1/5 HomePNA: awesome. USB model was $50/unit at the local compusa.
USB is less than perfect so I had to reboot one of the machines to
get it to stop using 99% cpu but it's now working and it's fucking
awesome. Also, since the Netgear units I got have a plug for the
wall and another for the phone you can really plug two machines into
the same USB device via the phone cable and they'll talk that way in
a pseudo token ring, but that's not a big deal. Just like an analog
modem, both phone plugs are wired to do either job. 10 mb home
networking at $50/box. Hard to beat that. There's also a bridge
for homepna/ethernet for $135 if you don't want a windows box to be
the router. I used winroute on win2k and saved the $135. Thank you
motd.
\_ you like because of the phone wiring? you can get 100baseT
equipment at $30/node and 5-port switches at $6/port. cables xtra.
\_ Yes, it's all about phone wiring. I can't get my office wired
without punching holes into the outer walls of my house or
sending a magic monkey into the walls to run cables. So now
I've got $50/node for usb adapters and no extra hubs/switches
or bridges to play with. There's already about 3 dozen power
cables in just the one room. 10 mb/s, phone wired, very happy.
\_ personally, i have no use for a high-speed internet
connection in my home, but i'd pay good money for a magic
monkey.
\_ Well I do have a magic monkey but he's on vacation in
the Bahamas right now and I couldn't wait. If you're
nice I might introduce you when he gets back. |
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