On my network connections list it has:
1394 Connection
Local Area Connection
I can under stand what the second one is (my LAN connection to the internet), but what the heck is a 1394 connection? I'm pretty sure it doesn't do anything. Do I need it?
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FireWire. No one needs* those silly connection 
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Re: Network question
Only if you have Firewire peripherals. If you don't know whether you have any Firewire peripherals, then you don't have any.Shinova wrote:On my network connections list it has:
1394 Connection
Local Area Connection
I can under stand what the second one is (my LAN connection to the internet), but what the heck is a 1394 connection? I'm pretty sure it doesn't do anything. Do I need it?
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Isn't firewire a lot faster?
(not that it matters, my shit HDD can't pump stuff out that fast anyway, ie file transfers go about 1MB/sec, while if I start flooding the interface with packets, I can send a lot more than that (though useless).
(not that it matters, my shit HDD can't pump stuff out that fast anyway, ie file transfers go about 1MB/sec, while if I start flooding the interface with packets, I can send a lot more than that (though useless).
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FireWire is sort of the modern replacement for SCSI, just as USB was the replacement for serial ports. It's insanely fast, good for things like video cameras or external drives. If your network is fast, you'll also get good performance. I think it's even faster than SCSI, and it is plug-and-play, unlike SCSI which can burn your board if you unplug it while the computer is turned on.
