Broadband Network Bridge
Daisy-chaining to a HomeLink Network
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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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