Does anyone know of a surge protector for cat 5.

We have a 100 mbt ethernet line into a server. about once a week the system reboots and we have to reconfigure the connection.

We tried OS reinstall twice, 2 completely new (custom built) systems.

Three different power supply's. 2 new UPS. tried a ac inverter on a dc power supply

.. the system still seems to be getting hit from a surge.

The Only thing I can think of now is the ethernet feed.

Any suggestions

Where's this cat5 coming from? I haven't really heard of power surges on a cat5. Even if there was one, I wouldn't think it would reboot the machine...

Alot of power strips have them now a days

Check at Staples or Office Depot, I've seen them before.

I have never seen a CAT 5 Ethernet surge protector. You should really take a look at your netword design and see where you could be getting surges (if that's the issue) and fix it.

Let us know if you do find a CAT 5 SP.

Actually belkin makes a general surge protector that accepts cat 5
(thanks mkaufman)

It might be what i need.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Product_Id=21138#

Originally posted by MikeM
Does anyone know of a surge protector for cat 5.

We have a 100 mbt ethernet line into a server. about once a week the system reboots and we have to reconfigure the connection.

We tried OS reinstall twice, 2 completely new (custom built) systems.

Three different power supply's. 2 new UPS. tried a ac inverter on a dc power supply

.. the system still seems to be getting hit from a surge.

The Only thing I can think of now is the ethernet feed.

Any suggestions



Ouch. If you think it is a surge from the Cat 5 network line that is causing your server to reboot, I would be more concerned about how the surge is getting on to the Cat 5 line routinely, than I would be about preventing the surge from reaching the server.

Cat 5 lines should not have surges.

Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

Originally posted by MikeM
about once a week the system reboots

Did you try installing FreeBSD instead of Windows? ;)

Funny you put it that way, The Actuall admin was one of the team that wrote the FTP release for Debian. The system in question is a DSL server, ... I'm assuming it is windows, but I could be mistaken.

Originally posted by Mike the newbie
Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

Mmmmmm donut...

What were we talking about again? :D

I would check the grounding of the computer, and the switch/hub... If they don't share a common ground, it'll cause the computer to reboot...

grounding of the computer, and the switch/hub

Thanks JTY, this may actually be the issue......