1394 connection?

[Jeff]

Running XP Home on a laptop I inherited, I find in the Network Connections
that I have in addition to Local Area Connection and Wireless Network
Connection - both of which I have set up, that there is also a "1394
Connection/1394 Net Adapter".

What is this? Is this firewire or something else?

Jeff

 

[Malke]

Running XP Home on a laptop I inherited, I find in the Network
Connections that I have in addition to Local Area Connection and
Wireless Network Connection - both of which I have set up, that there
is also a "1394 Connection/1394 Net Adapter".

What is this? Is this firewire or something else?

Jeff

Yes. Next time, use Google. A nice thing that Google has is the "define"
search tool. Type in "define 1394" without quotes and get exactly what
you are looking for.

Malke

 

[Jeff]

Thank you and also for the help with google.

Jeff

 

[Kipper]

Running XP Home on a laptop I inherited, I find in the Network Connections
that I have in addition to Local Area Connection and Wireless Network
Connection - both of which I have set up, that there is also a "1394
Connection/1394 Net Adapter".

What is this? Is this firewire or something else?

Jeff

Funny,I was just about to ask the same thing,and how to get rid of it.I have
an SMC 10/100 Net adapter amd want to use that.I have disabled 1394 in
Network Connections in Control Panel,I have deleted it from Device Manager
but it just keeps coming back and taking control.What to do?

 

[Malke]

Funny,I was just about to ask the same thing,and how to get rid of
it.I have an SMC 10/100 Net adapter amd want to use that.I have
disabled 1394 in Network Connections in Control Panel,I have deleted
it from Device Manager but it just keeps coming back and taking
control.What to do?

Taking control? I've never seen firewire do that and I have it on all my
machines. Are you sure you aren't using it for a device like an iPod or
the like? Don't delete it from Device Manager; just right-click its
entry and disable it.

Malke

 

[Fisher]

Funny,I was just about to ask the same thing,and how to get rid of it.I have
an SMC 10/100 Net adapter amd want to use that.I have disabled 1394 in
Network Connections in Control Panel,I have deleted it from Device Manager
but it just keeps coming back and taking control.What to do?

Don't delete it in device manager or it will keep coming back, as you
see. Just disable it in device manager if you don't need firewire, or
better yet, disable it in your motherboard's bios settings.

 

[Jeff]

Don't delete it in device manager or it will keep coming back, as you
see. Just disable it in device manager if you don't need firewire, or
better yet, disable it in your motherboard's bios settings.

What harm does it do to leave it enabled? Does it use up memory?

Jeff

 

[Jonah]

Funny,I was just about to ask the same thing,and how to get rid of it.I have
an SMC 10/100 Net adapter amd want to use that.I have disabled 1394 in
Network Connections in Control Panel,I have deleted it from Device Manager
but it just keeps coming back and taking control.What to do?

Leave it alone its harmless. "Taking Control" FFS its firewire thats
all.

You may even need it one day.

Jonah

 

[Fisher]

What harm does it do to leave it enabled? Does it use up memory?

Jeff

No harm, just takes up an IRQ.

 

[Lil' Dave]

Running XP Home on a laptop I inherited, I find in the Network Connections
that I have in addition to Local Area Connection and Wireless Network
Connection - both of which I have set up, that there is also a "1394
Connection/1394 Net Adapter".

What is this? Is this firewire or something else?

Jeff

Yes, its Firewire. Also known as IEEE 1394. Some people use this, instead
of USB2, for an external hard drive connection. Many digital cameras and
digital camcorders use this connection natively. Very fast connection. I
use it for both.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Yes, its Firewire. Also known as IEEE 1394. Some people use this, instead
of USB2, for an external hard drive connection. Many digital cameras and
digital camcorders use this connection natively. Very fast connection. I
use it for both.

Yes. It appears in the Network Connections folder because you can use
it for networking. I've connected three of my computers in a FireWire
network, which I use for transferring large files. It's much faster
than an Ethernet network.
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[Lil' Dave]

Yes. It appears in the Network Connections folder because you can use
it for networking. I've connected three of my computers in a FireWire
network, which I use for transferring large files. It's much faster
than an Ethernet network.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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My son is interested in networking, and would like to try it. He has a very
late model PC w/XP HE and a native firewire port, and a minimal PC w/98 on
it with one spare PCI slot and slow USB only.

Is networking these two doable via firewire if he added a firewire card in
the latter PC?

I suggested USB WIFI to avoid opening the PCs for NICs and cross-over cable.

Another quiestion regarding Firewire networking is how. Have a PC and a
notebook both with firewire. I currently use the Firewire HD to share files
by plugging them in the corresponding PC/notebook. Got a weblink or two for
how? How about security if one is connected to the internet in the
meantime?