-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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.
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