Firewire Networking

[omegakidd]

I have searched these groups for an answer. Nothing has come up. I
hooked my firewire from my Windows XP Pro computer to my FreeBSD
computer. I set up the IP's on both of them. 10.0.0.1 for my Windows
XP and 10.0.0.2 for my FBSD computer. No gateway has been set up or
any DNS. I try to repair the 1394 connection in the Network
Connections window and it says "TCp/IP is not enabled for this
connection. Cannot proceed." It is enabled in the properties with a
static IP. I check the Support tab of the 1394 Connection Status and
for Address Type, IP Address, etc. and they all say <Unavailable>.
Something is wrong here. I am using Windows XP Pro with no service
packs. Could this be the problem?

 

[Guest]

Hi omega,

I hope you have made sure the distance between the two computers you are
networking is between 15 feet, else it requires another repeater to increase
the distance.

Also, please check whether the OS (FreeBSD) supports Firewire networking.

however you would need a gateway and DNS address to make the computers
transfer data.

Bye

 

[Guest]

Hi again,

In case your OS (FreeBSD) does not support Firewire netwokring, you can
upgrade it from the following link:

http://people.FreeBSD.org/~simokawa

Bye!

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

All versions of XP support FireWire networking.

The 1394 network connection could be corrupted. A possible solution
is to go to Device Manager, expand the "Network adapters" branch,
uninstall the 1394 Net Adapter, and then click Action | "Scan for
hardware changes" to reinstall it.

Hi omega,

I hope you have made sure the distance between the two computers you are
networking is between 15 feet, else it requires another repeater to increase
the distance.

Also, please check whether the OS (FreeBSD) supports Firewire networking.

however you would need a gateway and DNS address to make the computers
transfer data.

The gateway address is only needed for access outside of the local
subnet (e.g. for Internet access or for a multi-subnet, routed LAN).
Omega's computers are in the same subnet.

The DNS address is only needed for Internet access or for access in a
LAN that's set up as a domain.

Neither of them is needed to transfer data between two computers on a
local area network that's set up as a workgroup.
--
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

All versions of XP support FireWire networking.

The 1394 network connection could be corrupted. A possible solution
is to go to Device Manager, expand the "Network adapters" branch,
uninstall the 1394 Net Adapter, and then click Action | "Scan for
hardware changes" to reinstall it.

I am having the same problem ("TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection.
Cannot proceed."), but I am networking two Windows XP computers. I used to be
able to do this without any problems. Both computers were auto-assigned IP
addresses in the same subnet and were communicating at 400 Mbps. Then, on one
of the computers, TCP/IP just stopped working on the 1394 connection.

When you look at the Properties for the 1394 Connection, TCP/IP seems to be
fine - it is configurable, I can manually set an IP address, it looks okay -
but when I go to the Status for the 1394 Connection, on the "Support" tab, it
shows blank in all the fields, including IP address. When I use ipconfig
/all, the 1394 adapter is not shown. When I use the "Network Diagnostics"
tool in Windows help, the 1394 adapter is not listed as a network adapter.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the 1394 adapter to no avail. I
have also tried the solution in Microsoft KB 299357
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299357) "How to
reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP" and it did not work, either.
I am tearing my hair out because I cannot seem to find a fix to this, and it
used to work just fine.

 

[Guest]

I have searched these groups for an answer. Nothing has come up. I
hooked my firewire from my Windows XP Pro computer to my FreeBSD
computer. I set up the IP's on both of them. 10.0.0.1 for my Windows
XP and 10.0.0.2 for my FBSD computer. No gateway has been set up or
any DNS. I try to repair the 1394 connection in the Network
Connections window and it says "TCp/IP is not enabled for this
connection. Cannot proceed." It is enabled in the properties with a
static IP. I check the Support tab of the 1394 Connection Status and
for Address Type, IP Address, etc. and they all say <Unavailable>.
Something is wrong here. I am using Windows XP Pro with no service
packs. Could this be the problem?

I do not knwo if you are still having this problem, but I have solved mine.
Here is how I did it:

1) I uninstalled the 1394 Net Adapter from Device Manager.
2) I ran the command "netsh int ip reset [log_file_name]".
3) I ran the command "netsh winsock reset catalog".
4) I restarted my computer.

When I did this, Windows reinstalled the 1394 Net Adapter and auto-assigned
it an IP address in the 169.254.x.x block. Once that happens, you can go to
the connection's properties and manually assign the IP address in the
10.0.0.x block that you want that computer to have.

Hope this helps!

Michael

 

[omegakidd]

when I try to do 'netsh winsock reset catalog' i get the error 'The
following command was not found: winsock reset catalog'. What shal I
do?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

when I try to do 'netsh winsock reset catalog' i get the error 'The
following command was not found: winsock reset catalog'. What shal I
do?

That command is new in Windows XP Service Pack 2. If your computer
has original XP or Service Pack 1, download this program (on another
computer, if necessary) and run it to reset the Winsock catalog:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[omegakidd]

That command is new in Windows XP Service Pack 2. If your computer
has original XP or Service Pack 1, download this program (on another
computer, if necessary) and run it to reset the Winsock catalog:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Thanks for the link, but it still didn't work. I think I need to
upgrade to SP1 or SP2 or something. I have tried everything I have
found how to fix this problem and nothing has worked. The only thing I
have seen is that people have the service packs, so that must be it.

Mason Elmore
(e-mail address removed)

 

[omegakidd]

I just installed SP2 and I uninstalled my 1394 Net Adapter and did
those netsh commands, rebooted and nothing has changed. TCP/IP is
still not enabled or something on the 1394 Adapter.