I have an Ethernet cable hooked to my modem/router to my pc for internet. The router/modem is connected with phone line. I do not have the ethernet cable running thru my surge arrestor (which does have a slot for Ethernet). Should I have that hooked up? Will that slow my internet connection? I am assuming that the phone company has surge suppression on their side of the "NID"?

we had a wind storm last night and as we were going to bed, i turned on a couple of lights to get a better look at the damage outside (branches falling on our roof). when i turned on the Kitchen lights 1 of the 2 lights started to spark as it tried to turn on, I Immediately flipped the switch however the Light did not stop Sparking despite the other Light going out. In this time i also noticed our built in the outside wall dog door had its LED lights "flashing" in unison with the sparking light in our kitchen. I went downstairs and turned off the breaker as it did not trip. I Then removed the offending light and found that one of the two stranded wires that attach to the light fixture had broken near the light bulb and that was what was causing the sparks as the electricity arced across. I then went downstairs and turned on the breaker. This is the current state of affairs from that circuit, the Hall Light and stairs light both turned on normally and function correctly with the use of a switch. From visual inspection the T.V/XBOX One and my Computer all have power. they are all on the left side of the kitchen lights. The Remaining Kitchen light, which is fed first in the pair refuses to turn on when i flip the switch, in addition the Dog Door no longer turns on, it is plugged into a socket that is 6 feet from the plug that is currently running my computer just fine. We also have a Chandelier and an outside light on that circuit that is not functioning. Everything that is ****ed is within the width of the kitchen, however the T.V/XBOX and computer is fed from the Chandelier light box which is fed from the Kitchen lights. this is the source of my frustration, the things on the tail end of the circuit and the beginning of the circuit are all functioning perfectly. Yet the Kitchen and Chandelier (two plugs) and outside light is not. I have a Fluke VoltAlert tester that is helping me figure out whats getting power. The Kitchen Lights have constant power, and so does the light switches controlling them. Despite flicking switches both wires are showing current at every point. The Outlet that used to supply the dog door is showing that it has voltage, The WHITE neutral wires in the kitchen lights are showing current going through them. In addition the Chandeliers switch is a lighted dimmer one, and the light on the switch is not on, yet all of the wires are showing current with the tester. The Breaker is NOT tripping and up until last night everything was working perfectly.