I disagree. There should be a surge protector/arrestor between the router and the wall jack. So, you'd have in your example A as the walljack, B as the cable running from the wall jack, to C the surge protector/arrestor, D the cable from surge device, to e router, and so forth. The point is you can't just put a surge suppressor on the electrical side, but at any point that connects to the outside world such as the phone lines or network beyond your own subnet.
On Jul 27, 2009, at 3:15 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > A router between the wall and the mac might help in the future. > Consider > it a bullet stopper to prevent the mac from being taken out. Same > principle applies why external modems are better than internal > modems for > PC's. They're bullet stoppers which may or may not work in the > event of a > lightning strike. A network switch connected to the router might also > help. But let's back this up a little so you can picture this better. > Letters connect to each other in order with what I'm about to write. > Given, a is the wall jack, b is wire connected to wall jack, c is > router > connected to b, d is wire going out of router, e is network switch > connected to d, f is wire going out of network switch, and g is your > mac > connected in the ethernet port to f. > > > > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Scott Howell wrote: > >> >> I don't know what to tell you, but everything that that is connected >> to the electrical mains or to a network drop should be routed through >> a surge protector. This will help, but of course is no guarantee and >> there may very well be some components, which are affected more than >> others. I guess I've just been very lucky and if you have homeowners >> insurance, they may very well cover it if the machine is completely >> toasted. I can't possibly imagine why resetting the pram would have >> such an impact though. If you have an Apple store/service facility, >> might be worth having them look at it to see if there is something >> else going on. Good luck, I know it really sucks when something like >> this happens. >> >> On Jul 10, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Mike Reiser wrote: >> >>> >>> Nothing else that was in the serge protector was effected. The >>> internet >>> is connected through a netowrk drop on the wall. My speakers are >>> also >>> plugged into the serge protector. The keyboard isn't and it's usb, >>> and >>> also the monitor adapter isn't. What's wierd is it stopped working >>> after the Apple store employee had me reset the pram. Thanks, >>> >>> Mike >> >> >>> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
