TCP/IP over FireWire

[J.L. Coenders]

On Monday 02 August 2004 11:23 pm, Rick Stevens wrote:
> J.L. Coenders wrote:
> > I know, but I found a site about it
> > (http://www.linux1394.org/eth1394.php) which states it isn't very stable.
> > However, I was wondering if anyone knows how stable it is, what is the
> > current issues are, etc.
> > The thing is I have a laptop which has FireWire and I would like fast
> > transferring from it to my main computer. My laptop doesn't have a
> > gigabit connection... yet ;)
>
> Bottom post, please.
>
> I have no idea how stable it is.  I've looked at the RFC in the past,
> but I really can't see any huge benefits to using it.  Yes, I suppose
> you could use a 1394 hub to emulate a network, but I'd be really
> worried about contention, collisions and whatnot.  1394 was intended to
> be point-to-point, while TCP/IP is intended for networks.
>
> 100MB or gigabit is really the way to go.  Most newer laptops have
> 100Base-T NICs.  You can get gigabit using a PCMCIA card.
>
> > On Monday 02 August 2004 08:27 pm, Rick Stevens wrote:
> >>J.L. Coenders wrote:
> >>>Hi,
> >>>Does any of you have experience with TCP/IP over FireWire?
> >>>I am thinking about buying a firewire card for my desktop to connect it
> >>>to my laptop to have a fast connection.
> >>
> >>Firewire is not a network media, although you could do iSCSI over it
> >>(SCSI tunneled through TCP).  You'd be better off using gigabit LAN
> >>cards and a CAT5e or CAT6 MDIX cable.
>
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Yes, but that costs me money ;)
Well, I think I'll just use the 100MBit NIC and save the fuss.
- Jeroen