it on top of the router box but got ceiling fan blowing on it la

It depends on the place you put the router modem. If the place has dead air, no air flow, such as if you fart there, the smell will still be there for a few days, put some fan there. Such places are top of staircase. The heat will build up over time.
Especially with cheap equipments.

No, just put separate with BTU, not stack it

Kinda next to the wall afternoon sure got direct sunlight hit the wall.

I didnt stack them, i just leave it side by side on the laptop cooling pad.

This post has been edited by RallyNight: Dec 20 2020, 03:29 PM

I placed a fan to cool the SFP+ modules, otherwise they would be >75 degree Celsius at the same time cool the other stuffs like TB3 nvme drive and the mini server

You diy the wood job?
Looks good man.

Didn’t put any cooler fan for my Asus RT-AX3000, it’s already placed on a well ventilated space. Been using it for 4-5 months 24/7 only reboot if there is a firmware update(like once a month) or power outage(which is rare)

No issue on performance

This post has been edited by fox_shinoda: Dec 20 2020, 03:31 PM

last time yes. overheat till hang. drill a big hole on the router and put a fan. settled.
tplink 2.4g days.

No, bought from daiso jp. This one very old pic, now is using stainless steel cylinders as the feet

Got RGB = faster

cheapo router if many device together use will hang or become slow. put speed ping all good

I just leave it on the laptop cm pad then. Cause underneath is alcohol collection 😅

Rgb water cooling.

No lag or hang after tukar from black cylinder to asus.
Now speed lowest at 103.3 highest at 103.7mbps. Hhhggghhhhh

Using unifi 100mbps

This post has been edited by RallyNight: Dec 20 2020, 03:39 PM

I stick extra thick foam pads on the bottom to raise it up. And i do not stack router on something or vice versa.

Yes, I have a notebook cooler under router.

Asus ac86u fans stabilise the 5ghz antenna

Tf lolol same cooling pad. I place both modem n router side by side. Didnt turnon only.

I use laptop coolers under my unifi receiver and router and my unifi tvbox.

Same my tv box also has an small foam push it up.
Felt like my tv table real stuck heat alot.

no.
my headphone dac/amp are more hotter yet the manufacturer give 10 years warranty.
btw, the router is just warm, but not melting hot.

This post has been edited by asphiroth: Dec 20 2020, 03:55 PM

You can leave it on 24/7.

Tried. Stupid design poor ventilation
Drill hole easier.

I might try these after all.

As long as air flows, doesn't matter.

That's very expensive. Just buy 5v case fan

I was thinking maybe get two of these 5V USB fan for router and BTU. Not an expert of fan though. Would it be enough. I can build the shroud myself.

My Asus RT-86U was around 70 degree celsius (5ghz), after using this el-cheapo fan it dropped to around 60.

No fire no fan.

only unifi router overheat. Get a good router and no need fan.

I think no one realizes that routers/BTU (NAS) if turn on 24 hour everyday can heat up an average sized bedroom considerably.

This post has been edited by netmatrix: Dec 20 2020, 04:50 PM

Item is nice. But expensive la.

Ayam actually curious if it helps to keep effiiency up for a small 3-5w fan on the side. Its always friggin hot when i touchy it. So far my testing is that yes, fans help keep it cool, but is it worth the power consumed by the fan?

Hell knows. Same thing with the adapter, always warm also..

Well.. the fact all bigger switches screaming like hell into the night and in our server room should be the answer. But those are likely required cooling rather than a luxury.

This post has been edited by Dezs: Dec 20 2020, 04:56 PM

Tp-link routers always run a bit hot (in my experience, at least). Used to have c1200, hot to the touch, but never had any issues. Recently switched to ax50, REALLY HOT, to the point of random reboots. Had a CM laptop cooler lying around. Got three fans that can be moved around. So I just put both modem and router on the cooler pad. Difference is night and day. Router is actually cool to the touch now, no more stability issues. This is with the cooler turned on.

I think tplink routers are just poorly designed. It was my mistake getting the ax50 although I knew my old c1200 oso ran quite hot. Since that one had no stability issues, I thought why not? No more tplink for me after this.

