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Rocket

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Home Network using phone line
« on: August 06, 2002, 09:28:20 AM »
I have seen some sales/marketing information about kits from various companies that use the telephone cabling in a house to create a LAN. Does anyone have any experience of actually setting one up? Is it really so easy as they make out?

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daddyb29

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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2002, 01:07:14 PM »
That would be a very slow LAN indeed if it was possible. Unless there was a way for the Lan to operate on its own reserved frequency as Dsl does. If you here anymore on this subject let me know.
Peace

Space Between

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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2002, 10:36:10 PM »
yeh ive got experience in that....DON\'T DUE IT.

To be honest you can get a better lan working over your power lines. Ive had a..uh \"TCP\" network before and it wasnt the fact how slow it was but the fact how difficult it is to get machine\'s to accept it. If you have a phone line, or two, the simplest way i did it was to use a surge protector that cost 40 bucks as a hub. Yeh i know it\'s crazy but it works. Sometimes you have to flip the switch though.

Even if you get it working with a real hub, the speed is sooo STRANGE it unreal. One day your getting like 30k the next your only getting 5k. That made no sense to me but then again i just threw it together and the surge protector might of had something to do with it.
I tried the power line way too....never got that to work at all. But from what i have been told it\'s just as fast if not faster and way less of a headache.

Stick with cat5 when you ahve the chance. It\'s in all honesty just as cheap and way way faster obviously.

Anonymous

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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2002, 02:48:12 AM »
Yeah the technology is called HPNA. Home Phone Networking something or other. I have to agree that CAT5 is the best way to go for a home network. Its a lot more reliable than anything currently available out there.

Chilling_Silence

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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2002, 09:38:40 PM »
Usually it is used by Coporate Businesses, but uses Cat5 Cabling for both Phone and LAN.

It is possible for Home Phone connections, but the banwidth is extremely limited.

It\'d be easier to buy a Crossover cable, cheaper, and save you a lot of frustration!

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Chilling_Silence

icsfiles

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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2002, 07:46:00 PM »
Hi. I\'m currently using an Intel Anypoint 1MB phoneline USB network adapter (There\'s a 10 MB model also).
 It works OK, but the problem is I want to switch my \"server\" to Linux and can\'t find the drivers for it.

If anyone can help, please reply to this post.

Thank you.

Dan m.

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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2002, 03:57:41 AM »
Yes,im useing it now.I have a pci hpna card that i use to share a broadband(cable modem) internet connection.Works flawlessly and at 10mbps it has plenty of bandwidth to share my 1.5 mbps cable connection with no bottlenecks.Granted 10mps is a bit slow for transferring files between computers but not so slow that it is really a problem ,at least in my little network.My computers are about 250 ft apart useing ordinary 2 conductor phone wire.Installation was plug and play all the way.The only problem I had was I made the mistake of following the instructions and trying to use the bundled software(sygate) to share the modem connection.I very strongly recommend avoiding the grief and just use windows in house networking components.Ihave used it with win95,98se,Millenium Edition,2000,and XP Pro with absolutely no problems.Drivers are even included in Millenium Edition and XP Pro.I have used it sucessfully on everything from a 486 at 100mhz to a pentium 3 at 800.the cards i am useing have a broadcom bcm42 chip,sold as a Linksys HPN200.A neat feature that is often overlooked is the ability to \"daisey chain\" the phoneline connections thus avoiding the need for a network hub.The network does not affect the telephone service in any way,infact does not require telephone service to work.I have nothing to gain from endorsing the product and highly recommend it for simple home networking without the hassle associated with routers,hubs,and cat 5 cabling.I havent tried it yet but i understand that there is also a usb version available.I must stress the fact that you should not use any third party networking software that may come with the cards.I dont know why they insist that it be used but it is not necessary and Windows of all flavors does a much better job.

Thinkinone

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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2002, 04:23:47 PM »
I have been using the Homephone line networking equipment for two years and it is great.  I\'m sure that cat5 would be faster but the idea of snaking cables around my two story home was not first on my to do list. Plus, if you have a notebook like i do, you\'d have to snake wires to every room you might want to connect in.  With HPN, any room with a phone jack is a room you can jump onto your network in.  The internet speed is great and even transfering files isn\'t too bad depending on the size.  If I have a really large file to transfer, then I just drag the file over to the other computer icon in neighborhood network and go make a snack!  I use a router and a phoneline to ethernet bridge to share the dsl connection.  This allows me to go online (dsl) without the main computer being on since my router and dsl modem are always on.  This was better than the internet connection sharing software that comes with the HPN equipment.

Anonymous100

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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2002, 01:13:20 PM »
I\'v been using the AMD home network card for 2 years now, with 95, 98, and now xp, it works great, I used the Sygate software for Win 95 and 98, and the wizard software included in XP, i\'M keeping this one , with DSL or dial up,

IRL337

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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2002, 01:51:24 PM »
HPNA suxxors!  ive tried installing them 2x here in the past and nothing but trouble and crappy bandwidth...... go to www.dslreports.com to get a free test and compare of your bandwidth http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />   then lemme know how your hpna really stands up