The HomePNA Switching-Hub is a home networking switching Hub, with 12 (8) ports 1 Mbps switching ports and two 10/100 ethernet ports. The HomePNA Switching-Hub supports 12 (8) home phoneline switching ports with each port connecting up to 24 HomePNA devices (e.g. PC) over an existing home phoneline wire. The HomePNA Switching-Hub use the home's existing telephone line(s) to bridges Ethernet packets at the MAC address level of the Ethernet protocol transmitting among connected Ethernet or Fast EthernetLAN segments. Futhermore, the switches are expandable by connecting two or more switches together through straight (namely non-crossover) UTP cables.