Most routers on the market, including those marketed as "Gaming," do not have one active cooling, that is, that its internal components produce heat but only have heatsinks and do not emit it properly, and therefore thermal softening and this causes a reduction in performance, with sporadic stops (and we tell you this from our experience). In fact, in some cases the router hangs when we need more load and we have to restart it manually.
Fortunately, the solution is simple, and at least in our limited investment environment we have been able to stop having these online gaming features and improve the overall functionality of the app. Plus, as you know, by making it work at better temperatures and we will add it shelf life
What do you need to cool the router?
The basic characteristic we will need to say the router has a USB port mightily. Today almost all models have them, including those provided by the Internet service providers. Otherwise, when the router is near the PC we can use the computer's USB port.
Besides this, we will need to:
- The follower is 120 or 140 mm thick (depending on the size of the router).
- Adapter connector fan.
- Rubber feet for fans (Optional).
The follower can buy or use any of the remainder, from previous PCs for example. The adapter can be purchased at any store, as well as rubber feet, or if we want to have a good system, we can buy 5V fan at night which already comes with both legs and adapter. Recommend this model:
If you already have a fan and want a USB adapter, you can buy the same one for less than two euros:
But the rubber feet, that though not being selected will help slow down the movement of fan and this sound emits it (and to separate the fan from the router slowly to keep the air going smoothly), this would be great because of the flat end that will allow the leg for the fan to rest at or below the router:
Cool your router by reusing the fan
Let's go where the only thing we have to do is put the rubber feet on its four bases, all on the same side.
We will now connect the fan cable to the adapter and its USB connector to the router.
Finally we will place the fan above or below the router (depending on the grid). Do this carefully, or even before you connect it, and from the moment we connect the USB connector, the fan will start scanning.
We won't have to do anything else. With less investment, our router will operate at better temperatures (up to 25 ° C under our tests) and with better performance, avoiding more stops and crashes. In addition, since we didn't turn the router on, we have a chance that by simply lifting the fan we can clean it, and we can definitely set it up and take it off whenever we want.
Of course, this will only work if we have a horizontal router, because if it is positioned correctly we will have to make a very "aggressive" change to the router which involves installing it to hold the fan to it.
