I'm back online again. Friday afternoon/evening my wife saw a Cox Cable van around the corner. I visited with the data tech and explained the lightning strike and let him know the node was working and the problem was likely with the boxes between the houses. Being the conscientious worker he is, he troubleshooted at my neighbor's house for a few more hours before making the call to the field maintenance guys, who can do work on the boxes.

They showed up Saturday around noon and told me it would be working when they left. When I got home again around 2pm, it was working - well, ONE of my systems was working. The other system wouldn't pull an IP from Cox. I'm paying for a coupla extra IPs. Tried another network card. No luck. Unpacked and hooked up the router, released IP from one working system and renewed with router. Hooked systems up to router. Bingo.

Will call and cancel extra IPs with Cox. I didn't cancel my Saturday night appointment with Cox. I wish I woulda been here to let them know it was working now. I hate Cox.