Strange 1394 Connection

indycoder_bucket · 01-10-2008, 02:02 AM

I recently purchased a new iBuyPower computer and with it came a simple wireless LAN card. I have a wireless internet connection setup so that I can connect to a modem in another room of the house. I used this card to setup a connection and it actually works (I've never setup wireless internet before in my life).

However the connection is real bad, it's slow, laggy, and sometimes not even there. But I saw something strange in my taskbar. While looking at my shame of a connection I saw another connection that when I moused over it read "1394 connection, Connected"...the weird part was that it said I was connected and running at 400Mbps. What is this? How can I utilize it? I'm pretty sure I need a hard cable for this, but can I make this wireless in exchange for my other, lagfest connection?

indycoder_bucket · 01-10-2008, 02:09 AM

I apologize for the double thread post. The connection lagged and caused something weird just as I posted it.

**The_Other_One** · 01-10-2008, 02:39 AM

Is anything connected to your firewire port? There's no way to utilize it unless you actually have a computer connected to it... Honestly, I've never tried using firewire to connect computers so I'm not quite sure of the process. I know my computer at home has the ability, but it's never said it was connected... Do you have anything else (if you're not currently using firewire with something) to test the port works?

indycoder_bucket · 01-11-2008, 02:57 AM

To my knowledge there is nothing in my FW ports. I just read an article about utilizing FW ports. It says it has to be wired, so that ruins my wireless plan. I don't have anything to test the ports work. Currently I am not using them for anything, what can I get to test the ports?

01-10-2008, 02:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
indycoder_bucket New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18	Strange 1394 Connection I recently purchased a new iBuyPower computer and with it came a simple wireless LAN card. I have a wireless internet connection setup so that I can connect to a modem in another room of the house. I used this card to setup a connection and it actually works (I've never setup wireless internet before in my life). However the connection is real bad, it's slow, laggy, and sometimes not even there. But I saw something strange in my taskbar. While looking at my shame of a connection I saw another connection that when I moused over it read "1394 connection, Connected"...the weird part was that it said I was connected and running at 400Mbps. What is this? How can I utilize it? I'm pretty sure I need a hard cable for this, but can I make this wireless in exchange for my other, lagfest connection?

01-10-2008, 02:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,295	Is anything connected to your firewire port? There's no way to utilize it unless you actually have a computer connected to it... Honestly, I've never tried using firewire to connect computers so I'm not quite sure of the process. I know my computer at home has the ability, but it's never said it was connected... Do you have anything else (if you're not currently using firewire with something) to test the port works? __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

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01-10-2008, 02:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
indycoder_bucket New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18	I apologize for the double thread post. The connection lagged and caused something weird just as I posted it.

01-11-2008, 02:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
indycoder_bucket New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18	To my knowledge there is nothing in my FW ports. I just read an article about utilizing FW ports. It says it has to be wired, so that ruins my wireless plan. I don't have anything to test the ports work. Currently I am not using them for anything, what can I get to test the ports?