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N00B5235
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_ 		1. April 2006 @ 22:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Do they make a surge protector that has a spot that will protect my Ethernet cable (the cable that goes from my dsl modem to my computer)? If so can u plz provide some links...thanks

I have googled this but havent found anything
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Morph416
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_ 		1. April 2006 @ 23:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Even if they did, you wouldn't want one. Surge protectors can add serious lag between connections, they do for phone modems.
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_ 		1. April 2006 @ 23:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes. They do make them. Check your local Radio Shack/CompUSA/Best Buy.

You would be protecting a 5 volt DC line. The likelyhood of a damaging spike would be minimual.
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Nicklt
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_ 		2. April 2006 @ 08:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Belkin make them, they cause terrible lag thouhg in my experience
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_ 		2. April 2006 @ 09:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You're not likely to see a surge go through an ethernet line, the performance decrease just isn't worth it.
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Spyder22
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_ 		2. April 2006 @ 12:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ok thx for the help

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sammorris
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_ 		2. April 2006 @ 12:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You're welcome. Sorry if that's a disappointment!
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ChrisC586
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_ 		3. April 2006 @ 17:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Got hit with power surges from The ground cale rotting off the meter and took out the ethernet card. bought a belkin with the ethernet and slowed down to a crawl. Then just started unpluggi from the computer till this weekend went wireless.Don't waste the extra time or money for the ethernet surge protection. My 2 Cents Chris
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N00B5235
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_ 		3. April 2006 @ 18:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have SBC Yahoo DSL internet, if i put a surge protector on the phoneline that goes into the DSL modem would it also create interfearence?

Like if i had the phoneline going into a surge protector then the phoneline coming out of the surge protector and going to my DSL modem.
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byron02
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_ 		3. April 2006 @ 20:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah that's what they were saying. Don't run any kind of internet line through a surge or UPS, it causes major lag.
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Phone lines are OK for phones but when there's internet running down them as well, avoid it.
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