This might not be the correct group to post to, but maybe somone could tell me wich groupd it should go to (as I haven't found any good ones). I have Windows XP machines with IEE1394 (FireWire) LAN. Windows has built in support for OHCI compliant cards and can use them as a normal NIC, but with 400Mbit. This sollution is cheap and alot faster than normal a 100Mbit LAN. The problem is now that I want to conect my Linux boxes to this LAN too (I use Samba for filesharing and a PDC) but haven't found a good way to make it work. Does anybode know how to do this, wich drivers/modules need to be installed on the Linux box? //Anders
Anders Widman wrote:> > This might not be the correct group to post to, but maybe somone could > tell me wich groupd it should go to (as I haven't found any good > ones). > > I have Windows XP machines with IEE1394 (FireWire) LAN. Windows has > built in support for OHCI compliant cards and can use them as a normal > NIC, but with 400Mbit. > > This sollution is cheap and alot faster than normal a 100Mbit LAN. The > problem is now that I want to conect my Linux boxes to this LAN too (I > use Samba for filesharing and a PDC) but haven't found a good way to > make it work. > > Does anybode know how to do this, wich drivers/modules need to be > installed on the Linux box?there was an article in german linux magazine (current issue or the one before that) about firewire on linux, albeit more concerned with video issues... If I had the issues in my reach I could have a look, so You have to try the website.. www.linux-magazin.de. Maybe there's a IEE1394 Howto on the web, too. bye MH
The answer depends a lot on how your kernel is compiled (ie, your distribution and how the creators of your distro elected to build the shipping kernel). Linux supports firewire, but a) it must be enable in the kernel by directly compiling it in, or by module b) the box will need to have a card supported by the kernel So STEP one would be to make sure the kernel source is installed on the system in question, STEP two would be to pull the correct kernel configuration file from /usr/src/[kernelversion]/configs/, STEP three, load the configuration file (make menuconfig) and look under firewire support, which will tell you (a) if it's compiled in, and (b) which cards the respective kernel supports. HTH, Best, /tom --On Thursday, February 21, 2002 13:08 +0100 Anders Widman <andewid@tnonline.net> wrote:> This might not be the correct group to post to, but maybe somone could > tell me wich groupd it should go to (as I haven't found any good > ones). > > I have Windows XP machines with IEE1394 (FireWire) LAN. Windows has > built in support for OHCI compliant cards and can use them as a normal > NIC, but with 400Mbit. > > This sollution is cheap and alot faster than normal a 100Mbit LAN. The > problem is now that I want to conect my Linux boxes to this LAN too (I > use Samba for filesharing and a PDC) but haven't found a good way to > make it work. > > Does anybode know how to do this, wich drivers/modules need to be > installed on the Linux box? > > //Anders > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba