IEE 1394 Networking

[Guest]

Hi,

I'm having some problems creating a netowrk connection using IEE1394.

When I first recieved my laptop the networking tab of Task manager showed a
chart/graph for both Local Area Connection and IEE1394. At the time I didn't
really worry about it becasue it was of no use to me. Recently I bought a PCI
IEE1394 adapter for my desktop and wanted to connect them via this method for
fast file transfer. It was at this point that I noticed things had changed on
my laptop. It may just be my imagination but it seems that since I upgraded
to SP2 the TCP/IP has been disabled for IEE1394 and I do not know how to turn
it back on again. Also I now notice that the Networking tab on control panal
only shows the LAN speed.

The connection status still says connected but it has no IP address. Even if
I assign a static address from within the connection settings the status on
the support is left blank and the repair button gives me the "TCP/IP is not
enabled" error message.

Anybody got any ideas? I'm hoping it is as simple as activating a service or
something.

 

[Guest]

Just fixing a few typos.......

Also wanted to mention that ipconfig used to list the IEE1394 and LAN
connections and now it only lists LAN

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi,

I'm having some problems creating a netowrk connection using IEE1394.

When I first recieved my laptop the networking tab of Task manager showed a
chart/graph for both Local Area Connection and IEE1394. At the time I didn't
really worry about it becasue it was of no use to me. Recently I bought a PCI
IEE1394 adapter for my desktop and wanted to connect them via this method for
fast file transfer. It was at this point that I noticed things had changed on
my laptop. It may just be my imagination but it seems that since I upgraded
to SP2 the TCP/IP has been disabled for IEE1394 and I do not know how to turn
it back on again. Also I now notice that the Networking tab on control panal
only shows the LAN speed.

The connection status still says connected but it has no IP address. Even if
I assign a static address from within the connection settings the status on
the support is left blank and the repair button gives me the "TCP/IP is not
enabled" error message.

Anybody got any ideas? I'm hoping it is as simple as activating a service or
something.

Go to Device Manager. Under "Network adapters", un-install the "1394
Net Adapter". Then, click Action | "Scan for hardware changes" to
re-install it.
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[Guest]

Hi Steve, thanks for your post.

I did as you suggested on both of my computers but it didn't seem to make
any difference. I am still unable to assign an IP address to the device

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi Steve, thanks for your post.

I did as you suggested on both of my computers but it didn't seem to make
any difference. I am still unable to assign an IP address to the device

On SP2, open a command prompt window and type:

netsh winsock reset catalog

Now, does TCP/IP seem to be properly installed on the IEEE 1394
connection? If not, what exactly do you see?
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

Hi again, and thanks for the continued support

I did as you suggested and after I typed the command it said the mmachine
had to be restarted to complete the operation. Unfortunately after restart
nothing had changed.

I will now try to tell you exactly what I see.

If i type IP config in a command prompt I get only the listing for the
Ethernet adapter (LAN).

In Network connections I get both a 1394 connection and local area
connection. Both have a status of connected

If i visit the connection status of the 1394 connection it says it is
connnected at a speed of 400.0 Mbps

The support tab contains blanks for all the fields in the connection status
box. The details button opens a window with no properties or values. Clicking
on the repair button presents a message
"Windows could not finish repairing the problem because following action
cannot be completed:
TCP/IP is not enabled on this connection. Cannot Proceed.

For assistance, contact the person who manages your network"
(unfortunately that person is me)

changing the TCP/IP properties between obtaining automatically or assigning
a static address does not seem to make any difference and the TCP/IP box is
ticked.

I hope this is what you needed to hear.

Thanks again, Olly