Product Description

Data line surges make up an overwhelming majority of all surge-induced damages where the equipment was thought to be already protected but had a back door such as a modem line unprotected. Network interface cards, in particular, can be destroyed by relatively mild spikes.According to Ethernet standards (IEEE 802.3), non-AC network electrical hazards include: direct contact between components and power or lightning circuits, static charge buildup on cables and component, high-energy transients coupled onto the local cabling system (those induced by other cables which are installed in the general proximity of network cables or lightning within a mile radius) and potential differences (even from building to building, between safety grounds to which components are connected).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8173 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: APC
• Model: PNET1GB
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 15.75" h x 54.72" w x 59.84" l, .22 pounds

Features

• Sold Individually

Customer Reviews

This little thing saved the day...
In my case, my client had lightning strike and lost a CableModem, Router ans Switch, so the first Protectnet was installed when everything was reinstalled. After a year and half some builidng constructions in the area forced the relocation of the ISP cable from the street pole to the building and someone make a mistake... a windy afternoon and the cable fly up and touched live electricity lines and then the poor cablemodem was a christmas tree full of light inside, this time the PROTECTNET didnt let the problem scale further (some believe this time it could have reached the workstations, but definitively could hve reached the server and destroy the precious data), story short, the Protectnet was left unrecognizable by his mother, but was the only expense for the client (cablemodem is ISP provided); and now we ordered 2! :D

Highly recommended
I purchased several of these after having problems in my network with several blown routers, network lockups on workstations and blown network cards. You could use the built-in protection on your UPS but most UPS's are only 100mb connections and I have a Gigabit network. I installed four of these in key locations and haven't had one glitch or problem with the network since. Highly recommended!

Protection against network surges
Lightening recently passed a window in my house. It got into my ethernet lines and blew out $1000's in computers and equipment. Lost was a laptop, a server, several switches, a router, and a network printer. I now have 2 of these inside the network. I will not be caught by that small chance again.

The day after it happened, and after I realized exactly what had happened. One zone on my sprinkler system turned on and would not turn off. This was right below the window it passed, so the lightening hit it also shorting out that system as well.

Worth the buy for the peace of mind.