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To: Ali Chen who wrote (77864)	4/6/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: L. Adam Latham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ali: Re: If you have an ordinary home area network (simple ISA or PCI ethernet cards connected via a coaxial cable -... Ah...there's the rub - how many folks have an "ordinary home area network" with ethernet cards connected via coax?. Now I don't have to string coax all through my house - just plug into the existing phone jack. My second computer is in a finished lower level, and I would have to do some minor, but nevertheless time-consuming, drywall patching to link coax with my other computer. This will be a big success, IMO. Adam

To: Ali Chen who wrote (77864)	4/6/1999 8:20:00 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul/Ali, PacBell DSL/ISP service already let's consumers connect multiple PCs all through one Internet connection [and your phone service is never interrupted either - i.e. goodbye to the cost of an extra phone line used for modem connection.] In the above scenario, what is AnyPoint's value add? I ask because I need to decide how to proceed on a future home PC installation. Amy J

To: Ali Chen who wrote (77864)	4/6/1999 8:24:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<If you have an ordinary home area network (simple ISA or PCI ethernet cards connected via a coaxial cable - the cheapest way)> Of course this is the cheapest way. My roommate and I were planning on networking our two computers together using cheap Ethernet cards from Fry's Electronics. This will certainly be less expensive than Intel's AnyPoint networking system. Then I remember all the time I wasted back in college trying to network two computers in my own room using a couple of ISA Ethernet cards. To make a long story short, it worked for a little while, but then Windows 95 became very finicky, and the two computers failed to detect each other over the Ethernet connection. I forgot what I did to fix this problem, but I do remember spending many frustrating hours fiddling with drivers, network settings, etc. Now, the promise of Intel's AnyPoint home network system is that it makes home networking as simple as plug-n-play. No network cables. No hubs. No terminators (if you're using coax cable). No problems with misbehaved device drivers. Just plug the thing in to your computer and phone jack, install a few drivers, and voila! Will it turn out to be this easy? I don't know, but once I convince my roommate to shell out the extra bucks to get AnyPoint with me, I'll report my experiences on this thread. Tenchusatsu