[ale] Phone line networking

[Tom & JaVonn]

On 06 Sep 2002 17:38:03 -0400
Michael Hirsch <mhirsch at nubridges.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 14:47, Tom & JaVonn wrote:
>  
> > Do I have to invest in an ethernet-to-HPNA converter and hope that it works?
> > Asking them to run CAT5 from 2nd floor to basement is a remote possibility.
> > Wasn't LinkSys cooperating with Linux on networking?
> 
> When I looked into this a while ago there were some $100 solutions for
> doing ethernet to HPNA conversion.  I haven't tried them, but I can't
> think of a good reason they won't work under Linux.  That was my advice
> to my sister.  She chose not to act on it so I can't tell you if my
> guess was correct.
> 
> Michael

Farallon / Proxim offers an adapter supporting HPNA 1.0, 1 Mbps --- will this interact nicely with 3 cards on HPNA 2 at 10 Mbps ?  I'll look into it.

They also offer a USB 2.0 device for about $95 that does 10 Mbps, so if I could get Linux to support USB 2.0 (?????) that would be great.

Tom



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