I sure hope my Netgear equipment cannot read this and get any ideas. I have a pro-safe VPN Firewall router (FVS318) and a wireless access point. Both work fine and have for several years. I did have to upgrade the firmware for the router.
I am religious about keeping everything on UPS. I also run the Ethernet cable from the modem through the UPS surge suppressor. We did have lightning get into a network cable at work and fry a Cisco switch. All of that equipment is UPS protected as well, but sometimes voltage can get into the ethernet or cable from lightning. I guess there is only so much you can do about that.

PT