I had very good experience with it too. It went ahead and set up networking
without requiring me to answer any questions and when it was done it fitted
in with my home network just perfectly.
Jim, AF6O
> I have a home HPNA network running on HE and it's just dandy. I
> set it up after getting HE because it offered full support for it.
> I searched the Microsoft hardware compatibility site before buying
> the adaptors and came up with Netgear Phoneline 10X PCI adapters
> for less than $25.00 apiece. They installed Plug and Play and I
> didn't need any additional software. I plugged in the phone lines
> and I had a 10 MBPS home network up and running in just a few
> minutes time without a hitch. Now every phone jack in my house and
> in my shack 60' away from the house is a network port - just
> great!
>
> ----
> 73, Rich - W3ZJ
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
> > [mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Kevin Hemsley
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:48 AM
> > To: writelog@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Dual Monitors
> >
> >
> > One of the big differences between HE and Pro is
> > networking support. HE is
> > seriously lacking full networking support. PRO has full
> > and complete
> > networking support, HE is very light weight. I know
> > several angry people who
> > purchased HE and later found that it broke their home
> > network because of its
> > networking deficiencies. Do your homework before buying
> > the Home Edition.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin.
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Kevin Hemsley
> > kev@ida.net
> > KB7TYA
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rick Commo" <Rick.Commo@verizon.net>
> > To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:50 AM
> > Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Dual Monitors
> >
> >
> > > Probably should have re-titled this reply to
> > something like "WinXP HE vs.
> > > Pro".
> > >
> > > I re-visited www.microsoft.com/xp looking for the
> > differences. I had see
> > a
> > > simple table with check marks for features. Maybe it
> > wasn't a Microsoft
> > > site.
> > >
> > > But here are the primary differences that I came up with:
> > >
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | Feature | HE | Pro |
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | dual view | yes | yes | *
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | dual CPU | no | yes |
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | remote term | no | yes | **
> > > | connection | | |
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | encrypting | no | yes |
> > > | file system | | |
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | domain | no | yes |
> > > | membership | | |
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > > | IIS part of | no | yes |
> > > | the install | | |
> > > +-------------+-----+-----+
> > >
> > > * neither the HE site or Pro site specifically
> > mentioned multiple cards.
> > I
> > > have to check but I think that Pro offers support for
> > more than two
> > monitors
> > > though, something like four as I recall. Perhaps
> > that is what I
> > remembered
> > > was that there was some difference between HE and Pro
> > in the area of
> > monitor
> > > support.
> > >
> > > Is anyone out there using Pro or HE with more than
> > one video card?
> > >
> > > ** this feature is along the lines of Terminal
> > Services and might be
> > > different than the so called "Desktop Assistant". I
> > have never played
> > with
> > > the latter.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -rick
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