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A very bizarre thing just happened, and I'm not quite sure why.
My brother and I were blissfully playing our games on Xbox Live tonight, during a heavy snow-storm nonetheless. For some strange reason, we were disconected. There was a very small "blink" of power which did absolutely nothing to the myriad of computers, electronics, and other such devices, but for some reason kicked us off our Xbox Live.
I checked the router--it was working, modem was fine, other computers were connected via wireless, and the office computer was working just fine. Turned out, the only two switches in the house (my brothers and mine) were down, just a faint glow from the "link" light, which I imagine was (possibly) the power from the computer.
No idea why it happened only to the switches. Both are simple Linksys "Cisco" 5-port.
The solution was to power-cycle them, but I'm curious why it happened. Any ideas?
Depending on the power supply and size of capacitors, some devices can withstand more of a power interruption than others. Just be glad the solution was as simple as a power cycle.
Depending on the power supply and size of capacitors, some devices can withstand more of a power interruption than others. Just be glad the solution was as simple as a power cycle.
That's what I find weird. Nothing else in the house went, and it isn't like we're having lightning strikes, so no expected surges. Probably brownout scenario, which is why I need a UPS (and still haven't gotten one), but it seems strange that only the switches had problems. That's what I'm trying to isolate.
Different devices react differently, obviously x-boxes react poorly but it's no big surprise or mystery, you've already spent more time wondering about it than I would have, some devices just don't deal well with brownouts.
Get one (or more). They're remarkably cheap these days, and can save not only your hardware, but your data as well (lots of data corruption issues can be traced to dirty power - as much as 80% of them).
We have batteries all over the place. All our networking gear, plus the phones and PCs. If we lose power, we can continue to work for about five minutes - longer if we shut down the PCs.
Get one (or more). They're remarkably cheap these days, and can save not only your hardware, but your data as well (lots of data corruption issues can be traced to dirty power - as much as 80% of them).
We have batteries all over the place. All our networking gear, plus the phones and PCs. If we lose power, we can continue to work for about five minutes - longer if we shut down the PCs.
I have several, running PowerChute so PC's do a shutdown if power out over 2 minutes. That leaves about 6+ hours of power for cable modem, and router which outlasts everything except for the netbook. Power outages are common here yet 90% of the time we loose power cable still works so we have internet.
Get one (or more). They're remarkably cheap these days, and can save not only your hardware, but your data as well (lots of data corruption issues can be traced to dirty power - as much as 80% of them).
We have batteries all over the place. All our networking gear, plus the phones and PCs. If we lose power, we can continue to work for about five minutes - longer if we shut down the PCs.
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I have several, running PowerChute so PC's do a shutdown if power out over 2 minutes. That leaves about 6+ hours of power for cable modem, and router which outlasts everything except for the netbook. Power outages are common here yet 90% of the time we loose power cable still works so we have internet.
APC is the standard. You said you have a myriad of computers, so you probably don't want everything on a UPS. I have 2 UPS units, an older 1100 and a newer 1450 watt. Old one has my main system and a second PC connected, used for testing OS and software. The new one has my server and all the network equipment connected.
Nothing as romantic as playing XBox with your loved ones in the candle light!
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yet 90% of the time we loose power cable still works so we have internet.
