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Linux USB/PCI Support for HomePNA 2.0?
Uttles asks: "In reference to this previous article asking about HomePNA support, does anyone out there know of any support for HomePNA 2.0 on Linux that is good for USB PNA devices? I have a 2Wire PC Port and my roommate has a Linksys PNA device and we both have to use Windows for them to work. Needless to say, we'd really like it if we could use Linux. Also, for those that say the companies aren't providing support, The HomePNA 2.0 PCI card drivers are in the Linksys beta area."
Dude, just what in the fuck are you talking about?
I helped a friend set PNA between a Linux network server and a Windows 98 client. Are your cards supported? Dunno.
Tip: Because some cards use chipsets with dual ethernet/PNA modes, it might be necessary to enable the PNA mode and disable ethernet. Since there's no way to dynamically check which cable is attached, you might have to read the module source and tweak a setting manually.
Remember: google is your friend.
PNA cards that are supported with these drivers;
* sis900 = SiS chips 900, 7016, 630, and 540
* pcnet = AMD chip 79c901
The standard pegasus.o claims to support 1 Mb/s pegasus-based Home PNA. This is the same driver used for the 10/100 Pegasus chipset used by SMC and other brands of USB Ethernet adapters, a lifesaver for the I-Opener, etc.
The driver author's home page is http://www.dce.bg/~petkan/ if you want up-to-the-minute information; otherwise, just look in your kernel source for pegasus.
By the way, Home PNA was the brainchild of Bob Frankston, one of the inventors of spreadsheets (VisiCalc).
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