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Date: Tue, 4 Jun 91 11:23:19 -0700
From: Jeff Sicherman <sichermn@beach.csulb.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: LAN Power Protection
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  I tried comp.dcom.lans first but no response so ...

  How much risk is there that a power problem at a workstation on a
LAN will propogate through the LAN and damage other workstations ?
(Note that I am not particularly concerned with transmission
disruption but with physical/electrical discombuberation (sp?) of the
equipment.

  DO NIC's have any built-in protection for this or is there something
that can be done when installing the LAN (extra parts, wiring methods)
to eliminate or minimize this risk. I assume that putting power
protection devices on every workstation will help and is necessary to
try and keep the problem from getting into any of the machines in the
first place but would like a little extra power protection for the LAn
as a whole.


Jeff Sicherman