The idea is to use the phone lines in your home to transfer data instead of using a network card, Ethernet cables, and a hub. The idea is to make installing the Phoneline Network as easy as it is to plug in a phone. D-Link sure made that happen. 1 Games CD 1 Midcore Midpoint Lite Manual Installation Piece of cake. Pop in the CD and get rocking.
Drivers install, and the phone jacks are connected to the cards.
The Internet sharing software that comes with the DHN-520 aren't that special, but it works. Thankfully, their documentation on networking is about 40 pages long, and it documents everything exceedingly well. Anyone who complains about installation or software trouble just isn't reading the manual. Performance Previous Phoneline Networks were limited to 1Mbps transfer. Now with the HomePNA 2.0 standard, transfers are now set to 10Mbps of bandwith.