Linksys HPES03 manual Daisy-chaining to a HomeLink Network

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Broadband Network Bridge

Daisy-chaining to a HomeLink Network

By daisy-chaining your HomeLinked PC's and peripherals, you can create a simple network that will act in the same way an Ethernet network acts on your PC's desktop.

While Ethernet networks usually revolve in a star topology around a hub or switch, phoneline networks link together like a string of Christmas lights. In a HomeLink network, data passes into on one side of a port, and a new tele- phone cable continues out from the port’s other side. You can string up to 25 PCs on a single HomeLink network, provided that the entire length of cable doesn't exceed 150 meters (500 feet).

HomeLink networks are able to send data through existing telephone lines without interrupting your telephone service, connecting over your existing telephone jacks. If you have computers on two different floors of your house, plug one of the downstairs PCs into the phone jack in the wall, and you're able to network your upstairs computers without running excessive amounts of extra cable.

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Contents Broadband Network Bridge Copyright & Trademarks Table of Contents Introduction FeaturesLinksys HomeLink Broadband Network Bridge Package Contents Getting to Know the Broadband Network Bridge Rear Panel PortsActivity Front Panel LEDsLink CollisionEthernet Cabling Using the Broadband Network BridgeInstallation Overview Phoneline CablingConnecting Your Devices to the Bridge Basic InstallationDaisy-chaining to a HomeLink Network Resetting the Broadband Network Bridge Specific Problems TroubleshootingCant get a link at one of my ports Appendix Twisted Pair CablingTelephone Cabling Specifications EnvironmentalCustomer Support Copyright 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved
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