http://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineemiller/how-to-hide-your-router
Hide that ugly router, silly boys!
Hide this fat cock of mine
>tfw FBI won't get my cached hacking packets because I hid my router on a bookshelf
>bullfeed
why would I want to hide it?
>direct link to buzzfeed
>>53878679
>>53878679
>just let your router overheat between the books
Good advice
>>53878832
This. Listening to buzzfeeds advices kek
>>53878832
>Not watercooling your router
>>53878832
I too, need cooling on my gaming router for maximum performance. It is better to invest in ram cooling though first.
>>53878762
Because it looks ugly and out of place
how to hide your router:
move the cables and power supply you dicksucking retard, why are they bundle up like a messy pile a shit? Did you model it after your life?
>>53878855
I've actually burned through several routers over the past few years, I'm sure a lot of it is due to degradation of the hardware from heat. They usually only last about a year but they're so cheap that the math still works out in favor of this method vs. buying an expensive gayming/high end router. The truth is those expensive routers probably do have slightly higher quality components.
>>53878912
What the fuck are you doing to burn trough routers? I've never seen a dead router in my life. They aren't exactly under stress even the most basic components should hold up for years.
>>53878943
This.
I pulled out a 10Mbit switch which was sitting on top of a fridge (and thus hot as fuck nearly 24/7). The only problem it had was the plastic was going, and it was getting a bit old (the bandwidth was choking users connected to it).
>>53878679
B-b-but it's under my bed?
>>53878679
What if my router is the size of a matx tower?
>>53878912
Just buy a regular computer or a second hand cisco device and your Gucci those things can run forever under the worst circumstances possible and still live to see another day.
>>53878679
>buzzfeed
>>53879054
>Cisco
>>53878870
If you're a faggot, maybe? Why would a router/modem look out of place on a computer desk?
>>53879103
>Using premade cables
>Not hiding the router in a cupboard
>>53878679
enjoy your shit wireless connection
>>53879138
>Your cables are the problem, not the retarded placement of the reset switch
>>53878762
Because it represents the patriarchy
>not liking spiders
>>53879223
>>53878762
A E S T H E T I C S
>>53878766
>caring about shit like this
>>53879211
impratical dogshit
>>53879211
>mfw people who read buzzfeed are more likely to have extra red satin fabric laying around than a screw and screwdriver
>>53879347
How so?
I hide it underneath my desk desu senpai it's very clever
>>53879338
Where do you think you are? Reddit?
>>53878713
>that gif
>not actually buying routers that are premade not to look like routers
>>53879670
it's like seeing technology actively scares some people or offends their aesthetic sense.
>>53878679
It would overheat. Routers have fans for a reason, fuckwits.
Don't routers usually have antennas? Where do the antennas go?
>>53878855
Routers have no cooling and they do run quite hot (atleast mine does). It doesn't affect the performance, but covering up your router in flammable fabric like that is a fire hazard (or it will atleast cook your router).
>>53879960
>Routers have no cooling
*my router has no cooling
>>53879976
All the routers I've had have had no active cooling.
>>53878679
upvoted for visibility
>>53880007
Hi Mr bond
>>53880007
That means nothing
>>53878679
How do I hide it in my iBooks library?
>>53878766
buzzfeed posts here because they know g/tards will follow the link
>>53878679
I prefer an old router on a table instead of fucking ugly old books.
In fact, anyone than has books as decorations is a pretentious faggot.
>>53880007
are you 3? ofc there are router with active cooling. But even the ones with passiv cooling don´t really like to be warped in cloth. basic thermal stuff...
>>53879356
I have to switch my routers cables almost daily.
>not using a managed switch,wap and chinese range extender.
>>53880347
And I have mine oriented so the ports are facing up, it's not impractical at all you retard
I tried hiding my router but it escaped and now it's on the ceiling, taunting me
>>53879054
>>53879138
Cisco is overrated shit, MikroTik FTW!
>>53879127
Because it is a work desk with optional laptop on it. Not a fucking computer desk.
>>53879127
ergonomics you dumb NEET
>>53880347
reported for ban evasion
>>53881248
>ergonomics
oh hod my spine and neck, there's a router on my desk
aaaah the pain of it all please god kill my end my suffering
of the spine and neck
and my tiny cock also
I just tether my phone. My unlimited data is THAT cheap.
