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The only slight problem is that with the HPNA 2.0 spec, you don't actually get the 10 mbps throughput which the standard promises. Actual, real-world performance is about 5 mbps. That's still plenty fast for what the vast majority of home users need.
Since I bought my router and bridge, Linsys and others have come out with cable/DSL routers with built-in HPNA 2.0 support. If you're starting from scratch and you want to use phoneline networking, you may want to look at those products first. If you're looking to add phoneline networking to an existing setup, the Linksys bridge will do exactly what you want.
The setup of the unit wa just a bit confusing, no big deal though. Do it once and forget about it.
I also have a 8 port router so I have them stacked together. Looks very appealing. I also have a wireless AP hooked up to all of this and they integrate quite well.
Overall I would recommend this unit.
I installed a phoneline interface on that computer, put PPPOE on it, modified the AOL access to go through a LAN, and bought this box. I connected the AOL computer to it via the phoneline network interface and connected my computer to it via a LAN card.
Now both machines can access the internet via a single DSL modem. It worked first time. No muss, no fuss. AOL access is now completely reliable, and it flies!
I was very impressed with how easy it was to make this work. I have some understanding of networking, but not a lot. If I can make this work, any literate person can.
My home network has been up and running for over two months. We have two computers on our network. One running ME the other 98se. No conflects.
We use Microsoft's Home Nework Wizard to hook up both computers to the network. I recommend using the software. I am able to share files as well as internet via cable modem.
The only problem I had was which RJ-11 cable went into which side of the RJ-11 pass -through port (Homelink port). The port takes two RJ-11 modular cables (standard phone line cable). The user guide was no help. The web site help some. I found out that if I switch the order of the two RJ-11 ( one come from the homelink Phoneline 10M network Card the other coming from my wall phone jack ) the two compters were able to see each other. Otherwise the they did not. This was not in the user guide. The homelink port that the 2 RJ-11 connect to is a pass-through so I do not know why the user guide didn't say which line connects where. ...
The HomePNA 1.0 is at 1Mbps, and HomePNA 2.0 is at 10Mbps and the 2.0 spec'd products have more horsepower to overcome line interference, static, and all the other stuff that can come on phone lines. I have a 60 year old house with pretty bad wiring, and my HomePNA 2.0 works great 24x7.
So, make sure you buy HomePNA 2.0 capable hardware. This Linksys bridge is a 1.0 model... they Linksys also offer a HomePNA 2.0 capable model. The difference is 10 times the speed and robustness. Make sure you know what you are buying.
It turns out there is a limit to the amount of phone wire that this product will work reliably with. My house isn't particularly large (1900 Sq ft w/Bonus room), nor do I have an excessive number of phones or phone wiring in the house. However, I did plug the bridge in on the opposite side of the house from the phone box on the outside of my house.
Neither of my computers using PNA worked reliably (they did occasionally respond to pings) until I moved the bridge to a different room on the other side of the house. Presumably this helped because the phone outlet on that side if the house is only a few feet from the phone box on the outside of my house. My guess is this nearly halved the total length of phone wiring to my computers connected with PNA.
The bottom line is I like the product, but you may have to fiddle with its location to get you PNA network to work reliably. This could be a problem if you only have one DSL phone connection (luckily I had two outlets in different rooms).
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