Q:  What do I need to connect my PC to the AT and what it costs/where to buy
    in Europe/Austria? I have no network, simply a PC upstairs with internet 
    access via dial-up ISDN connection, and AT downstairs. I can't lay cable. 


A:  The upstairs/downstairs makes this a little more complicated.  There are
    several solutions that each get more expensive.

    1. Run a long crossover cable between the two.  In the US, you can 
       get cat 5 cables fairly cheap, or make your own.  By looking around
       online, a 100' foot cable usually will cost less than $100.  Or you 
       can buy a box of 1000' for around $50 and make your own cables.

       The main problem is getting the cable between the two.  Most wives
       seem to get testy with cat 5 cables running across the floor and up 
       the stairs.

    2. In the US you could run HPNA.  

    3. In the US, some people are very happy with power line networking.  
       Not sure if you can use it in Austria.  This would require buying
       "two power line to ethernet" adapters.

    4. Probably the most viable (and most expensive) would be to buy a
       wireless network card for your PC and a Linksys WET11 for your
       AudioTron.  In the US, this would be $100 for the PCMCIA card 
       (and the PC adapter), plus $120 for the WET11.

NOTE: A regular cat5 patch cable is NOT a Crossover cable. In a Crossover 
      cable, one wire is crossed so a DIRECT connection can be made between
      two PCs without a Router or Hub.
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