>>53881344
>unemployed sperg doesn't know what ergonomics means
unsurprising
>>53882227
my asscrack just snapped because i left some flash drives on my desk
removed them into closed space bedroom attics so the asscrack was ok den, after applying oitment
into the crack
back hurts like nothing else matters tho
and neck is sore like no world for tomorrow
luckily my pennus lost feeling after i moved the computor tower on the floor so it cannot be seen through the window-s
thank goodness for peeping toms who give feedback
weed also helps spasms and premature ejections
>>53881270
kek
wouldn't that fuck with the antenna coverage though
>not having cables lying around everywhere for maximum technosexual appeal
>>53878679
>visits buzzfeed
>actually owns books
pick one you homosexual faggot
>>53878679
no thanks i want my router to work and not overheat.
>inna fraternity
>internet goes out
>modem got so hot it died and actually melted the plastic
>>53879355
so.. /g/?
>>53883635
No, you need conductive materials to fuck with electromagnetic waves.
>>53878679
>>53878943
I've seen some cheaper routers idle at 60C.
If you cover the vent holes, like on the OP pic, the hot air won't have any way to escape from the case; it'll stay inside the thing and heat it up much further to 70-80C.
Which is a really bad idea.
>>53878943
Wireless routers can get hot as fuck
>>53878880
>Did you model it after your life?
underrated post
>>53879138
You've never worked in I.T, have you?
>>53879103
>>53879670
>>53878762
if you're the average retard technophobe that thinks that having anything technical showing means you're a loser. Same assholes who drive a car til it dies and it's over something like not changing oil, literally scared to death to open the hood, or as I've recently taken to calling it, bonnet.
>>53878912
>>53878943
I've seen dead routers with a lot of businesses and it is always for one of two reasons.
-It's the most entry level home class router that was only built to handle 4PCs and they have it hooked up to a switch trying to handle 30.
-It's in a very hot room for example they were smart enough to have a "server room" but it isn't ventilated in any way
Get a business class router, hopefully try to install a firmware on it, and keep it stored properly. Had an asus RT16 running dd-wrt mega for almost 5 years now, cost $70 in 2011.
>>53884612
>literally scared to death to open the hood, or as I've recently taken to calling it, bonnet.
>>53882227
it is you, my friend, who is misinformed
>>53879138
>my time is of so little value, that I actually make my own TP cables
>>53885840
>not giving the intern menial tasks while you shitpost
>>53885872
>even using copper to begin with
>>53879293
>>53883722
changing the orientation though
if it was designed to work best flat, it wouldn't be affected if the antenna was pointing to one side?
>>53886096
You can turn a router on its side and still properly orient the antenna.
>women hate even looking at technology
>but sexist men are the reason there aren't more women in the tech industry
>>53883753
Wtf, I'm using a 2010 D-Link and the max temp after being turned on for 3 days is something around 37-39ºC
>>53885893
money
>>53883723
the fuck is up with the design of that thing?
>>53886243
zzz, you're at /g/, you should atleast have an idea how this shit works
a combination of radios for wireless nics, weak/powerful processors, good/bad space around the cpu for air flow, .. all dictate the temperatures of a normal household router
>>53886369
Yeah, but I just said my router stays at a balmy temperature, not that I'm a tech illiterate.
>>53886133
unless the antenna is interior, which it appears to be in the OP.
>>53886528
>internal antennas
>>53878679
My Router is nice and aesthetic.
It contributes to my other Hardware.
Black wireless printer, Black landline phone, Black TV, Black widescreen Monitor and so on.
>>53879338
>Not caring about shit like this
>>53886602
why do people care about the look of their technology?
>>53878855
>implying routers don't depend on ambient air flow to keep cool
But no, I'm sure it's better for you to hurr and durr all over the place like a complete faggot.
>>53886636
Why can't it be functional, good in built quality and decent looking?
>>53878679
Ruining perfectly good books for no reason at all.
#Justgirlthings
>>53886636
the same reason they care about the look of everything else
>>53886583
very common among people who didn't actually buy their own router.
yes, yes, cost efficiency, but no one really cares if it works.
>>53886801
*as long as it works.
>>53884130
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WHY HP, WHY!?!!!!
>>53878679
I also browse /lit/, so I actually look at books rather than just using them as decoration.
A big shitilly bound book with no title would be so much more annoying to have in a room than a router.
