My internet service provider uses a cat5 cable which was directly connected to the onboard ethernet.Yesterday when the machine was running, suddenly there was a loud bang and the monitor went off.After restarting , there was no network device - lspci did not show any ethernet controller.Same thing in windows xp - no ethernet controller in device manager.Luckily , everything else is working allright.
Is it possible that a power surge over the ethernet cable could have rendered the lan card dead ?. For the time being, i am using cheap pci lan card and a switch - the ISP cable is terminated at the switch and another ethernet cable is connected from the switch to the lan card ? Does it offer any protection ? I should mention that the SMPS is connected to a spikebuster which is connected to a MCB switch and the eletrical wiring in my house is properly checked for earthing. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
