lightening

[Michael Havens]

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 at 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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