I just took a direct or nearly direct lightning strike. Was seeing some lightning in the area and seconds after I grabbed my 3 year old and stepped inside a simultaneous flash and boom. Not sure exactly where it hit but it was close. I have 7 cameras outside my home cabled using utp and connected to an 8-port UniFi US-8-150W. That switch is then linked to my core switch with fiber. Cameras all survived but the 8-port switch was not so lucky. Also lost network port on my nvidia shield for some reason, not sure it may have been accidentally connected to the switch that died.
I know I should have run stp but what else can I do to limit my losses in the future? Should I put in ethernet surge protectors on all my cable runs? I'm not sure if anything would have saved me given the fact this strike was so close.
I know I should have run stp but what else can I do to limit my losses in the future? Should I put in ethernet surge protectors on all my cable runs? I'm not sure if anything would have saved me given the fact this strike was so close.