Wifi status

Hi everyone

Just got connected (less than 1 hour) and Wifi Status says wifi duration is
7 days and 11 hours.
Router and PC were offline. Is this a Windows 8.1 error?

Thank you.

On 6/19/2014 3:28 PM, Jon wrote:
Hi everyone

Just got connected (less than 1 hour) and Wifi Status says wifi duration
is 7 days and 11 hours.
Router and PC were offline. Is this a Windows 8.1 error?

Thank you.

Not much to go on, here, but WiFi status is logged by the device, not
your computer. I suspect that your WiFi router thinks it's been active,
regardless of whether the computer was being used.
--
best regards,
Neil

On 6/21/2014 5:16 AM, Jon wrote:
When you do restart, Wifi duration starts normally from zero. It means
Windows 8.1 hibrid shutdown doesn't really close windows. Or better,
session stays in memory like on an hibernation.

Restarting the *computer* normally has no effect the WiFi router, since
most folks don't do such things by switching off the power strip that
both are connected to. ;-)

The up-time for the router is logged by the router, not your computer,
regardless of the OS.
--
best regards,
Neil

On 6/21/2014 11:34 AM, Neil wrote:
On 6/21/2014 5:16 AM, Jon wrote:
When you do restart, Wifi duration starts normally from zero. It means
Windows 8.1 hibrid shutdown doesn't really close windows. Or better,
session stays in memory like on an hibernation.

Restarting the *computer* normally has no effect the WiFi router, since
most folks don't do such things by switching off the power strip that
both are connected to. ;-)

The up-time for the router is logged by the router, not your computer,
regardless of the OS.

In addition, just to complicate things - -
Many of the newer P/C's have limited housekeeping voltages
present as long as the P/C is connected to A/C power.
This allows such things as turn on from a PS/2 port keyboard, and
charging USB connected devices, such as cell phones. Sadly, turn on from
a USB connected keyboard is still iffy.
The Ethernet adapter and/or a WiFi adapter may remain powered,
if not fully functional. As a result, a router may still see them, even
though he P/C is "Shut Down".

charlie wrote:
On 6/21/2014 11:34 AM, Neil wrote:
On 6/21/2014 5:16 AM, Jon wrote:
When you do restart, Wifi duration starts normally from zero. It means
Windows 8.1 hibrid shutdown doesn't really close windows. Or better,
session stays in memory like on an hibernation.

Restarting the *computer* normally has no effect the WiFi router, since
most folks don't do such things by switching off the power strip that
both are connected to. ;-)

The up-time for the router is logged by the router, not your computer,
regardless of the OS.

In addition, just to complicate things - -
Many of the newer P/C's have limited housekeeping voltages
present as long as the P/C is connected to A/C power.
This allows such things as turn on from a PS/2 port keyboard, and
charging USB connected devices, such as cell phones. Sadly, turn on from
a USB connected keyboard is still iffy.
The Ethernet adapter and/or a WiFi adapter may remain powered,
if not fully functional. As a result, a router may still see them, even
though he P/C is "Shut Down".

As far as I know, the housekeeping voltage remains the same.
It is called +5VSB, and can be regulated down to other voltages
on the motherboard. A lot of stuff is powered from that, and
it's a wonder the ATX supply has enough current for everything
we throw at it (like charging your iPad while the computer sleeps).
Before charging things became so popular, motherboard +5VSB was
using around 1 amp or so, out of 2 to 3 amps the supply had
to offer. The supply provides this power, without the fan
spinning, so the supply is relying on convection cooling
of that source.

+5VSB can be used to power the PS/2 ports and the USB ports.
As long as PME (Power Management Event) is enabled in the
BIOS, things are set up so that "wake" events from things
like keyboard or mice, can be forwarded to the chipset.

There's no particular reason for USB to be flaky. I think
some PS/2 keyboards, the SuperI/O can be programmed
to look for multiple key presses, which may give the
appearance the keyboard is not responsive. In which case
you'd check the BIOS to make sure it isn't set to one
of the more obscure wake conditions. I don't recollect the
USB path being quite that fancy.

Paul