DiamondMM Homefree HPNA 10M PCI Cards @ Microcenter (2pk - $10)

[mrEvil]

Official drivers only up to W2k. Posted in off topic to see if anyone has used them with XP, cause I don't know. Anyway, if someone is running W2k or older and needs a couple of HPNA cards, this is a steal.

Found this in the Microcenter in Kansas City, so YMMV.

 

[laugh]

i have two of this card got from Ebay for more $. It's great card, very stable and works flawlessly with other HPNA devices.

 

[SonicTron]

They work with winxp. The drivers for hpna are built in.

 

[spanky]

i never got these things to work in win2000
but for 98... they really are great.

 

[mrEvil]

Spanky - did you download the W2k drivers? Just curious, because I found them on the web site without a problem. Thanks for the answer on the XP stuff.....cheap way for me to resolve my issue until I get the HPNA to ethernet bridge in a month or so....

 

[bassoprofundo]

These are great and work flawlessly in XP. There isn't an easier way to network the house. I have a router with HPNA built-in, but even before I did, I just popped one of these in an XP box, created a bridge between it and the ethernet card, and BANG, networking wherever there is a phone jack...

 

[Staples]

Great deal. I bought some DLINK ones a few years ago (one went dead too) for $90. I had one of those phone extension things from RCA, you know the ones you plug into an electrical outlet and whenever the phone is off the hook, the PNA signal will go dead.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: mr-evil
Spanky - did you download the W2k drivers? Just curious, because I found them on the web site without a problem. Thanks for the answer on the XP stuff.....cheap way for me to resolve my issue until I get the HPNA to ethernet bridge in a month or so....

i think i did try that... but i never really worked at it hardcore. thing is... there was no server software that worked with win2000. did u guys use these hpna's as clients or servers?

 

[Tokar]

is this deal on their site, or exclusively at stores? and how long is this deal?

edit:their site only shows Linksys HPNA cards...
btw: shentech does some good sales, they always have cheap HPNA cards...$20 for 2...(3com discontinued cards, work great).

 

[GnatGoSplat]

This deal is on their site, at least this looks like them to me:

Linked

I'd be a lot more interested if there were an inexpensive HPNA to Ethernet bridge available somewhere...

 

[jamesd1343]

ncie deal thx all

 

[cisip]

Windows XP has a software bridge. Just select both the homepna and the ethernet device right click and bridge. Your homepna machines will now have access to your ethernet machines.

 

[QueHuong]

Do I need to buy anything else besides the 2pack cards if I only want to network 2 PCs?

 

[darren]

what makes having a wap and 802 setup better than this?

these are so cheap why doesnt everyone just get a ton of these for networking?

sorry for the newbie questions

 

[GnatGoSplat]

Originally posted by: cisip
Windows XP has a software bridge. Just select both the homepna and the ethernet device right click and bridge. Your homepna machines will now have access to your ethernet machines.

That would be cool except for having to have the bridge machine up and online all the time.
Panasonic used to have an HPNA/Ethernet router that could be used as a bridge, I forget the model # though, but it was around $100.

An 802.11b setup would be better in instances where you want a totally wireless connection like on a laptop, so you can carry it around to any room or even out on the back deck and still have your network/internet connection without having to plug in anything.
For desktop computers that never move, HPNA sounds like a good idea to me.

 

[darren]

Originally posted by: GnatGoSplat

Originally posted by: cisip
Windows XP has a software bridge. Just select both the homepna and the ethernet device right click and bridge. Your homepna machines will now have access to your ethernet machines.

That would be cool except for having to have the bridge machine up and online all the time.
Panasonic used to have an HPNA/Ethernet router that could be used as a bridge, I forget the model # though, but it was around $100.

An 802.11b setup would be better in instances where you want a totally wireless connection like on a laptop, so you can carry it around to any room or even out on the back deck and still have your network/internet connection without having to plug in anything.
For desktop computers that never move, HPNA sounds like a good idea to me.

thanks!

 

[mrEvil]

Netgear makes a bridge, believe it is model PE102(little over $100 at Buy.com), though don't quote me on that. This works slick with XP...got that and also an Intel USB Any Point HPNA ($20 for this)....still, $30 to link 3 computers through my unused phone lines....

I believe Linksys also makes some HPNA bridge, but I've heard that the Netgear one is better. 802.11 has no real advantage over this, except for the encryption portion. However, with 802.11, you have to worry about the signal degrading through walls and other things......here, where ever your phone jacks are, you can have a connection. Good for me because the 802.11 stuff was not working well and I did not want to rip open some walls....

 

[Csium]

Do HPNA cards require you to have the four wires in your phone jack hooked up???

Have an older house where it is wired with only two... Thought I read somewhere that HPNA wouldn't work in this config.

 

[Beldar]

I have one of the Panasonic Routers that have PNA, 10BaseT and Wireless in one. It works GREAT!

Just do a searchfor panasonic Router and yu will find them all over the place (on that unnamed auction site)

 

[Kraeji]

I use these HPNA cards with my 2wire homportal 100w hpna router. Works flawlessly in Windows2k, XP and 98. This is a cheap way to expand your network without expensive wireless gear and troublesome cabling.

 

[Daghis]

Cool! Thanks for this!

I've been thinking about moving the computer from my office down to our "game room", but there's no network port in there. I've already got HPNA running for something else, so tapping on to that would make things very convenient.

--Marc

 

[jamesd1343]

2wire made the usb/hpna/ethernet/wireless router wors nicely ans was on clearance at staples a while back...

 

[RBC]

Can I do this (using XP home)?

Buy 2 sets and hook up four machines for multi-player gaming? I can't tell from the spec's. The info on legacy Diamond site made it look like these are only 1 mps over a phone line and 10 mps over ethernet (or am I looking at the wrong product?).

Can you still use the phone while these are hooked up and if so will a phone call screw up the connections?

If I don't care about using a laptop is this just a good a home networking solution as the target deal on the microsoft wireless kit?

Thanks!

 

[RBC]

Any help at all? I'm trying to decide whether to push the order button or not. Is this a better deal than the Microsoft wireless kit at Target?

 

[db]

Thanks; CompGeeks ran out of these a year ago and I could only get one set.