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surge protector?

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chuckm1020

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my mom bought me a really good surge protector for my comp the other day, it has out and end for a network connection, i have 2 comps hooked up in my room over a switch, so i didnt want to rewire it, so i didnt hook it up to the surge protector, why do they have it on the surge protector? and is it a good idea to hook it up?
 
explain your network in more detail plz


you have two comps hooked up to your computer? or two comps in your room hooked up to your switch? if the switch is near your computer just hook the network cable going from internet to switch into the UPS and then into the switch
 
I think having phone line surge protectors and network surge protectors is a bunch of marketing bullshit. If every computer is already on a surge protector, how is a surge going to get into the network? Only way is a cable modem or some other connection to an outside line. Chances are, though, that if there is a surge on the cable line then it'll fuck up the cable modem, but it probably won't pass anything through to the network.
 
yah it does kind of seem like marketing bs, but if i do hook it up, are u saying i go from my dsl modem to the switch, then out the switch to the surge protector then back to the switch, or are u saying to go to the computer after the surge protector?

The way my network is setup right now is, just dsl modem into switch then 2 netowork calbles going out to each computer and thats it.
 
I don't know how exactly they work, but I assume the surge protectors just protect anything downstream from it. Generally the only way for a surge to get into a network(if everything else is protected) is through the phone line to the dsl modem. Think of it like guarding the perimeter. You want surge protectors wherever anything hooks up to the outside world, with your equipment comfortably inside. So, go dsl modem -> surge protector -> network switch.
 
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