Remember power!

First and foremost, well-grounded power is essential. I haven't done the whole house thing yet, but I am thinking about it and curious to know of other's stories.

For surge protectors, I like GE wall taps for form factor and Furman racks when there is space & need.

For an uninterruptible power supply, I like APC. While they aren't made in the USA like they used to (RIP), they have been reliable for me.

Network (ISP Modem, WIFI, Switch) and tower CPU are all driven by UPS power. APC UPS, at least, is always drawing off the battery, so the upstream electronics are protected...a massive surge is far more likely to take out the battery. For laptops, surge protection is enough.

I have not yet surge-protected the ISP lower power input... this is a real risk! I found a cheap one off Amazon, but I am worried it will degrade the network --> whole house may be better.

Note - I have had a lightning strike get sent down the cable line, enter the home, blow out the cable modem, traverse into the network switch, blow out the switch, and nuke every active ethernet port (NAS, Apple TV, etc.), as well as jump the wire into low power security, physically blowing a hard-wired security panel off the wall and damaging a few hard-wired security points. Pretty crazy!