IP Over 1394/Firewire?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 27, 2004 @02:02PM from the bridging-the-connection-gap dept.

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."

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real easy by self+assembled+struc · 2004-01-27 14:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

in windows xp you just turn on internet connection sharing and bridge the 1394 and ethernet addresses. set up the IP of your windows machine as your gateway on your mac.

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Why Drop? by MindStalker · 2004-01-27 14:42 · Score: 1, Redundant

I don't understand how is running a firewire line between two computers easier than running an RJ45 line? I'm guessing your RJ45 is already used up though receiving your internet connection? So get a simple hub. Case closed.