Cisco-Linksys HPRO200 HomeLink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router

by Cisco

Product Details

Product Manual [366kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005JJEO
• Item model number: HPRO200
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,589 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2001

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The HomeLink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router provides the perfect solution for connecting to high-speed broadband Internet for both your HomeLink Phoneline and Ethernet networks. The Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router from Linksys acts as the only externally recognized Internet gateway on your Local Area Network (LAN) and can be configured to regulate internal users' access to the Internet and serve as an Internet firewall against intruders.

Do you want to share your cable or DSL modem on your HomeLink Phoneline network? Add a PC anytime by simply connecting it to a telephone jack in your wall, providing for instant communication throughout your home. The groundbreaking technology inside every HomeLink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router delivers Internet and network connectivity to your HomePNA and Ethernet networks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home Networking/Cable Modem User, June 29, 2001

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"rhixon" (Mission Viejo, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cisco-Linksys HPRO200 HomeLink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router (Personal Computers)

I recently purchased the Linksys HPRO200 Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router and am very happy with its' performance. Although I did have a little trouble configuring Internet Connection Sharing, the Tech Support at Linksys was able to get me up and running after less than 5 minutes on the phone.

I previously purchased the Linksys HomeLink Phoneline 10M Network Card Kit from .... I have a Windows 2000 system networked pier to pier with a Windows ME system. Although I was able to share files between both computers, I was not able to share my Broadband Cable Internet connection.

With the Linksys Phoneline Cable/DSL Router I am now able to share my Internet Connection between both computers and I don't have to leave a "host" computer constantly running, as you would if using Internet Connections Sharing via a proxy server software program(or Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing).

In conclusion, I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who is interested in sharing their Broadband Internet Connection between two, or more, computers. You won't have to pay for additional IP addresses, as most Cable providers suggest in order to share your connection. You will also benefit from the Router's built-in NAT Firewall.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great router, but speed drop in Internet at first, now fixed, July 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Cisco-Linksys HPRO200 HomeLink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router (Personal Computers)

This was the cheapest place I could find for the router. All in all, it works great! Just hook up the cable modem to the WAN port, and then the phoneline from the router to the wall. Have all the other computers connect to a phoneline in different places, and all can go online. Others have said they had trouble getting Win2K to get up and on the network, but I did not have a prob (since I am pretty computer savvy). On top of that, the built in bridge works great to connect via LAN using a regular Cat5 cable.

The reason for 4 stars is that I can notice the drop in speed of the internet after hooking up this router. It's still faster than dial up, but not as fast as having the computer hooked up directly to the cable modem. Linksys website says that the newest firmware will not fix this problem, so I have not tried to upgrade the firmware.

This router is great if you don't like to run Ethernet cables around the house, which can get fairly expensive. I plan on keeping the router since I do not have the time to run cables all around the house.

***UPDATE*** I just downloaded the flash upgrade for this router, and did the CNET internet speed test...(drumroll please)....The internet speed picked up and is almost just as fast as the cable modem itself! The flash was easy to upgrade, just download the file, unzip it, and view the readme file. Simple! You can even flash it while you are online! works great now! Enjoy the router! I still highly recommend it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Product, May 26, 2002

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Eldho Thomas (Saint Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cisco-Linksys HPRO200 HomeLink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router (Personal Computers)

I have a Win2K pc connected to the LAN (ethernet) port and two PC's (One WinXP and one Win98) on a phoneline network connected to the HPNA port. On the WinXP machine I have a Netgear USB phoneline adapter (HPNA 2.0) and on the Win98 machine, I have a Intel Anypoint phoneline parallel port adapter (HPNA 1.0).

I am using this router to share a DSL connection and to bridge the Win2K PC with the phoneline network. I must say it is doing its job. I reduced one star in my rating because I ran into problems that I wasn't warned of. The internet connection sharing worked like a charm, but I couldn't make the Win2K machine visible from the phoneline network and vice versa. Also, I have a web server running on the Win2K machine which couldn't be accessed from outside (even though I had set up the forwarding correctly). Anyway, after a lot of research that yielded no results and an email to Linksys support which hasn't been replied yet after 3 weeks, I downloaded the latest firmware from Linksys which made everything work.

The installation of firmware wasn't without problems either. The first 5 times I tried to install it, I kept getting some error message and I was almost certain I [messed] up the device. The 6th time, it installed correctly.

Anyway, the thing has been working fine for 2 weeks now, hopefully, it will continue to work until the wireless routers get cheaper and better. I believe that wireless is the future.

Another issue that I have with this router is occasional freezing needing a resetting. It happens very rarely, but not sure why it occurs. I have left it on for days, but it doesn't seem to freeze because of long usage. Everytime it froze, it did it when I was browsing lightly.