NETGEAR Phoneline adapters allow you to transform the existing phone lines in your home into a high-powered computer network. Just plug one end into the PC's USB port and the other end into a telephone wall jack. Within minutes you can play multi-player games, share files and printers, and even access the Internet on all the computers in your home at the same time - just like you do at work or at school. All this without installing any new wires in your home! NETGEAR's "do-not-disturb" technology designs are conscious of your phone use, so you can enjoy continuous data exchange without any disruption to your phone service.NETGEAR brings the latest technology to the home consumer market and makes it possible to have a 10 Mbps network equivalent to the typical corporate network connection. Now you can share files and data between home computers at the speed and efficiency of a professional network cutting down on time wasted by slower speed technologies. Your phone lines instantly become high-speed information arteries between Phoneline10X adapter-equipped PCs, laptops, their attached printers and other peripherals. NETGEAR also provides the technology to allow you to simultaneously talk on the phone while you are exchanging data among computers!
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It does work. By connecting an adapter to each computer in your home and using your computer's network setup wizard, you are able to share your dial-up connection. I am operating on Windows XP, and so far it has worked well. The connection speed is a bit slower but overall it's pretty nice. The only problem I've had with it is you aren't able to connect to the internet and still use your home phone as stated by the product.
