D-Link DHN-520 10Mb Home Phoneline Network Adapter for the PCI Bus
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Introduction
Thank you for choosing the D-Link DHN-520. As a leading network
manufacturer, D-Link is dedicated to making the best cost/performance adapter on
the market. This Introduction chapter will be useful if you are new to phoneline-
based networking and other new technologies featured in the D-link DHN-520.
Otherwise, skip ahead to the Installation chapter.
For more information on D-Link go to www.dlink.com.
About Phoneline Networking
HomePNA 1.0 is a standard as defined and ratified by the Home Phoneline
Networking Association (HomePNA). Currently The DHN-520 was designed
around the proposed iLine10
standard as accepted by the HomePNA on July
27, 1999 as the basis for HomePNA 2.0.
Home Phoneline Networking allows a home user to build a network utilizing their
standard home phone lines. It removes the need to install separate hardware or
specialty cables as is required by other networking technologies. With a full 10Mb
of bandwidth, the data throughput speed is effectively 150-200 times faster than a
V.90 modem.
This technology will allow a Microsoft Window 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows
Me, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 user to quickly share files and printers.
With additional software a user may also play multi-player network games and
share Internet access.
