AnyPoint Phoneline Home Networking

SpiderJerusalem · Post by **SpiderJerusalem** » Tue Jun 12, 2001 4:54 pm

Has any tried this product? How well does it work compared to wireless networkig solutions and does it interfere at all with your phone line? Also, do you need to get a seperate one for each computer or would a regular NIC work for the client computers?

Thanks!

cplclegg · Post by **cplclegg** » Wed Jun 13, 2001 3:44 pm

I've used the Diamond HPNA and it does not interfere with the phone signal. You will also need HPNA cards in any computer that wants to access the network and share internet access unless you get one of the router/hubs/bridges that let you combine different types of home networking. For one of them you can use ethernet but the rest would have to have wireless or HPNA cards in them.

BoOmEr2120 · Post by **BoOmEr2120** » Thu Jun 14, 2001 6:27 pm

I am currently using a phone line network, and I love it. It seems to work very well, although the speed is limited to 10 Mbps for my network. I did find that these things are not very expandable in terms of accessories available (i.e. routers, hubs). One thing that I don't like about these is that you have to have another computer on for internet sharing. This isn't really convenient.

SpiderJerusalem · Post by **SpiderJerusalem** » Fri Jun 15, 2001 11:15 am

Thanks for your replies. All I want to do it network the 2 computers I have at home and share the internet access over them so I'm thinking this is the best solution.

Thanks again

Mo125 · Post by **Mo125** » Fri Jun 15, 2001 3:20 pm

Yeah, its a great solution for a few computers, what program do you guys who have or have used phoneline networks use to share your internet connection?

CompGeek83 · Post by **CompGeek83** » Fri Jun 15, 2001 6:28 pm

AnalogX Simple Proxy (free) or SyberGen SyGate ($100 i think)