On Tuesday 06 December 2005 09:20, Robert Collins wrote: > 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.
And by "connected to the public network" they mean "in any way through any device". So even if you isolate your network from the public one with a router or modem etc, you're still deemed to be "connected". Not sure if you're still deemed to be connected if the external/public link is wireless though (they are more concerned about electrical isolation than spurious data). At tleast this was how the regs were written back in '95 when I was AUSTel Certified. Things may have changed - usual disclaimers apply. James -- It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions. - Robert Bly -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
