{"id":718,"date":"2021-09-21T08:42:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T08:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/?page_id=718"},"modified":"2021-10-05T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:59:58","slug":"mixed-media-router-mmr-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/mixed-media-router-mmr-intro\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Media Router (MMR) Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you’ve been looking at those wireless or phoneline cards and thinking about getting one to connect a computer into your Ethernet network. But you’ve read the information on\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0about Mixed Media networks and know that you’re going to need something to make the different networks play together.<\/p>\n

Well, you’ve come to the right place!\u00a0 This article will show you how to make your own\u00a0Mixed Media Router (MMR)<\/b>, which will be capable of supporting both File and Printer sharing and Internet sharing among all the computers on your LAN.\u00a0 The MMR can support networks with\u00a0Ethernet<\/b>,\u00a0HomePNA<\/b>\u00a0phoneline and\u00a0wireless<\/b>\u00a0pieces, and even support all three types at once!<\/p>\n

The cost of this project is about\u00a0$100<\/b>, plus the cost of the Network adapters for the types of networks that you want to connect together.\u00a0 You’ll also need a Pentium class computer with at least 64MB of memory and at least 10MB of free disk space, running Win95, 98 or NT 4.\u00a0 This can be the computer that you’re currently using to share the Internet.<\/p>\n

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What’s a Mixed Media Router?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The diagram below illustrates a simple example of a Mixed Media network.\u00a0 This network has only 3 computers:<\/p>\n