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How to set up a UPS
Im no networking expert and have hardly any idea what I am doing. First off i would like to know how to how to set up my APC 550VA. Will it work if i just pass the ethernet from the modem to my Netgea...
The ethernet passthrough just helps prevent a power surge from reaching the NAS through the ethernet cable (sometimes nearby lightening strikes can send power through ethernet and coax cabling). The UPS doesn't actually connect to your network.
Protecting your R7000 router from a surge like that is a reasonable idea, so I'd connect it between the cable modem and the router. Then run a speed test to make sure there was no performance drop. You can also power the router from the UPS, just to help protect it (it costs about the same as the RN102 diskless...).
But you will need to use the USB port if you want the RN102 to shut down when the power gets critical.
Protecting your R7000 router from a surge like that is a reasonable idea, so I'd connect it between the cable modem and the router. Then run a speed test to make sure there was no performance drop. You can also power the router from the UPS, just to help protect it (it costs about the same as the RN102 diskless...).
But you will need to use the USB port if you want the RN102 to shut down when the power gets critical.
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