IP Over 1394/Firewire?

Chanc_Gorkon asks: "Just like to ask the Slashdot community if anyone has a set of step-by-step instructions for connecting two computers via IP over Firewire. Mac OS X Panther supports IP over Firewire, as does Windows XP. I would like to hook my PowerBook to a Windows XP machine, and be able to access the Internet and share files over the link. I am shooting for near full functionality, but the closest I came in my initial trials was being able to set static IP's per Firewire port, and do a FTP between the machines. If I can get this working, I figure this will be a good way of getting my PowerBook on the office network, without having to have a drop put in."

Comments

Slashdot != Windows Tech Support

[gwynnebaer]

Gimme a break. File this under "More Stupid Ask Slashdot Tricks".

Re:Buy a $25 hub/switch

[Feztaa]

This is not insightful.

You're right, it's informative.

(it must be true! It was modded that way! ;)

Dear Slashdot

[Zork the Almighty]

I figured I'd save everyone the trouble of writing their own question, and just post my template.

I was wondering, has anyone here done $COMMON TASK$ with $INAPPROPRIATE DEVICE$ ? If so, how well did it work ? What problems did you encounter ? I am aware of $APPROPRIATE DEVICE$ for $COMMON TASK$, but I really want to try $INAPPROPRIATE DEVICE$, because of $UNLIKELY TO BE REALIZED BENEFITS$. Thanks.