1394 Connection

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We have two computers - one is a desktop and the other is a laptop.
Happened to notice in "Network Connections" that the
1394 Connection is "disabled" in the laptop

while the 1394 Connection in the desktop is "connected."

Does anyone know why one would be "disabled" and the other one "connected?"

We can connect to the web on both machines via our AOL dial-up.
Thanks.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

We have two computers - one is a desktop and the other is a laptop.
Happened to notice in "Network Connections" that the
1394 Connection is "disabled" in the laptop

while the 1394 Connection in the desktop is "connected."

Does anyone know why one would be "disabled" and the other one "connected?"

We can connect to the web on both machines via our AOL dial-up.
Thanks.

The 1394 connection is for networking computers with each other by
connecting them via their IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ports. From your
description, the 1394 connection is enabled on the desktop and
disabled on the laptop.

It's extremely rare to use FireWire networking. Home networks almost
always use Ethernet networking, which doesn't use the 1394 connection.

If you don't use FireWire networking, disable the 1394 connection on
the desktop.
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