Connecting your home network has never been easier! Now Linksys offers instant connectivity to multiple PCs over your home's existing telephone lines. You can network any USB-equipped Windows 98 or 2000 computer by connecting it to any phone line - and there's no extra hardware to install.The HomeLink Phoneline USB Network Adapter allows you to instantly connect to a network from a USB-enabled PC, notebook PC, or even a USB hub. Connect a standard telephone cable into the adapter, install the included drivers, and go - you'll be networked in no time. The HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter is bus-powered! It draws power from the host PC and requires no external power cords. Compatibility with Windows 98 and 2000 makes it easy for almost anyone with a USB-ready PC to connect to a HomeLink network. Easy-to-read LEDs, compact design and ease of use make it a must for any home or office.
1 Quick and Easy
Purchased a Linksys Phoneline router and USB Phoneline network adapter and instantly networked my home office and kid's computer. Now we all have the DSL!
Very happy
2 Amazed at techology
This is one that I have seen that I could actually buy.
It has everything that I need for a phoneline network adapter.
However I am not buying at this time.How ever it will be on my wish list.
I'm sure someone will buy itfor it is a good item
3 Works just as it should
I could not rewire my house. There was too much distance and too many obstructions for wireless - and I was concerned about security. I installed the Linksys phoneline router and USB phoneline adapters. Everthing installed easily. Works great. And has been working great for about a year. Slower than Ethernet (I can tell when I transfer files between PCs) - but faster than my DSL connection - which is all that matters. Anyone who wants a no new wires installation should consider this approach.
4 A waste of money
I am sorry I have never read these reviews before it would have saved me money, time and effort. I connected it as explained and it worked for about 6 months. I then had a hard drive crash and had to replace the hard drive. Now when I try to hook it up the USB recognizes that I have an unknown piece of hardware but won't recognize it as the Linksys Phoneline adapter. If I unplug the USB cord and plug it back in it will then recognize it until I reboot and have to go through the unplugging and replugging again. Since it worked before with the same computer it has to be that this product is made poorly and will not last. I now have several hundred dollars in a router, two internal phone cards, a USB adapter and no network. I will never purchase another Linksys product. I gave it one star since that is the lowest available.
5 Doesn't work without 2wire
I PURCHASED this homelink system from earthlink when I signed up for the DSL line. The DSL connection for the main computer work fine with the home portal system. The additional DSL link LYNKSYS which was supposed to work for the lap top only works through the home portal system. I have been told that the phone wiring in my house is the cause of this problem. Also, since the outside wiring works, I cannot return the LYNKSYS and get a refund of my $150.
I was told to hire an electrician to make sure my inside phone wiring works. I mentioned that it works just fine for phones so I had no reason to question its adequacy. Too bad!!!
6 Great network solution
In the land of no basements, wiring an existing house for a home network can present problems. When Roadrunner arrived, everyone wanted access from his or her own room. We built a wired network with Linksys components (Router/firewall, switch, print server) downstairs and added a Linksys network to phoneline bridge and 3 Linksys Homelink Phoneline 10 MB USB adapters for computers upstairs in children's rooms.
Installation, primarily consisting of installing drivers and making sure network parameters were set correctly, took 15 minutes for the first one and less than half that for each of the next two. They work exactly as advertised and provide throughput at or close to rated speed. The tremendous increase over dial-up speeds (even with all of us connected to the net) is still appreciated.
The key to making home phoneline networking successful is to buy and use products from one vendor. Ignore any recommendations for mixing vendors' products on one network because doing so increases the chances of incompatibilities with default settings and means that no vendor's tech support line will help.
I would have rated the product 5 stars if it had been a little less expensive.
7 Linksys broke the link
When it works, the Linksys Homelink 10M USB network adapter is an excellent product. Setup is not a problem. Once set up it vanishes into the background.
However, about six months into the life of this product, my network connection went down. My phones also went down. The phone repairman said that the jack that this Homelink was on had a short in it. My phones and the jack worked fine after I unplugged the Homelink.
I contacted linksys for a replacement under warranty, and they replaced the defective unit with one that worked for about two more months. Linksys has not responded to my second request for warranty replacement. The original still had 4 months warranty on it.
I always connect my phoneline nics and modems to the phoneline with a surge protector. It appears to me that this is a defective product.
