On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 08:41 +1100, Matt Moor wrote: > Hi Richard, > > This was one of those buzz-wordy type things a few years ago, and some > of the big consumer network device companies put out product. I didn't > hear about any of them reaching 100Mbit/s, though - and I'd be really > surprised if they did, given the number of pairs available in your > standard phone line (CAT3, as others have mentioned). > > You will need special hardware, as listed on the homepna.org site you > linked, and I'm not sure what linux support is like. The equipment would > also need to be AUSTel certified to be legal in australia (Perhaps not > for a PABX system? Dunno if it would even work in this environment) > > Cheers, > > Matt > > P.S. If it's not AUSTel certified, but you want to take the risk, you'd > want to know the difference between the US phone network (voltage, etc), > and the australian one.
AIUI austel certification only kicks in if you are connecting the thing to the phone network. If you happen to have a bunch of copper in the walls, that is not connected to the public network - it does not apply. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt>.
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