Why does it take 5 minutes to reboot a router?

[Jerg]

Wondering why it apparently takes 5 minutes to reboot a Hub 3 router? At least that's what the Virgin Media Connect App says.

That's really pretty long, and extremely slow.

This app seems designed for people who can spend days going around in circles

[g0akc]

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@Jerg wrote:

Wondering why it apparently takes 5 minutes to reboot a Hub 3 router? 

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Any router has to go through a reboot and set up process - and it's not just the modem negotiation - loads of sub systems (Modem, WiFi, DHCP service, Firewall) need to be set up, reading config from NV Ram - starting with the Bootloader - and the processors are slow compared to a good modern smartphone or whatever.  The CPU in a VM Hub is relatively slow.

As an example here's  a link to the Open WRT pages with some details of BusyBox

The CPU in a VM Hub is relatively slow.

Adding a faster CPU, or any other hardware, is relatively cheap on a one off basis - but an ISP may be buying thousands if not millions of routers - shaving a Dollar off the cost of say a BT or Sky Hub saves say a million Dollars....  It's the same with any consumer equipment from kettles, toasters to TVs or Mac Books.

[jem101]

If you’ve ever restarted an enterprise Cisco router or core switch, you’ll know what waiting for it to startup really it! I have literally left one and gone away, made a cup of coffee, and drunk it before the thing has fully initialised.

[Jerg]

Broadband is working fine. Virgin Media Connect now working fine too.

Thanks for following up.

[Molly_G]

Hi @Jerg,

Thanks for confirming and glad to hear that - let us know if you do need any assistance from us in the future.

Kind regards,