Is Your Router Overheating? Here's How To Keep It Cool And Working Safely
Good ventilation is key.
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Home routers, like any other electronic device, heat up under normal operation. A router running for a few hours will feel warm to the touch, but if the heat is uncomfortable, it's worth investigating the cause behind the router overheating. Home Wi-Fi routers contain several electronic components, including processors, memory, wireless radios and power management modules. And modern routers are increasingly using a system on a chip (SoC) architecture, running something like Broadcom's BCM6765 SoC which integrates core networking components onto a single semiconductor chip.
No matter your router's configuration, it is bound to generate some heat when plugged into the wall. Since modern routers are capable of transmitting thousands of megabits of data per second, they place higher demand on the CPU, and contribute to additional heat generation. If the router overheats beyond its recommended operating temperature threshold, you may experience connectivity...
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