Most homes do not have cabling for wired Ethernet connections. Devices in two different rooms can be connected using Ethernet bridging of two wireless Routers, Homeplug Powerline Ethernet or Ethernet over coaxial cable also known as MOCA. For smooth DLNA Media streaming from one room to other you need to have a home network with good bandwidth. Powerline Ethernet which uses exiting electrical lines is good to way to setup high speed home network.

This section provides information on Home Powerline Networking and demonstrates how to use Powerline Ethernet Adapters or Powerline Homeplug AV Adapters to extend Ethernet network anywhere in the house using existing electrical power line.

Home plug Power line is a good choice for home networking because

Home plug Power line uses existing electrical wiring inside the home. Homeplug Ethernet Adapters are easy to Setup Homeplug Powerline Ethernet provides good speeds (upto 200Mbps), therefore suitable for Media Streaming. Powerline Ethernet Adapters are easily available from major manufacturers like Netgear, Linksys and Zyxel.

In order to connect two sites in a home, you need two Power Line Ethernet Adapters, one Wired or Wireless Router and a Ethernet Hub or Switch. Following pictures shows home network setup of a PS3,Home Theater PC, Satellite Receiver,TV connected to Network Printer, Network Attached Storage and Internet through two Powerline Ethernet Adapters

Instructions to setup Powerline Home Ethernet AV Network

Follow the instructions given below to extend Home Ethernet Network using two Powerline Ethernet Adapters. Steps given here are generic and apply to most Homeplug networks.

Connect Powerline Ethernet Adapter to nearest wall power socket in both the rooms. In the picture one adapter is placed near wireless router and second is placed near Media Center where PS3,Satellite receiver are located.

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Home networking is nothing but connecting systems with each other to interact or share information with each other. BT Networking is also the same. Here internet access will be shared with the support of BT broadband service provider. BT is one of the most popular broadband service providers in UK which has been survived in UK market with the support of millions of subscribers.

Advantages of BT Networking

BT Network allows connecting up to 10 computers with each other to share information’s with each other.

It is easy to set up BT network.

It is easy to get this network as you can make orders through on-line.

There is no need to wait for opening web pages while you surf on the internet.

You can make use of your ADSL broadband connection for setting network.

No need of rewiring for getting home network in BT networking.

A modem, a router and BT hub is enough for setting a network.

You can get high speed home network. For which you can use ADSL access.

Technique used behind this BT Network

BT service providers will combine a router, an ADSL modem and BT Hub inside a little box. You may not need to buy separate standard ADSL modem for each computer. This is called as set top box which permits you to extend the network up to 10 computers simultaneously. It is impossible to set BT Network with the cable internet.

What are all the system requirements to get BT Network?

• Any one of the Operating Systems of Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000 or XP or Mac OS 8.6 and above

• CD-ROM drive

• 32Mb memory or 64Mb memory (is recommended)

• 5Mb of hard disk space

• BT Wireless Network 1250 software

What are all the hardware requirements?

• USB Cable

• An ADSL Modem

• A Router

• An Ethernet Card

• Cords

• BT home network PC Adapter

What are the various kinds of BT adapters?

Three distinct adapters are offered by BT namely:

• BT Wireless Network PC Adapter

• BT Home Network PC Adapter

• BT Voyager 1020 Laptop adapter




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