Excitel Broadband Ethernet Cable is LIVE!

[Sushubh]

Ethernet Surge Protection?

 

[proton8454]

Thanks! I've ordered mine from Amazon.com for ₹1350 (incl. customs) This will be my first Ubiquiti product.

 

[Sushubh]

you would need to find a screw that fits in that hole though. it does not come with it which is idiotic. took a while to find something that fitted it perfectly.

 

[proton8454]

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Sidharth P]

Routers destroyed by live Excitel wire till date:
1. Asus DSL N55U
2. Tenda N3
3. TP-Link TL 841N
4. TP LINK TL 741N
5. D-Link DGS1008A GIGABIT SWITCH (Returned to Amazon)

Buying the Ubiquiti ETH SP before a new router

 

[nuclearsam]

will it help if I add a cheap router instead of a surge protector?

Excitel provided a cheap Tentis router, which I won't use for wifi.. so can I use that router to connect WAN input from Excitel and then connect one of ethernet port to my network (other routers/load balancer)? In case of lightning or current leak, I hope only the cheap router will fry and rest of the network remains safe?

 

[Sidharth P]

Maybe, maybe not. Lightning is really unpredictable but you won't have to worry as it is not frequent in Delhi. You should however ground the cable so as the router doesn't get damaged. A ghetto way to ground an ethernet cable.

 

[nuclearsam]

Nice way of grounding the cable. I'll try it.

 

[Sidharth P]

I got an ETH-SP and grounded it . But using my multimeter on the output I get around 40-50V AC. Any suggestions?

 

[Sushubh]

@Vedant might have some suggestion :-/