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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."
A good question for Dr. (?) John Price is if the FAQ against Brad is
legit, then why is it just hosted on throwaway abuse domains???
It was hosted on www.lart.com, but apparently the company that
provided the server for that abuse domain took it off! It is now
hosted on www.wilhelp.com -- a domain ficticiously and falsely
registered (the person registered as the domain owner is not the owner
and the domain's responsible person's (owner's) address is bogus).
This should tell you something about the "FAQ". It is personal,
in large part false, and it is libelous/slanderous/defamatory.
If you are told anything else about this personal vindictive and
malicious "FAQ" on a person, just ask them about who has been hosting
it for the last couple years. It is Taylor Jimenez, aks Taylor Netscum
and aka several other names (with real and false addresses). That
really says it all.
Also ask the malicious spamming posters it they are legitimate why
not give their names and fully identify themselves. Why are hoods
posting using false names, anonymous, or otherwise in ways that they
cannot be identified?
I think minnesota sees what is going on here. It is illegal activity
and I encourage all to help in anyway they can to deal with it.
Here are some suggestions: Complain to Dr. Price's Internet Service
Provider -- do that again and again, just as he spams and smears
people off-topic here again and again. And, all do it (all complain).
That could very well take care of John Price. About the others, well
I don't know. Perhaps they can only be kill-filed. These guys
operate out of alt.hackers.malicious and alt.2600. Perhaps a single
nice post over at alt.2600 could put the spot-light on their
inappropriate behavior. They MAY care somewhat what their peers think.
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).