homePNA was intended to accomplish the same goal as HomePlug - provide a residential high speed network without having to run new wires. Why doesn't everyone have homePNA NIC's in their homes?
Personally, I believe homePNA is a wretched technology. While version 2 claims to be 10Mbit, that throughput is really only attainable in a pristine lab setup. Practically, consumers will see much lower rates than that. I would venture to guess that the lack of available homePNA products on the market is due to potential manufacturers realizing that the chipsets don't work as expected.
Despite the technology, I think the biggest problem with homePNA is the basic premise - using _phone_ outlets for networking. Running wires to the nearest phone outlet almost defeats the purpose of having homePNA in the first place.
I think HomePlug will be much better off. If the chipsets are reliable and really work as advertised, consumers will be much more inclined to use it. Probably the biggest question is price - will the chipsets and tranceivers come down to a price that will allow many manufacturers to embed this technology in all of their products?
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homePNA was intended to accomplish the same goal as HomePlug - provide a residential high speed network without having to run new wires. Why doesn't everyone have homePNA NIC's in their homes?
Personally, I believe homePNA is a wretched technology. While version 2 claims to be 10Mbit, that throughput is really only attainable in a pristine lab setup. Practically, consumers will see much lower rates than that. I would venture to guess that the lack of available homePNA products on the market is due to potential manufacturers realizing that the chipsets don't work as expected.
Despite the technology, I think the biggest problem with homePNA is the basic premise - using _phone_ outlets for networking. Running wires to the nearest phone outlet almost defeats the purpose of having homePNA in the first place.
I think HomePlug will be much better off. If the chipsets are reliable and really work as advertised, consumers will be much more inclined to use it. Probably the biggest question is price - will the chipsets and tranceivers come down to a price that will allow many manufacturers to embed this technology in all of their products?