My second unit has lost its Ethernet connection due to a lightning strike. About a year ago the first unit I had (From FlightRadar24) stopped working. It was determined that the Ethernet port was defective and a new unit was shipped to me. At the time I suspected that a lightnnig strike, close by, may have damaged it.
About a week ago this unit stopped working as well and I can trace it to the exact moment two very powerful, but fairly distant, lightning strikes hit. Again, the Ethernet port is dead.
I am getting a new unit and a grounding plug for the antenna, but my question is way would, of all things, the Ethernet port stop working? It is on the actual Rasphberry board while the antenna is on the receiver board. Granted the two boards are connected with many connectors, bit I would expect something on the receiver board to fry long before the Ethernet port on the second board.
About a week ago this unit stopped working as well and I can trace it to the exact moment two very powerful, but fairly distant, lightning strikes hit. Again, the Ethernet port is dead.
I am getting a new unit and a grounding plug for the antenna, but my question is way would, of all things, the Ethernet port stop working? It is on the actual Rasphberry board while the antenna is on the receiver board. Granted the two boards are connected with many connectors, bit I would expect something on the receiver board to fry long before the Ethernet port on the second board.
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