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Don't know why you posted AC since this is in fact the very thing I am doing. I have my PS3 connected to the back of my DVR in the living room, my Xbox 360 connected to a box in the den and an XBox running XBMC to the box in the bedroom. I would have used the existing coax to pull Cat5 but they stapled the coax to the frame!

The U-Verse service uses the HomePNA 3.1 specification over the coax so the speed is limited (I think it is 320 Mbps) so when I am playing a movie or a game on-line I make sure to turn the set top box off so I'm not competing for bandwidth. It works quite well but I am still slowly running Cat5e and RG6 as time permits. The HomePNA web site has a link to member products as well that may be of use.

Don't know why you posted AC since this is in fact the very thing I am doing. I have my PS3 connected to the back of my DVR in the living room, my Xbox 360 connected to a box in the den and an XBox running XBMC to the box in the bedroom. I would have used the existing coax to pull Cat5 but they stapled the coax to the frame!

The U-Verse service uses the HomePNA 3.1 specification over the coax so the speed is limited (I think it is 320 Mbps) so when I am playing a movie or a game on-line I make sure to turn the set top box off so I'm not competing for bandwidth. It works quite well but I am still slowly running Cat5e and RG6 as time permits. The HomePNA web site has a link to member products as well that may be of use.

Don't know why you posted AC since this is in fact the very thing I am doing. I have my PS3 connected to the back of my DVR in the living room, my Xbox 360 connected to a box in the den and an XBox running XBMC to the box in the bedroom. I would have used the existing coax to pull Cat5 but they stapled the coax to the frame!

The U-Verse service uses the HomePNA 3.1 specification over the coax so the speed is limited (I think it is 320 Mbps) so when I am playing a movie or a game on-line I make sure to turn the set top box off so I'm not competing for bandwidth. It works quite well but I am still slowly running Cat5e and RG6 as time permits. The HomePNA web site has a link to member products as well that may be of use.

But, if you have electrical power, then why not use this to also get the network connectivity. Its just a question of if the time expended to setup the additional infrastructure is justified.

I'll add another point, if the other nodes in the mesh offer a capability you can't get through the fixed infrastructure. Interesting network you show. I presume it is 802.11b with directive antennas to get the range you are showing (maybe 802.11g or 11a though). So I presume the aim is at least 11Mbps. What are the local ADSL and cable suppliers in the area offering in that area? I doubt it is 11Mbps.

D.

I can understand why you'd want to use DSL - it saves pulling new wiring to each unit. Does HomePNA also work for you?

Well, along those lines is the driver at

http://www.homepna.org/support/faqs.asp#FAQ6_Q1

the only "working" (I use the term loosely) Linux driver for HPNA? It sucks, sucks, sucks. Not maintained and not fully opened. I get a tainted kernel that panics from time to time... I'd use CAT5 ether if I could (sigh)

Apparently we only rate a half-assed token driver... )-;

"I also don't know if there is Linux support for the chipset."

try here, or more specifically here.

dunno if this will help, but there is a driver for some broadcom chips...

yeah, and netgear, proxim, hp... so?

the poster already linked to plenty of manufacturers of these products. he's asking which solution is best, not which brand...

you are completely clueless, so I would try not to be such an ass while showing how stupid you are, it is amazed that you can type a full sentance. He is refering to these these from 3com infact there is an entire group of comapanies that really tried to make it work, but it didnt so much fly with the consumer..its called HomePNA

Seriously, if you want to network your house using the existing wires in your house, pnoneline networking is the way to go. It is fast - right now it has a limit of 10 mbps, but they are working on 100 mbps - the power line gets 14mbps, not too much faster (and anyway, unless you have a T1, 10mbps is plenty fast). Also, it is secure, there is no need to encrypt your data as it travels on your own private network. Also, there is no risk of power spikes damaging your hardware. And finally (and most importantly I might add), there are Linux drivers for phonline NICs (at least for the card I use, the Linksys HPN200, you can find the drivers here.)

For more more information go to www.homepna.org

First off, your house has to be networked - this does seriously reduce its saleability! :-)

Secondly, if it can only be controlled effectively through the web interface then you need a computer next to you to select the track, regardless. And if you've got that, why have a separate piece of kit?

The Linux 2.4.7 Universal Serial Bus pegasus driver claims to support a bunch of Home Phone Networking Alliance devices. If the Linksys device is a version of these devices, you may be able to get support by just adding the appropriate vendor and product ID's to linux-2.4.7/drivers/usb/pegasus.h (and doing "cd /usr/src/linux && make modules && make modules_install && depmod && rmmod pegasus ; modprobe pegasus"). At the very least, reading pegasus.h will give you a list of USB HomePNA devices that should work with Linux.

Otherwise, you might want to dump the USB device and interface descriptors (by activating some debug option in the core Linux USB driver or by the lsusb program) and see if your device exports an interface compatible with the USB Communications Class (wish I had a pointer to it in non-PDF form), which I believe includes an ethernet subclass. In that case, it still might be a lot of work and a lot of learning for someone not familiar with Linux device drivers and USB, but you would at least have some documentation (see http://www.usb.org for tons of free-as-in-beer USB documents).