Linksys HomeLink HPN100, User Manual

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Sharing Your Internet Connection
The Linksys HomeLink Phoneline Network Card
comes with a proxy server software package
called WinGate Home. The WinGate Home soft-
ware package allows you to share your Internet
connection by setting up a proxy server - a com-
puter that serves to hold the connection and route
Internet communications to the other PCs on the
network. One of the PCs on your network will be
the proxy server. You should pick the PC that has
the modem that you usually use to connect to the
Internet already installed.
Important
: Keep in mind that your HomeLink
network will let you talk on the telephone and
access the Internet at the same time only if you
are using an xDSL connection. If you are using an
analog modem or other device that requires you to
dial out to your Internet Service Provider (ISP),
then, obviously, your telephone line is already in
use, and you can not talk on the phone. Your inter-
nal network data travels on a separate frequency,
so your network communications will not be inter-
rupted no matter what type of Internet connection
you have or whether or not you are using the tele-
phone.
America Online, Compuserve, Prodigy, and simi-
lar services are not ISPs since you have to go
through their specific service and software to
access the Internet.
See note on page 48 for important modem hints.
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About Sharing