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Date:      Tue, 7 Dec 1999 00:10:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HomePNA network cards
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.991207000911.14113B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <384C37ED.5CCA93F0@softweyr.com>

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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote:

> Has anyone gotten one of these to work with the lnc driver in current?
> Looking at the chip specs, it is supposed to be software compatible with
> the PCNet PCI parts, but it sports the "home networking" PHY that are
> not supported on other LANCE parts.
> 
> If you've had success with these, please let me know.  A friend wants to 
> setup a network but doesn't have access to the wall spaces in his house.
> Silly boy.

I submitted a pr in June with patches, and it seems to work fairly well.
Never checked to see if it was commited though.  I've had problems with
dropped packets, however--at certain times of day (?) I can't pass any
packets on phone wires that run vertically in my parents home.  Ended up
running ethernet between floors of their house, and the homepna stuff
inside the floors.

  Robert N M Watson 

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