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Linksys PCM100H1 Ethernet connection works, but not HPNA 

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Re: Question: Install and config of Linksys desktop PCMRDWR reader writer and PCM100H1 card (Jeff Gembler)
Date: 2000, Apr 05
From: Jeff Gembler jeffrey.gembler 

Getting real close now.

I changed the IP addresses so that 

  -  On the Linux PC,  the Linksys PCMCIA card Model No. PCM100H1  has an IP address  
     of  172.16.0.1       ( instead of 10.20.0.1 )

  -  the Win 98 PC that I’m trying to ping has a Diamond Mulmedia  Eth / HPNA card,   
     I set the IP address there to  172.16.0.3

The Ethernet connection works,  both PCs can ping each other.

The HPNA connection does not work.  I unplug the Eth cable from both PCs and plug in the 
HPNA phone  line  (straight thru phone line).    When I try the pings with HPNA I get the 
destination host unreachable message.

Note:  The HPNA connection on the Win 98 machine does work with another Win 98 machine.


Does the Linksys PCM100H1 card need to be,  or can it be,   configured to auto-select the interface ?
Or can it be set to be HPNA only ?    
From Linux ?

From reading the Linksys documentation,  I had thought and hoped that the 
interface would auto-select.

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For HPNA, you are in uncharted territory

Re: Linksys PCM100H1 Ethernet connection works, but not HPNA (Jeff Gembler)
Date: 2000, Apr 05
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org> 

I don't know how the HPNA stuff works.  I also thought that the card
autoselected the interface; I don't have a setup where I can test it.

-- Dave

Question: Can I do something to get HPNA to work ?

Re: Linksys PCM100H1 Ethernet connection works, but not HPNA (Jeff Gembler)
Date: 2000, Apr 06
From: Jeff Gembler jeffrey.gembler 

I have another Linksys PCMRDWR reader / writer,   so I installed it into a Win 98 machine.
With the Linksys PCM100H1 PCMCIA card inserted,   I installed drivers for the reader / writer  and  card.
Also setup the IP address for the PCMCIA card.

The HPNA part of the card worked fine under Win 98.
Using the PCMCIA HPNA connection I was able to get two Win 98 PCs to ping each other.


Under  Network Neighborhood,  Properties,  Linksys PCMCIA TCP/IP,  Advanced Tab
there are settings for:

  Connection Type
     100 Mbps
     100 Mbps Full Duplex
     10 Mbps 
     10 Mbps Full Duplex
     Auto Sense
     HomeLAN

  Phone Line Config
     Auto Config
     High Power / High Speed (HPH         // line was truncated
     High Power / Low Speed (HPLS        //
     Low Power / High Speed (LPHS        //

I selected  Connection Type = Auto Sense,     Phone Line Config = Auto Config


Is there any way for me to configure this  ( Auto Sense / Auto Config )  under Linux ?
Or a way, at least for now, to write to registers, without using a config file ?

Do I have a chance of modifying the code to add this,  if it isn’t already there ?

Did you use a technical reference manual/spec in writing the code for the 
Linksys PCM100H1 PCMCIA card ?
1. I don't have any specs for the HomeLink by David Hinds, 2000, Apr 28
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