Re: ieee1394 ethernet
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 12:38:17AM -0500, Bruce wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 12:54:47AM -0500, Bruce wrote:
> > > I am looking to set up an ethernet connection using ieee1394
> > > (Firewire/ILink) between two Debian sid machines, and haven't had much
> > > luck.
>
> > Right. Firewire is not ethernet.
>
> I apologize if I am not using the correct terminology. However, to quote
> the "IEEE 1394 for Linux" page at
> http://www.linux1394.org/eth1394.html:
>
> "When loaded, along with a host controller, you can configure the ethX
> (e.g., eth0, eth1, eth2) interfaces the same as you would for a normal
> ethernet interface. One ethernet interface is configured for each
> IEEE-1394 host configured."
>
> Based on the above it appeared to me reasonable to assume that, once I
> loaded the correct modules (eth1394), I could configure and use the
> firewire device, using ethX, in much the same way as a real ethernet
> device. Which, it turns out, I could.
Wow. I'll be damned. Learn something new everyday.
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