HomePNA connection

In case you happen to get a TOAS flat equipped only with a typical analog phone socket, you might need a HomePNA adaptor for your Internet connection This is the case for Paawola blocks A, B, C, and D, some of the Lukonmäki blocks and several others. The complete list of locations and corresponding network connections can be found from this TOAS website.

Since the students themselves are responsible for buying one, and you can get one either on the second hand market or buying it directly from one af the computer hardware shops around (Bulldog, Verkkokauppa, Triosoft). If your'e looking for one, or have one for sale - feel free to post an ad on the selling/buying forum.

Also note that if someone owns an HPNA<->Ethernet adapter (not the USB one), and it has two RJ45 ethernet ports (which is usually the case) it's possible to connect two computers to it - just remember to set up the appropriate IP addresses on both of the computers (assigned by the network administrator). All one needs is an extra UTP cable that's long enough...

INTO used to have a Home PNA service running, providing HPNA adapters for exchange students, however this service was decided to close down after TOAS announced that it will soon be replacing the HPNA connections with faster ADSL ones.