LAN over firewire?

[Homerboy]

Is it possible to conect 2 computers to share files etc via a firewire?
I currently have my TCP/IP LAN running over 100baseT, but would link to "hot-wire" (no pun intended) 2 specific PCs togehter that shar files all the time... and firewaire is a tad faster than 100baseT.

Hmm....

 

[Cnuke]

Not sure, but if it is crossed i would not see why. If you have a 10/100 card how will you run faster than that? I would think you would need hardware that supports speeds faster than 100 tx.

Just some thought, not up on firewire.

Cnuke

 

[Mojonba]

Be careful when trying beacuse in USB if you direct connect two pc's you will fry them. I believe it is because the voltage out in one of them goes into the data in.

 

[H.A.R.M]

Mojonba1
USB isn't Firewire, thought I'ld let you know.

Homerboy
You know, you've got a good idea here. Here is what I DO know. CISCO is using Firewire to "daisychain" their new 3600 series switches instead of using Gigabyte GBIC adapters and fiber path cables so Firewire has found it's wave from video editing, removeable media, and now into networking. One thing though, I have not see any ethernet hubs or swithes using firewire for a general network connection.

 

[ckkc]

All Sony's notebooks can connect through firewire. Sony has a software called "smart link" for it. You don't need cross wire or hub. However, the bandwidth is only 40mb/sec, not 400 mb/sec.

 

[LordSandMan]

Just a note, Those GBIC adapters aren't firewire. They do use the same connector as firewire. This info came from an engineer that works at Cisco in the Twin Cities. I think it's very dumb that they didn't use a different style connector, because regular firewire cables don't work. As for using firewire as a network the IEEE 1394 spec allows for it, but last I heard no one has made software that allows it to work.

Looks like i've been proven wrong before I even got it posted......hate when that happens.

 

[Homerboy]

Heres the deal:

In my network properties (winme) I have a NDS 1394 adapter (thats the firewire card). I can assign all the normal IP, subnet etc to this adapter just like a NIC card. I _should_ be able to force NETBEUI traffic over this adapter and still keep the normal TCP/IP (internet traffic) going through the NIC card and router itself.

Sadly, now I need another firewire card.

Oh and:

CNuke: Becuase it would be ~4 times faster
ckkc: Remember though that we're talking bits vs bytes here. 400megaBITS/sec ~ 40megaBYTES/sec

Speeeeeeeeddddddddyyyyyyyy.....

Who's got a firewire card for sale?

 

[CTR]

I'd like to see what the real-world overhead and latency is on a point-to-point firewire link between 2 PC's. Interesting...

 

[Spike365]

You can set up a network using firewire.

I just set up one between a laptop and a desktop.
Both are running WinME (WinME is needed for the 1394 network adapter)
You can run TCP/IP over the firewire link.
It's hot pluggable and very convenient for the laptop.

There is a problem however.
The other computer does NOT show up in My Network Places.
You have to do a Search for Computers and leave the field blank.
In the right, you'll get all the computers.
There is a Microsoft knowledge base article about this.

I didn't try NetBEUI or IPX/SPX.

 

[Spike365]

Microsoft Knowledge base article # with workaround:
Q266081

 

[Noobody]

cheap card