1394 and LAN

[Wish I was diving]

I was reading through a number of articles - as I usually do before asking
questions - but couldn't find an answer to my problem, which is:
I have no LAN connection icon in my Network Connections. 1394 is there but
as I found out in other articles this is NOT a LAN. The 1394 connection tells
me that it's connected at 400Mbps which is strange because currently my
computer is only connected to the internet via dial-up (and that blows - big
time!). In the Bios of my Intel BX38BT it says that Onboard LAN is enabled.
On my laptop I have both the 1394 and the LAN, for the LAN I use the same
cable as I would use for the 1394 to connect to the ADSL modem and it works
fine. On my PC I can't find out how to get a LAN connection. It may be
helpful for you to know what my Network Adapters Property Box says:
Device Type: Network adapters
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Location: on Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1 (probably means 1394)
The device is working properly.
Under 'Details': Device Instance Id - V1394\NIC1394\1F865A2902700

What should I do?

 

[Lem]

I was reading through a number of articles - as I usually do before asking
questions - but couldn't find an answer to my problem, which is:
I have no LAN connection icon in my Network Connections. 1394 is there but
as I found out in other articles this is NOT a LAN. The 1394 connection tells
me that it's connected at 400Mbps which is strange because currently my
computer is only connected to the internet via dial-up (and that blows - big
time!). In the Bios of my Intel BX38BT it says that Onboard LAN is enabled.
On my laptop I have both the 1394 and the LAN, for the LAN I use the same
cable as I would use for the 1394 to connect to the ADSL modem and it works
fine. On my PC I can't find out how to get a LAN connection. It may be
helpful for you to know what my Network Adapters Property Box says:
Device Type: Network adapters
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Location: on Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1 (probably means 1394)
The device is working properly.
Under 'Details': Device Instance Id - V1394\NIC1394\1F865A2902700

What should I do?

You're confusing physical equipment with logical connections. A LAN or
Local Area Network is simply a connection between computers or other
networkable devices that happen to be near each other (hence, "local").
These days, the most common physical means to implement a LAN is
Ethernet. Ethernet cables typically are terminated (i.e., the thing at
the end of the cable) with RJ-45 plugs, which look like overgrown
modular telephone plugs:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ethernet_RJ45_connector_p1160054.jpg

IEEE 1394 (otherwise known as FireWire) is not the same as Ethernet, and
uses different plugs. FireWire plugs can have either 6 pins or 4 pins.
Here's a 6-pin FireWire Plug:
http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/lifestyle/2001/h6PinFirewirePlug.jpeg

Thus, your statement that "for the LAN I use the same cable as I would
use for the 1394 to connect to the ADSL modem and it works fine" just
does not make any sense (unless, of course, your DSL modem has a
FireWire connection, but I'm not aware of any for PCs).

If the FireWire adapter in your computer isn't disabled, it may show as
"connected" at 400Mbps even if it's not actually connected to anything.
I have an iPod dock connected to a FireWire jack, and it shows connected
(but not actually sending or receiving any packets) even though the
iPod is not in the dock.

Three questions for you (answer for both PC and laptop, so really 6
questions):

1. When you go to "Network Connections," do you see an icon labeled
"Local Area Connection"? (You say that you don't have such an icon, but
it's not clear whether you're talking about your PC, your laptop, or both.)

2. When you open Device Manager and expand the entry for "Network
Adapters," what are the entries that you see? (

3. Post the results of ipconfig /all (how? see
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipconfig-all-how-to-get-text-output/)

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
If you have No LAN connection, than either you have No Network card in the
computer, or if there is a Network card but its drivers are No installed and
thus there is No Network capability in the Device Manger.
If the Laptop is Wireless capable, check the manual, many laptops have
physical switch to keep the Wireless Off when not needed.
As far as the 1394 goes, if you are Not using Firewire you can disable it
(right click on the connection and choose Disable).
These pages might help in dealing with the Network configuration.
For wire - http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
For Wireless - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)