This post has been edited by killerjeya: Dec 20 2020, 04:55 PM

mahal wei, any 5v usb fan will do

With fan on noticeable heat drop.

well.. before too much heatsoak ruins the chip, just open it put a passive heatsink then drill more hole on top of it.

nope. use liquid cooling..

that deserves a friggin award hahahahaha - must as well put my floor fan there hahaha

Same laptor cooler under it. Lols.

imo if you realise some performance drop such as wifi suddenly stop working for short period of time or ocassionally drop packet,
and you touch it and feel it's hot, then such problem gone with fan blowing at it, then only you need to permanently setup a fan for this
most router should be ok to work properly even heat up a bit

My router dunno how many years never shut down no use cooler fan pun, rosak ask your ISP to replace it la

Lmao. This deserve award.

Give it more engines and it will bring your wifi with you anywhere.. owai

Air cond better

Put it in the fridge yoooooo

Plug some cheap USB fan

just placed a random corsair static pressure fan under my ac88u and it's been alright

put rubber feet prop it up setel lah

got gentle airflow over the housing can ady

put fan outside u r jes dissipating the heat buildup dat has found its way to the outside of the housing

u wan effective u drill sum vent holes n install the fan inside the housing directed @ the chipset/pcb

https://shopee.com.my/%E2%98%9EHot%E2%98%9C...7585.3751164890

cheap and good.


edit: haha same link as shared by taiko. mine cheaper by 45sen

This post has been edited by fireballs: Dec 20 2020, 06:07 PM

Why would a router need a fan?
It design to withstand that, my old unifi router last me 7year and force to upgrade because of speed upgrade.
Dont waste ur thought by said it need that to prolong life or what so ever.

Nah, i ask ask only. I put an unused laptop cooler underneath it only.

some router is ran so hot that it reboot/hang randomly
so far history of tplink from the oldest b/g generation to recent ac1200 all like that

got one time i so mad i took off the entire plastic casing and let it run naked, put a old heatsink to it.

Friggin love the noctua! I'm wondering how you connect the noctua to ur router? any pwm to usb adapter ure using?

I'm using mr3420. Day 1 launch till now still working fine without cooling.

What can be used as the feet? I have many 12cm fans, might want to try DIY.

never, since day one.

Yea, the NF-A20 PWM is awesome, super silent. I run the fan with 12V from another switching psu, coupled with the LNA adapter to reduce its speed (no PWM driver) because winter and fan running full speed on my desk is a very bad idea

Try find PCB stand, like my attached pic in previous post

I think I'll stop by Ace Hardware tomorrow and look for rubber gasket with hole in it, can grab mesh filter too and solder wire too.

Yes, because have old PC act as router with pfsense

Not for my modem, not for my switch, not on unifi's modem

wanted to buy a cheap usb fan , but realized this router given by time gt no usb port cilaka

disposable chopstick

What kind of router doesn't have USB port?

steal power from the router power lah. 12v anyway
ngam for 12v case fan also.

Because some router/BTU are designed with minimum tolerance. Give it a heavy workload continuously and they start underperforming, or throttled. Some just hang.

Some placement also don't have any airflow, so you need to introduce some airflow to dissipate the accumulated heat.

Mrdiy labtop cooler
Rm16

Three years Day n night without rest. Led rosak 1.5year, fan still work till r recently

wait I still don't get it. You connect the fan directly to your PSU? I'm planning to do the same with my router since I have one noctua fan that i do not use. If I want to use this noctua to connect to the usb port, do I need an adapter? like 4pin pwm adapter to usb?

Nope ... never have problem of em overheating.

ayam serious, they gave tplink ac1350, no usb port

Get this

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/prado-ma...1331172804.html

Ithis one got 2 usb port & surge arrestor

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/apc-esse...i433798699.html

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/55mm21mm...3840814150.html

for those no usb port

no nid fan

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This post has been edited by Neo8663: Dec 23 2020, 12:22 PM

In a strange turn of event, I decided to get these cooling fans for BTU and router, and the desktop suddenly can use gigabit ethernet. Previously it always stuck at 100Mbps, and whenever I tried changing the duplex to gigabit, the connection won't work. It seems that heat does slow down/throttle the router and/or BTUs.

The fans are pretty quiet by the way.