What is the 1394 & Network Bridge

[TimTang]

I've set up serveral computers on the network in the past, now from out of nowhere the 1394 & Nework Bridge appear. I didn't set them up, they just appear.

What do these two connections do? and why do they only appear on some stations.

Any advise would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[jimbopalmer]

IEEE 1394 is better known as Firewire (Apple's name) or iLink (Sony's name) it is a faster serial Bus than USB used mostly for digital cameras and Hard drives, but it is possible to do tcp/ip over IEEE1394

http://www.1394ta.org/

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[wookalar]

WinXP will recognize you firewire (1394) port as another ethernet device. I have heard that it is possible to network via firewire (400mbps speed)with a firewire hub, but have never tried it myself. When you run Network Connection Wizard it will ask you which ports you will use to connect to your network. If more than one is selected it will create a bridge between them so that they all use the same IP address and it won't matter which one you use when connecting. The same thing is true if you have a wireless card. The Operating system will want to bridge all the connections for connecting to the network. You can remove the bridge from 'network connections' and then reinstigate the Network Connection Wizard making sure that only the NIC card is selected. This should get rid of the 'bridge'. As for the 1394 ethernet port, I just disable it.

 

[TimTang]

Thanks! Now it makes sense.