Retards at SBC couldn't help; can you?

[Makosuke]

Ah, I missed that the 1100 supports HPNA; though I've never used HPNA myself, so I don't know how well it works in practice, phonemonkey explained it correctly. Since your 2Wire already knows how to talk to HPNA equipment, all you (theoretically) need is your 2nd computer with an adapter plugged into the phone jack, and it will send a network signal (that theoretically doesn't interfere with DSL or voice traffic) that the 2Wire knows how to recognize, and it should automatically handle the 2nd computer.

They apparently have a Mac driver: http://www.2wire.com/?p=266

Sounds like the cheapest option, if it works, but you may want to read through the documentation yourself. It's all online, and should be in your manual as well.

 

[phonemonkey]

Let me get this straight because this sounds TOO easy if I'm interpreting correctly. I buy an HPNA adapter, which plugs into my G5 (on 3rd floor) with a usb adapter, then plug the oter end into the phone line? Does it matter that I'll be plugging it in on the 3rd floor, with my other internet-connected computer (has internet connection via SBC... 2wire 1100 model) being on the first floor? Do I have to do anything with the sharing options on either computer, or do I just plug in the adapter to my 3rd floor computer and the phone line up there? Dude, if this can happen I'll be stoked! Thanks for being such a "retard" and helping me

right, the usb connector will obviousely go into your mac. there will be an open end on the other side. you will run a phone cord from there into the dsl side of one of the filters that was sent to you. that filter goes into the phone jack. install the drivers, set network prefrences for the hpna adapter to DHCP and there you go. it wont matter with the flooring because the filter will make sure the hpna adapter only picks up the digital signal running through the phone lines in your house. you will only need to change sharing options if you want to share files between your 2 computers. The 2wire is a router and will share the internet connection between the 2 computers for you so no need for other configuration changes.
Hope this helps and sorry for the late reply, couldn't find the thread.
Phonemonkey