To Set Up Your
Home Network
The HomePNA modem that is installed in your Sony VAIO® computer is designed to use the existing phone lines in your home to establish a closed home network. This section provides information on setting up a home network using your VAIO computer.
Evaluating your system requirements
Your VAIO computer is configured to serve as the gateway to the Internet using the installed V.90 modem or your own Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) or cable modem (optional). You can also gain access to the Internet using your Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) connection or regular analog voice telephone service.
If your home is equipped with two separate phone lines, such as separate business and personal phone service, you must create your home network on a single line. All linked computers on your home network must be plugged into telephone jacks that are extensions of one telephone service line. If you attempt to set up your home network using two separate phone lines, the computers cannot share data and peripheral equipment.
✍For the best results, Sony suggests using Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Windows Me™) operating system on all of your home network computers.
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