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Hi,

I see that my firewire 1394 port is listed under network connections! I have
2 laptops running XP pro and I need to move few large files from one to the
other! Can I use this 1394 port to connect the 2 laptop together and move
the files over? Thanks you very much!
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Yes you can connect them and use it in the manner than you speak of.

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Mac" <0678768@00000hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O4aZZjzsFHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I see that my firewire 1394 port is listed under network connections! I
> have 2 laptops running XP pro and I need to move few large files from one
> to the other! Can I use this 1394 port to connect the 2 laptop together
> and move the files over? Thanks you very much!
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks Gary,

It seems to connect fine and an IP address is assigned and everything! What
do I do next? Using the "set up home or small office network" under "my
network places" does not seem to work! I usually use this method setting up
my wireless network at home and it works fine! is there something different
I need to do here? Thanks again.


"Gary Tsang" <gtsangDELETE@MEaumha.org> wrote in message
news:%23QpV2l0sFHA.3628@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Yes you can connect them and use it in the manner than you speak of.
>
> --
> Gary Tsang
> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>
>
> "Mac" <0678768@00000hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O4aZZjzsFHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see that my firewire 1394 port is listed under network connections! I
>> have 2 laptops running XP pro and I need to move few large files from one
>> to the other! Can I use this 1394 port to connect the 2 laptop together
>> and move the files over? Thanks you very much!
>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks Gary,

It seems to connect fine and an IP address is assigned and everything! What
do I do next? Using the "set up home or small office network" under "my
network places" does not seem to work! I usually use this method setting up
my wireless network at home and it works fine! is there something different
I need to do here? Thanks again.


"Gary Tsang" <gtsangDELETE@MEaumha.org> wrote in message
news:%23QpV2l0sFHA.3628@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Yes you can connect them and use it in the manner than you speak of.
>
> --
> Gary Tsang
> Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
> http://www.microsoft.com/mvp
>
>
> "Mac" <0678768@00000hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O4aZZjzsFHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see that my firewire 1394 port is listed under network connections! I
>> have 2 laptops running XP pro and I need to move few large files from one
>> to the other! Can I use this 1394 port to connect the 2 laptop together
>> and move the files over? Thanks you very much!
>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
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Mac Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I see that my firewire 1394 port is listed under network connections! I
> have
> 2 laptops running XP pro and I need to move few large files from one to
> the
> other! Can I use this 1394 port to connect the 2 laptop together and
> move
> the files over? Thanks you very much!

Hey
Sorry I can't help you out with the firewire problem but if you want to
move files between two computers, I would suggest you make a crossover
cable and connect them between the two computers (RJ-45 port). Also, be
sure that the two computers are in the same workgroup. If you are not
sure how to make a crossover cable, I provided a chart with the
instructions:

http://tinyurl.com/892vk

Also, if that seems like too much trouble, try burning the files onto a
CD and transfering it that way. If both your computers are connected
through a router, then that would be mmore easy. Just share the files
and browse to it on the other computer and transfer it that way. Hope
this helps a bit.


--
Evolution54
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Thanks Buddy,

That sounds like a good idea but I was interested in firewire because I
understand that it is much faster than regular Ethernet! The files that I
need to move are rather large and there are few of them! If I can't get this
to work in the next few days I'll give your suggestion a shot! Thanks again.


"Evolution54" <Evolution54.1uz4dm@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:Evolution54.1uz4dm@pcbanter.net...
>
> Mac Wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see that my firewire 1394 port is listed under network connections! I
>> have
>> 2 laptops running XP pro and I need to move few large files from one to
>> the
>> other! Can I use this 1394 port to connect the 2 laptop together and
>> move
>> the files over? Thanks you very much!
>
> Hey
> Sorry I can't help you out with the firewire problem but if you want to
> move files between two computers, I would suggest you make a crossover
> cable and connect them between the two computers (RJ-45 port). Also, be
> sure that the two computers are in the same workgroup. If you are not
> sure how to make a crossover cable, I provided a chart with the
> instructions:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/892vk
>
> Also, if that seems like too much trouble, try burning the files onto a
> CD and transfering it that way. If both your computers are connected
> through a router, then that would be mmore easy. Just share the files
> and browse to it on the other computer and transfer it that way. Hope
> this helps a bit.
>
>
> --
> Evolution54
 
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