Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Ferrite-Rings-for-corded-mouse-keyboard-tp4036474p4036488.html

Yes, grounding to a surge protector should ground it, as long as the outlet it is plugged into is properly grounded.  You can use a plug-in outlet tester to verify that the outlet is okay.

I don't think the USB cords touching the ethernet cord is necessarily an issue, although of the things you've described here:

-- I've personally had less of a reaction the 8-port netgear switches than the 5-port switches.  Also, the older version numbers (e.g. version 3) are more tolerable than the newer version numbers of these switches.

-- People can react differently to different kinds of ethernet cables.  Generally you see people insisting on the use of shielded CAT 7 cables, but for me personally, after having tried them all, I find unshielded CAT 6 to be the most tolerable.  Might be just me, or something about my setup.

-- Watching YouTube content while streaming it off the internet seems to be more problematic than downloading it first and playing it later.  Not sure why, but streaming seems to cause people lots of issues, wired or not.