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Firewire network in XP?
I just had an interesting thought the other day. If I get a 6-pin to 6-pin firewire cable and hook it between two computers, will I be able to make a firewire connection between the two so I can transfer files?
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I've heard from people who just plugged the cables in and had
a 400 mbit connection (they also claim there is a special firewire driver in their network configuration screen). I've also heard people who claim it didn't do nothing. Personally I have only one machine with firewire and that machine is running Windows 2000. So I can't try it out for myself.... Let us know if you test it what happens!
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I do exactly that, however, I use some software from UNIBRAIN to manage the interface. It works excellently as for a small LAN system, allowing file transfers between nodes at 400 Mb/sec. No routers or hubs required.
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I have firewire via my Audigy card and it includes firewire networking drivers.
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I tried it at our school lab today between two XP computers, nothing seemed to happen. However, when I unplugged the cable it gave me a network connection unplugged warning, so obviously it recognized it but didn't really do anything with it.
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Just for reference, you do it on a Mac by turning off one computer, hooking up the cable and then starting up the computer and holding down the T key. This is called FireWire target mode and the internal hard drives of the second computer will show up on your desktop.
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Bill is right you will not need anything more than what's in XP Pro, not home edition, though (sorry). Just set it up like any other TCP/IP network. Create the network using any of the reserved or internal IP addresses, ie.10.1.1.0 (subnet 255.255.255.0) or 192.168.1.1(subnet 255.255.255.0) and just remember to assign a unique address to each machine and XP will do the rest. Oh, be sure to enable File Sharing service in order to share files across the LAN. Remember: Without a repeater IEEE1394 has a cable limit of 15ft of maxiumum length.
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Firewire Network
After I put my firewire network in place about a year ago I did a "how to" video, which Unibrain bought. It's at
http://www.unibrain.com/1394_products/1394_networking/firenet_pc.htm I should mention that WinXP wasn't involved. The two pc's run Win2KPro and Win98SE. |
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<<<-- Originally posted by Jeff Donald : Just for reference, you do it on a Mac by turning off one computer, hooking up the cable and then starting up the computer and holding down the T key. This is called FireWire target mode and the internal hard drives of the second computer will show up on your desktop. -->>>
Ah, Macs make it so easy!! |
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