Did a power spike cause the internet to stop working from that wall outlet?
Did a power spike cause the internet to stop working from that wall outlet?
We got a big power spike yesterday. My PC was plugged into the wall with an ethernet wire, so when power came back on, that port stopped working. I checked my router and saw it still had Wi-Fi. If I just plugged the ethernet cable into the router itself instead of directly to the wall, it worked again. I tried other ports in different rooms but they didn't work either. Even after buying a new ethernet cable to test it, nothing fixed it. I looked online for anyone who had the same issue but couldn't find a fix. Any tips or advice would be super helpful.
Anything can happen! When running cables inside walls, the best thing is to use a cheap little tool called a cable tester at Amazon (link provided). This simple device lets you check if your wire goes where you think it does, and makes sure all 8 wires are connected properly.
Something feels wrong. You plug an ethernet cable from your router into a wall [one port] and the cable sends data out to many devices in other rooms, but none of them work. This sounds like you might have a switch somewhere else that needs checking, or maybe a smart panel trip is causing power issues so everything is off?
I found another PC connected to a wall socket in a different room and it worked before something broke. I was talking to my wife about this, and she said she wasn't sure if it was too much power or if the outlet had been pulled out. She turned off the switch on the breaker box because all the electricity on our second floor went away. When she flipped it back everything looked normal again except for the Ethernet ports on the walls that no longer worked.