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[Judy Hallman <hallman AT email.unc.edu>]

matusiak wrote:

> Judy --
>
> Did you have any power protection on the D-Link router?  If not, 'Ol 
> Sparky may have gotten you.  The red flag for me is that the WAN LED is 
> blinking.  Now, if there were data passing, this would be normal.  But 
> since things *don't* appear to be working, I would say that is a 
> diagnostic indicator that the unit may need repair and/or replacement.

Oh, OK. That makes sense. (No special power protection, just the 
SurgeArrest power strip.)

> Can you contact your DSL provider to see if they will swap one out for 
> you?  I'd try that first (altho they may charge for such a service).  
> Thankfully, it sounds like that unit took the brunt of the damage and 
> your laptop is A-okay.

Yup. Laptop is doing fine. I think the Zap came through the phone line. 
Last year about this time, I lost both the modem and the router in a 
storm. I'll get a new router. BellSouth would replace the modem (I 
think), but the router is mine.

> Out of curiosity, which "Ethernet light" stays on when directly 
> connected?  Is this a PCMCIA card modem on the laptop?  Or is it a 
> built-in modem off the laptop motherboard.  Doesn't make too much 
> difference, but I'm trying to visualize how all this is connected.  Hope 
> this helps some.

The light on the DSL modem (separate little box, not the card on my 
computer). But after you said this, I noticed that it blinks when it's 
transmitting data.

Thanks for your help!

Judy

> dave m.