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D-Link DHN-520 10Mb Home Phoneline Network Adapter for the PCI Bus
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 will be useful if you are new to phoneline
networking and other new technologies featured in the
D-Link DHN-520. For more information on D-Link and
D-Link products go to <http://www.dlink.com>.
HomePNA 1.0 is a standard defined and ratified by the
Home Phoneline Networking Association (HomePNA).
Currently HomePNA 2.0 is scheduled to be ratified in the
fourth quarter of 1999. The DHN-520 was designed around
the proposed iLine10
standard, which was accepted by
the HomePNA on July 27, 1999 as the basis for HomePNA
2.0. At the time of this manual's printing HomePNA 2.0 has
not been officially ratified.
Home Phoneline Networking allows a home user to build a
network utilizing their standard home phonelines. It
removes the need to install separate hardware or specialty
cables as is required by other networking technologies.
With a full 10 megabits per second (Mbps) of bandwidth,
Introduction
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