--- title: "You should reboot your router once a month, but not for the reason you think" url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-should-reboot-your-router-once-a-month-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think-4wccdiafz source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/reboot-your-router-once-a-month type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-20T12:05:13.732Z updated: 2026-06-20T12:05:35.056Z tags: ["security", "networking"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You should reboot your router once a month, but not for the reason you think **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Monthly router reboots are recommended not just for restoring Wi-Fi performance, but for three key reasons: flushing memory leaks and DHCP conflicts from accumulated background processes, triggering a fresh Wi-Fi channel scan to avoid congested channels, and clearing suspicious connections or malware from volatile RAM. Modern routers handle thousands of simultaneous connections and can accumulate 'ghost' connections over time. Scheduling a monthly reboot during off-hours is a simple maintenance habit that improves both performance and security. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your router is probably misconfigured right now, and these 5 one-minute fixes will prove it](https://daily.dev/posts/your-router-is-probably-misconfigured-right-now-and-these-5-one-minute-fixes-will-prove-it-aky7pqa8s) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [My router was doing 5 things that I never asked it to, and I wish I had changed them earlier](https://daily.dev/posts/my-router-was-doing-5-things-that-i-never-asked-it-to-and-i-wish-i-had-changed-them-earlier-mddkn1oom) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop upgrading your router — fix these settings first](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-upgrading-your-router-fix-these-settings-first-qg2yldcu6) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your neighbors' Wi-Fi is slowing yours down, and one simple setting can fix it](https://daily.dev/posts/your-neighbors-wi-fi-is-slowing-yours-down-and-one-simple-setting-can-fix-it-d9qqgejpb) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your phone clings to the weak upstairs Wi-Fi, and your router has a setting to make it let go](https://daily.dev/posts/your-phone-clings-to-the-weak-upstairs-wi-fi-and-your-router-has-a-setting-to-make-it-let-go-h8i6vupdw) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-should-reboot-your-router-once-a-month-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think-4wccdiafz)