Personal Questions

Two answers I have always heard...
Nothing makes a computer run better than a fresh boot.
Windows Network will default to the fastest connection.

I shut mine off at night or if I leave the house. I have a router that supports wifi and both are on at all times. My wife uses the wifi on her tablet.

I reboot my PC when necessary, otherwise it stays on. You'll get as many answers to this as there are people using PCs. There is no right or wrong, only opinion and choice.

WiFi and Ethernet always on together.

I shut both of my (WiFi and Ethernet) computers off at night. I leave them on during the day.

Personal question......why do you ask?

while I shut down most of my 'puters , my main stays up
doing household monitoring .

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I turn off PCs when not them but leave router and switch one to service video surveillance system.

I turn both PCs off so you're not paying the power companies, at night and whenever I go out for extended periods.

I much prefer ethernet but latest Wifi is getting much better than in the old days.

Desktop off at night or leaving for extended time. Sleep it (no hiber) if home and not going to use for an hour or more. I keep the LAN wake options disabled (Magic packs, strings) so there's no activity at all on Ethernet/WiFi when sleeping.

Keep the router on at all times, it is also the modem connection (forgot the term) to the TV set-top boxes for TV Guide, etc.

I also idle my monitor if I'm away for a short while. 27" Samsung curved, and it draws around 35-40 watts. Not the Windows turn monitor off, I use a shortcut with Nircmd, and wake it up with mouse/KB:

nircmd.exe cmdwait 1000 monitor async_off

All on a UPS. (yes, it's on, too )