[Tfug] USB hang

[Bender]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrian" <choprboy>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] USB hang


> On Friday 10 August 2012 12:29, Zack Breckenridge wrote:
>> So now its my turn: came home to find a (2 months old max) Cisco cable
>> modem with a non-functioning Ethernet port and a laptop that won't power
>> on.
>>
>> I really have no question about these machines, as I assume I'm the 
>> victim
>> of a power surge. The laptop was in its' "declining years" anyway. Oddly,
>> other machines on the same power strips weren't affected, so perhaps its
>> just a coincidence.
>>
>> My actual question is: is this something to be expected from Tucson's 
>> power
>> infrastructure and/or lightning storms? I've lived here for a long time 
>> and
>> haven't really had problems like this before, so maybe I've just been
>> lucky.
>>
>
> We've had multiple items destroyed by lightning in the couple weeks here 
> at
> work. We go thru dedicated surge arrestors by the dozen every monsoon
> season.... Easy to believe cable modem getting fried by a nearby lightning
> strike, same with the laptop if it was directly connected to the same.
>
>
> Adrian


Sounds like the experience I had.
Laptop was connected to ethernet port on DSL modem. Then, after a storm the 
modem didn't work and the ethernet port on the laptop was dead too.

Now, I use a cheap-o switch as a sacrificial unit between my cable modem and 
the PC/router/firewall.

Not sure how that can hurt. Plus, perhaps it could help...

Does anyone suppose problems could come from the DSL/cable company as well 
as from the electric utility?