House mains network

After the recent outage in the NE US, I can't get my Linksys Powerline
connection functioning again.
Has anyone else using this (otherwise excellent) network had the same
experience?
Has it fried the boxes?
Any advice welcome.

Charles

"Charles Nicol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> After the recent outage in the NE US, I can't get my Linksys Powerline
> connection functioning again.
> Has anyone else using this (otherwise excellent) network had the same
> experience?
> Has it fried the boxes?
> Any advice welcome.
>
> Charles

While it's extremely unlikely anyone can give you a definitive answer over
the internet, there is a very good chance at least some of your equipment
is, indeed, "fried".

When the power system goes down, it tends to be pretty nasty. There's no
way of knowing what kind of spikes your equipment was subjected to as the
electrical system fought to supply the increased demand and lost.

I predict a surge in the sale of electronic devices in the northeast for the
next few months.

Bob

Thanks for the tip - you're right about surge protectors and critical devices.

In this case however, the AC wiring in the house is the network.

Wouldn't a surge protector disable, or at least attenuate the signal?

Charles


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> "Charles Nicol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) m...
> > After the recent outage in the NE US, I can't get my Linksys Powerline
> > connection functioning again.
> > Has anyone else using this (otherwise excellent) network had the same
> > experience?
> > Has it fried the boxes?
> > Any advice welcome.
> >
> > Charles
>
> In the future, I suggest you plug any critical devices into a good surge
> protector or APS. I live in Northern California and we have had our share of
> power outages. My DSL router is plugged into a good surge protector and I
> have not had any problems with power outages.
>
> Ken Friedman

"Charles Nicol" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Do the power companies have any liability whatsoever, for surge or
> spike created damage to appliances - some of which cost thousands of
> dollars?
>
> We pay our bills and plug in our appliances "in good faith"...
>
> Charles

Not likely. There's surely some clause buried deep in the terms of service
we all agreed to. Even if there isn't, what're you going to do... sue them?

Bob