As some of you might already know, i'm building a power line modem that connects 2 PC through an Ethernet interface.
I'm using either a National DP83847/Kendin KS8721B (i haven't ordered either one coz Farnell's currently out of stock) to interface with the PC the using the powerline as the communication medium and link with another PC through the same Ethernet interface.
PC1 => DP83847/KS8721B => PL module => Power line => PL module =>
DP83847/KS8721B => PC2
My question is, how do i first test whether or not my Ethernet design is working properly before i connect it to the powerline communication modules? Like this:
PC1 => DP83847/KS8721B => Standard network cables? => DP83847/KS8721B => PC2