I'm all for HPNA, but I'm biased. I was one of the developers of the
original 1.0 version way back when. I haven't seen 3.0, but 2.0 works very
well and would be perfect for your application.
Another option (don't tell the Ethernet police!) would be to use two unused
pairs of the phone wire available and run 10BaseT across it. You may drop a
packet or two when a phone rings on one of the other pairs, but Ethernet is
built to allow for lost packets.
Mark Miller
> Lots of great information and I'm trying to look at all alternatives.
> Ethernet would require the re-digging of a trench across the
> gravel driveway plus installation of 200' of cable.
> Wireless would require going through the walls of two structures
> and mounting outside antenna (inside wireless won't work).
> However, we do have a couple of existing pairs of unused
> telephone connections between the house and guest house
> office. Therefore, I'm now exploring the HomePNA system
> where existing telephone wires are used to carry the signal.
> HPNA 3.0 is supposed to be the latest version and highest
> speed. HPNA 2.0 was good for 10mbps while the newer
> 3.0 version is hyped up to 100+mbps.
> All that said, I don't see any great leap toward the use of
> HPNA. Any experience out there?
>
> If it's do-able, then this would be my quickest way home.
>
> Steve Hammatt
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