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I have a similar setup. I have some of my PC's connected via a HPNA (telephone wire) network. I am using a Netgear access point and Netgear WiFi card in the Axim. The only difference is that I did not connect the access point to one of the PC's. I connected the access point to the network itself via a bridge. Since the access point only has an RJ45 ethernet connection and a USB connection, (no phoneline) I used the USB connection to connect the access point to one PC for purposes of configuration. Once configured, I then connected the access point to an ethernet-to-HPNA bridge. This bridge serves a similar purpose as an ethernet hub.
If you try to connect the access point directly to one PC on the network, then that PC must now serve as a proxy to get to the rest of the network. In other words, you now have one PC with two network adapters in it - one phoneline adapter on the lan and the wireless access point as the other. That PC would have to be running some sort of proxy application that would pass network traffic between the two network segments (wireless and phoneline).
By connecting the access point directly to the lan itself, your Axim would have access to the other lan connected PC's and the cable modem without having to pass through one of the PC's on the lan.
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