1 Mbps telephone networking kit for $12.50. (Includes TWO PCI cards.)

[Eug]

1 Mbps ain't too fast, but's more than enough for DSL sharing.

Holy crap that's cheap.

Link

 

[TigerNY]

not if you have 1.5MBps DSL and download from a fast site... plus have you ever tried transferring large files over a 1MBps network - can you say SSLLOOWW....
but anyhow, for the occasional or supersmall homenetwork user it might be fine...

 

[bex0rs]

It's convenient if you want a net computer "upstairs" and don't have the time / skills to fish cat5 through your house. Also much cheaper than wireless, and everyone has phone lines in their house.

These cards also have an rj45 connector and will run at 10Mbits over cat3+. Somebody will find this useful.

~bex0rs

 

[Eug]

<< not if you have 1.5MBps DSL and download from a fast site... plus have you ever tried transferring large files over a 1MBps network - can you say SSLLOOWW.... >>

Yeah, like I said, it ain't too fast, but for $12.50 you can't complain. It's fine for printer sharing and internet sharing, and with my 1 Mbps card I get the full bandwidth - maxes out my 960 Kbps DSL. The 10 Mbps kits usually are around 100 bux. (Fortunately, large software installs - ie. entire CD-games - I can just walk my laptop over to my router and plug into 100 Mbps Ethernet.)

 

[sun818]

Eug -- That is cheap, especially for PCI cards. It is definitely more than enough for DSL sharing. I find that I don't utilize the 1.5Mbps as often because the weak link typically hovers around 384 or 441bps for me. But really, you probably won't get the advertised 1Mbps out of these cards either.

 

[Souka]

Eug,

So you're using one of thses (or similar) telephony kits? No problems with your DSL service?

 

[Eug]

<< But really, you probably won't get the advertised 1Mbps out of these cards either. >>

Well, I haven't tested this particular kit, and have only tested my card (Linksys PCMCIA card for my laptop) on a HomePNA 2.0 setup (which defaults to HomePNA 1.0 @ 1 Mbps when my Linky is connected), but as I mentioned I max out my 960 Mbps DSL line with it - well over 100 Kbytes/s in downloads.

And the cool part is that I'm running DSL and HomePNA on the same line simultaneously, along with a phone, modem, fax and answering machine. Everything works at full speed.

EDIT: Souka, your message was answered here.

 

[RipperX2k]

Anyone using bought this yet? I got mine and its up and running sort of with the MS HOme Networking wizard. It does not come with the HomeFree CD that it supposed to that has wingate software. I having some trouble stting up ICS, anyone have this problem or can help me out? My host computer is a WinME box while the other computer is a win98se box.

 

[DiverDown]

Dont forget the Mastercard deal if you want an extra 10% off...wooo

Link to Mastercard Page

 

[dukenukem]

$6.00 shipping

 

[sun818]

Hey ripper -- When running ICS on ME, your default domain for the &quot;home&quot; network defaults to mshome.net no matter what your &quot;shared&quot; network domain is.

Try setting up your domain info for your &quot;home&quot; network under mshome.net and see what happens.

I tried a few ping combinations to figure this out. Poor documentation on this feature on Microsoft's part.

Thanks,
Sun Kim

 

[hevnsnt]

I got a 10Mbs Kit for sale.. for $60 Opened box, never used. Sorry for the cross post into hotdeals..

 

[druxboyzz]

i just ordered this about a week ago from compgeeks.. and they sent me the wrong drivers... bunch of morons.

i didnt even bother setting it up yet cus my USB dsl is tough to get dsl sharing to work..

anybody else got USB dsl problems? or is it just me.

 

[LordSnailz]

I need some clarification on how we can use this thing to share a dsl or cable modem line. Is the picture below correct?

cpu2 <---> room 2 phone line jack ====== room 1 phone line jack <------> cpu 1 <----->cable modem
cpu3 <---> room 3 phone line jack <==^^

So all computers should be connected to their respective phone jack and only one computer has to be connected to the cable modem? In this case, cpu1 would have to connect to the phone line and also to the modem, since it has both the phone jack and a rj45 port? Any setup I have to do for cpu2 and cpu3?

TIA
LS

 

[Eug]

LordSnailz, your diagram sounds right if I read you right:

CPU 1 needs both a HomePNA card and an Ethernet card. CPU 2 and 3 need just the HomePNA card. So you'll need 3 HomePNA cards for 3 computers. (The kit only has two.)

Cable modem --> CPU 1 --> phone jack ----//----> phone jack --> CPU 2

(CPU 3 would work the same way as CPU 2.)

The only problem is CPU 1 has to be on all the time with Internet Connection Sharing on, for CPU 2 and CPU 3 to use the internet.

-----------------------------

What I do is a bit different though.

DSL modem --> Ethernet router --> Ethernet to HomePNA bridge --> phone jack --> computer

In this setup, none of the computers need Ethernet, and none of the computers has to be on all the time. However, my setup is considerably more expensive, since both the router and the bridge are about $150 each. (The router is a 10/100 Ethernet, and the bridge is 10 Mbps HomePNA.)

 

[eia430]

EUG,

It's only 1mbps conn over it's phone jack port....it ALSO HAS a regular eitherlink port that goes at 10mbps. Look at it's specs...

 

[Eug]

eia430,

Yeah, I know and said that below. If you're wondering about what I described for my system, I don't use that kit. My HomePNA networking bridge is 10 Mbps over the phonelines. But $12.50 - 10% + $6.00 shipping is still a steal for 1 Mbps networking.

 

[dimwit]

I ordered this kit, only the 2 PCI cards and some diskette with some unrelated sound card driver on it. The drivers and manuals are downloadable from the sites referenced in the Compgeeks page so no big deal. Didn't get a chance to install it though.

Did you notice that compgeeks is selling 2 cards for $12.50, but if you only want one you have to pay $19.95! http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HOMEFREE

 

[Shaftatplanetquake]

This deal has been posted before. The cards work nicely, I'm using them right now. For small files/internet connection sharing it works great.

 

[sirfergy]

Is there a usb version of this or pcmcia version for relatively cheap?

 

[Eug]

Linksys stuff is usually pretty cheap. I use a Linksys PCMCIA card that does both HomePNA and Ethernet in the same card.

 

[Dameon]

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