What is the 1394 connection?

[Derek Harvey]

An XP Pro loaded as part of a multi-boot with pre-loaded Vista has a 1394
connection, said to be 'connected' and using '1394 Net adapter' but does NOT
have 'Local Area Connection' although Vista does (as well as 1394).
What IS the 1394 connection and what is it connecting to what?
Presumably I need a driver for the Ethernet. Vista tells me it's Intel
82562V-2 10/100. The support CD that came with the (Medion) system has
something called Intel LAN software but that doesn't seem to do the job.
Presumably I can get the drivers from Intel but does anyone know how to copy
the drivers from the Vista installation?

Thanks
Derek

 

[Jim]

An XP Pro loaded as part of a multi-boot with pre-loaded Vista has a 1394
connection, said to be 'connected' and using '1394 Net adapter' but does
NOT have 'Local Area Connection' although Vista does (as well as 1394).
What IS the 1394 connection and what is it connecting to what?
Presumably I need a driver for the Ethernet. Vista tells me it's Intel
82562V-2 10/100. The support CD that came with the (Medion) system has
something called Intel LAN software but that doesn't seem to do the job.
Presumably I can get the drivers from Intel but does anyone know how to
copy the drivers from the Vista installation?

Thanks
Derek

1394 is just another name for firewire. Do you have anything plugged into
the firewire connector?

No, you should not need an Ethernet driver for either XP or Vista. The CD
you have provides a way for you to manage your ethernet connections. Is
there anything plugged into the ethernet port?

Jim

 

[Derek Harvey]

Thanks, Jim.
No, there is nothing plugged into any of the three external Firewire ports.
All my systems seem to have this, even my current PC which has no (visible)
Firewire port. So I still ask: what is connected to what?
More important:
Device Manager has yellow question marks against Ethernet Controller under
'other devices' and Properties says no driver is installed. Same for various
other hardware but Ethernet is the urgent one just now.
I have tried to run a thing called Network Adapter (32bit).exe under Intel
Ethernet under Windows XP on the support CD; it says 'package not supported
on this platform or OS' and 'download the correct package from
support.intel.com. I am going to try and get that on the currently working
PC and/or see if XP itself has knowledge of the Intel number.
I have run, apparently successfully, a thing called Intel Chipset software.
The above error is unchanged from before and after that.

Derek

 

[M.I.5¾]

An XP Pro loaded as part of a multi-boot with pre-loaded Vista has a 1394
connection, said to be 'connected' and using '1394 Net adapter' but does
NOT have 'Local Area Connection' although Vista does (as well as 1394).
What IS the 1394 connection and what is it connecting to what?
Presumably I need a driver for the Ethernet. Vista tells me it's Intel
82562V-2 10/100. The support CD that came with the (Medion) system has
something called Intel LAN software but that doesn't seem to do the job.
Presumably I can get the drivers from Intel but does anyone know how to
copy the drivers from the Vista installation?

IEEE-1394 is firewire. The firewire port will report as connected even if
nothing is plugged in. Firewire is what USB was defived from and is much
faster. Some external disc drives have firewire interfaces, and if they do,
they offer many advantages over a USB2 interface apart from speed.

 

[M.I.5¾]

IEEE-1394 is firewire. The firewire port will report as connected even if
nothing is plugged in. Firewire is what USB was defived from and is much
faster. Some external disc drives have firewire interfaces, and if they
do, they offer many advantages over a USB2 interface apart from speed.

Re-reading that post, I realise the last sentence is ambiguous.

Some external disc drives have firewire interfaces, and if they do, they
offer many advantages over a USB2 interface as well as speed.