Introduction
I spoke with Ed Frank, VP of Engineering, home networking business unit, Broadcom, and got a thorough grounding in home networking. Here's why you should know about this topic.
The vision for home networking is quite simple. The following image, courtesy of , should be self-explanatory. I do have to voice some caution. More home networking visions play to a North American audience that is gadget rich, and info-rich, and media rich. I am not convinced that the rest of the world is going to be as enthusiastic about the possibilities of home networking, but then again, it has yet to take off in the US, either. However, after giving it some thought, I can see why home networking has attracted so much attention in the last two years, and why you can find home networking products on the shelves of computer stores.
Broadband anytime - a vision of the networked home that I can buy into. Courtesy of Broadcom.
Unfortunately, most home networking products that you find on the market today are geared primarily to multiple PC households. I say, unfortunately because, I think the biggest stumbling block for home networking is that fact that everyone is using the term "networking". Can't think of anything more frightening and labor intensive than networking. Nevertheless, I have two home networking systems that I am looking over, Diamond's HomeFree wireless set-up, and 3Com's HomeConnect which uses Broadcom's chipsets. I'll have to get into them in more detail at some future point, but you can investigate Diamond's home networking site , or 3Com's site, both excellent resources for the uninitiated.
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