Re: Re: ieee1394 ethernet
> > 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.
It does seem to require some fine tuning; for instance, though I could
establish a network connection and transfer files between the two machines
via firewire/eth1394, the actual transfer speeds I was getting were about
the same as what I get on my 10baseT network, which kind of defeats the
point, as I was trying to transfer 15Gb of files more quickly(they should be
dramatically higher, as firewire can transfer at 400Mbps, compared to 10Mbps
for 10baseT). The transfers were about 1Mb/second, using Konqueror and
fish:// - not much more than 10baseT, which for me runs around
800-900Kb/second.
Making the connection work was pretty straightforward; it is essentially the
same as setting up a direct ethernet connection between two standalone
machines using a crossover cable, as described at
http://www.reinvented.net/labs/article/1539, but specifying the right ethX
device for the firewire port; if you have one ethernet device at eth0, the
firewire device would be eth1.
I am sure I could attain much higher transfer rates, but not quite sure how.
B.
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