OK, let me say my experience too, weird but real, some times ago in a storm, when a lightning hit 100 meters from my home, the computer hanged, and guess what? the modem was attached to the phone line, but my sound card went out, no physical signs of toasting ;-).
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Ben-Nes Michael wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:38 AM > Subject: How important it is to a have shielded Ethernet cables for out of > the building usage? > > > > Can you express your view on the subject and/or give some online > > pointers? > > > > Suppose I will put a shielded cable and have it go to a wall outlet. > > Having it tied to the electricity ground (green/yellow wire) is a major > > pain, which is why I plan to have it connected to the computer chassis > > by a shielded Ethernet cable _only_ when a PC is actually connected to > > this wall outlet. Is this a good policy as far as a lightnings are > > concerned? > I think you should go on optic which will give you total defense against > lightning and is much more cheaper then loosing computers. > I guess youll pay for such cable + - 500 $ - 100mb. > > > As far as I can tell the phone (Bezeq) lines that are going from each > > apartment to the building's central phone box are unshielded even with > > old building where Bezeq needs to have them path on the outer walls of > > the building. Am I right about these cables being unshielded? If yes, > > what about protecting the phone equipment from lightnings? > Phone equipment is much more resilient then Computers that's why lots of my > customers loose there modems through the winter, at least those who don't > apply my advice to disconnect their modem in storms :) > > -------------------------- > Canaan Surfing Ltd. > Internet Service Providers > Ben-Nes Michael - Manager > Tel: 972-4-6991122 > http://sites.canaan.co.il > -------------------------- > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Behdad Esfahbod 11 Bahman 1380, 2002 Jan 31 <behdad at bamdad dot org> [Finger for Geek Code] An empty street, An empty house, A hole inside my heart. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
