Home PNA Networking Questions

[OneOfTheseDays]

I plan on networking my house with homepna 2.0. I have a couple of questions though. I have dsl and want to share it across 3 computers. Now how do i hook this up??? I take the dsl modem and attach it to the homepnarouter and take the homepna router and attach it to the phoneline, and then also attach it to my nic. ??????????

 

[ksdavis]

Basically, any setup like this (i.e., router and bridging to other topologies) goes like this:

DSL Modem --> Router --> Bridge (Wireless/HPNA) --> systems

So, you'll plug the DSL modem into the HomePNA bridge/broadband router (I assume you're looking at one like the Linksys all-in-one), which in turn connects to your phone line. All the computers on your net need HomePNA NICs and should then in turn be connected to the phone lines.

I looked at the specs for the Linky HPRO200, and it does have a LAN port separate from the HPNA ports, so you can have a local computer on 10BaseT separate from the Phoneline side.

I was surprised to see a HomePNA + broadband router, since I had assumed HomePNA would conflict with DSL on the same line, but I assume you've looked into this.

See www.practicallynetworked.com for some great info and help on these devices.

 

[kimagurealex]

HPNA will conflict with the DSL line after u cancel ur DSL servic without disconnect the DSL line setup in ur phone box. I had this problem until 3 days ago and I decide to disconnect the DSL line by myself and reconfig the whole phoneline setting. Now, the HPNA is working smooth in my house. my setting is like this, I have 4 different IP address from @home

Cable Modem -> Phoneline bridge (Netgear PE102) -> phoneline -> Home phoneline network card

Alex

by the way, if u need bridge, I have one extra brand new PE102 and willing to sell it.
and Netgear online webstore is having the phoneline PCI ethenet card for just 19.99 dollars.
Have fun

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

is the phoneline bridge a router as well. Because i want a router. Is it cheaper to just buy a regular router and then u se the phoneline bridge and connect like that, or to buy one router that is compatible with homepna.

 

[ksdavis]

Router != bridge.

A bridge is a relatively dumb network device that connects different network types (Ethernet to wireless, phoneline to Ethernet, token ring to foo, etc.) A router is a more "intelligent" device that directs network traffic to an appropriate location. (In the case of "home routers" like the Linksys, they're basically NAT-in-a-box, but commercial grade Cisco, Cabletron, etc. routers do much more.)

If you're looking at a device advertised as a bridge, it probably doesn't have routing functionality built in. Any router/broadband gateway that lists support for HomePNA (or 802.11b for wireless) is a router with a built-in bridge.

Typically you will pay more for the router if it includes this bridge but still pay less overall than if you bought the bridge separate from the router. This is not to say you wouldn't want to do that, however -- I did not and do not like Linksys's 802.11b feature set, so I have a plain jane Linksys BEFSR11 for the router and a D-Link DWL-1000AP for the wireless access point.

 

[arod]

Hey if you need some nics i am getting getting ready to sell a few (Netgears) Send me a pm

in the For Sale/Trade but if you want first rack at them send me a pm