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12-29-2002, 01:00 PM
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Well, Christmas eve brought more than Santa Claus here. Mother Nature decided that I should spend more time with my family this Christmas and sent a lightning bolt that took out my modem , router, three nic cards ( I Hope not the Mbds) a TV and 2 VCR's.
Wound up having the best Christmas ever so all was not lost.
Was able to salvage the VCR's but had to get new network components  Only about $250.00 to fix it all. Life goes on........
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12-29-2002, 01:10 PM
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12-29-2002, 01:13 PM
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Sometimes...LIFE"S A BEACH!! Oh Well
P.S. Dail up SUX!!!
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12-29-2002, 02:08 PM
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Well glad it only took out networking equipment and not people 
Equipment damage tends to be preferred over people damage 
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12-29-2002, 02:14 PM
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aw man, sorry to hear that. Hope you invest in a UPS, they are great, and you can hook up your network to it (just to protect for a power surge) and the manufacturor will pay for your stuff if it gets damaged
I got one from Belkin and I get $100,000+ coverage from damages | |
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12-29-2002, 06:39 PM
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12-29-2002, 06:47 PM
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Is there such a thing as a surge protector for cable? I have everything else protected, but my cable comes straight out of the wall into my modem. Could a surge fry the network that way?
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12-29-2002, 09:34 PM
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I have two (2) UPS and they didn't do there job. Will see about filing for the damage. Also got my U S Robotics external Sportster.
M Six...YES Better pull the plug next electrical storm !!!!!!
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12-29-2002, 09:45 PM
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it sounds like maybe the surge came in thru the cablemodem(?). if so, i don't think the ups 'damage coverage' would apply.
my sympathies... 
but you've got the right attitude. hardware can be replaced...people can't.
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12-29-2002, 10:09 PM
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I found a cable modem surge supressor from APC. It's cheap, and if you believe you get what you pay for maybe that's not a good thing, but APC usually makes decent stuff, so... 
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