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Network question
Posted: 2003-08-16 01:48am
by Shinova
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?
Posted: 2003-08-16 01:51am
by Brother-Captain Gaius
FireWire. No one needs* those silly connection
*Denotes possible presence of anti-Mac propaganda.
Re: Network question
Posted: 2003-08-16 04:25am
by Darth Wong
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?
Only if you have Firewire peripherals. If you don't know whether you have any Firewire peripherals, then you don't have any.
Posted: 2003-08-16 04:43am
by Slartibartfast
If you have an Audigy, it probably comes with a firewire port.
"Dedicated" firewire cards usually have 4 or so ports.
Posted: 2003-08-16 12:59pm
by phongn
FireWire can be used for networking, so it might show up as a network adapter as well. Didn't you ask this question before?
Posted: 2003-08-17 12:27am
by Pu-239
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).
Posted: 2003-08-17 01:59am
by phongn
FireWire's theoretically faster (400Mbit vs. 100Mbit) but there's other issues like throughput and maximum cable run.
Posted: 2003-08-17 02:09am
by Slartibartfast
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.