I doubt it was introduced via an actual piece of coax/twisted-pair (dsl) or ethernet anyways, probably more a surge in the power lines themselves, and some devices reacted more adversely than others.  Could have just been akin to an electromagnetic pulse being released as well, or striking a transformer much the same tends to wreak havoc on things not particularly shielded to EMI.

Did you have some sort of surge suppression on your systems?  Mind you, most are likely "surge suppressor" in marketing, I doubt much of the cheap chinese crap they produce these days do little to suppress anything if actually tested, why I tend to just use a decent ups on gaggles of technology around my house.  Cheap enough to buy used (craigslist, ebay), and refurb yourself with new batteries if you can operate a screwdriver.

-mb


On 06/14/2015 08:43 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
I just realized something. The surge had to jump two devices to get to my computer! (modem/router connected to a router (using as switch) connected to the computer).

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Michael Butash <michael@butash.net> wrote:
Poor grounding and circuit isolation.  Probably more common than not with the race to make cheaper/self-destructing devices so they can sell you another.

-mb



On 06/14/2015 12:41 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
Yeah.... I was on my computer during a thunder storm. Bad boy! I fried my NIC. Why I am telling you this is the surge went through the modem and fried my NIC. How did it bypass the modem? (for more info: http://thesimplefromthesimple.blogspot.com/2015/06/toast.html

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