Brandon Caudle wrote:
>
> >From: Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: Brandon Caudle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: [expert] NICs
> >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 20:54:07 -0400
> >
> >Brandon Caudle wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I recently got a dsl and then a linksys router (the one with
> >the
> > > ethernet and HomePNA adapter) and I want to buy a home pna adapter for
> >my
> > > linux box up stairs. Is there any home pna currentky supported?
> > >
> > > brandon caudle
> >
> >HomePNA is an expensive "no effort" alternative to running CAT-5 wire. It
> >presents an ethernet port to the PC so there should be no compatability
> >issues.
> >
> >Pierre
>
> Pierre it doesn;t have a ethernet port it has a regular telephone plug in
> the back (i wish it was ethernet)
Precisely why I called it:
'an expensive "no effort" alternative to running CAT-5 wire'...
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
I assUmed you were familiar with the product since you bought *half* the
solution... the device actually requires another box to convert the phone-wire
signals back to ethernet. See
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=161&grid=3 and download the
User Guide.... therein, you will see that these products allow you to spend big
bucks to re-use your existing (and very low quality) phone wires rather than
spend much less to install CAT-5 and use a single LinkSys BEFSR41 (I have one of
these and am relatively satisfied with it).
When you buy and install an HPB200, you will have the remote ethernet connector
you seek...
The phone wiring will be the "weakest link"... if you go this way, let us know
if you are seeing 10Mbps-like speeds between your two systems as claimed.
Oops... I'm assUming you have 2 systems (you were not explicit about this). If
you only have one Linux box, then a BEFSR11 would have been sufficient.
HTH,
Pierre
> brandon caudle
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