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RE: [LUG] using the spare pair in telephone cable for Ethernet



I am well aware of the limitations of wireless and in this situation it will
struggle due to the thickness of the house walls.  I am aware that cat5
cables can carry pots on the spare pairs but he does not have ethernet
cables in place.  He only has std telephone cables for two lines out to the
garden office.  These cables are already buried as are the power cables (in
separate trenches).

I will check out HomePNA and conduct some testing and report back

Regards
Kelly Jones


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Kai Hendry
Sent: 13 May 2004 06:17
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [LUG] using the spare pair in telephone cable for Ethernet

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 10:05:21PM +0100, Peter Walker wrote:
Check out HomePNA. That should do what you want. I've never used it so 
I can't say whether it is any good or not.

I use HomePNA here in my flat in Helsinki. It's shares a 2mbit connection
amongst several tenants. Maximum speed is 1mbit, but it's ok for me. If you
don't mind low speed then HomePNA is plug and play and just works. Buy the
external ethernet adaptor and never buy a PCI card or something.

I have not seen much of the hardware on sale in England. It's quite easy to
find here, but I guess there is a more soviet style blocks. :)


But HomePNA is not as versatile or fun as wireless. I would only use in
appartment blocks. Therefore I would just buy 2 wireless routers in your
case.

http://dabs.com/uk/channels/hardware/networking/productView.htm?quicklinx=2C
M7


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