A8N-SLI owners, how many network adapters do you have?

[Mudbone]

I have been having some difficulties setting up my internet connection with my A8N-SLI. One of the more baffling issues is that I have multiple connections listed under "My network connections" One if for 1394 net adapter. This item also shows up in the device manager under network adapters. Does everyone have this? Is this the same as the 1394 controller, ie for 1394 devices like a scanner? Why is it showing up as a net adapter?

 

[babyjocko]

Originally posted by: Mudbone
Why is it showing up as a net adapter?

Because essentially, that's what it is. Never heard of a 1394 hard drive?

 

[Mudbone]

Originally posted by: babyjocko

Originally posted by: Mudbone
Why is it showing up as a net adapter?

Because essentially, that's what it is. Never heard of a 1394 hard drive?

Yeah but I have heard of USB drives and USB doesn't show up as net adapter and the USB connections don't show up as network connections with firewalls.

 

[nitro28]

I have been having some difficulties setting up my internet connection with my A8N-SLI. One of the more baffling issues is that I have multiple connections listed under "My network connections" One if for 1394 net adapter. This item also shows up in the device manager under network adapters. Does everyone have this? Is this the same as the 1394 controller, ie for 1394 devices like a scanner? Why is it showing up as a net adapter?

Yes, It is just your firewire port. I don't know why it shows up as a network device, but it does on many other boards with built in firewire 1394.

Never heard of a 1394 hard drive?

There are actually quite a few 1394 hard drives. They work great for people who had a 1394 6 pin port but didn't have USB 2.0

 

[babyjocko]

True, but that's the way it is. 1394 will show up as a network adapter.

 

[Mudbone]

Originally posted by: babyjocko
True, but that's the way it is. 1394 will show up as a network adapter.

OK, I guess I have always thought of 1394 as more of a bus than a "network" Oh well, live and learn. Last question, just to be clear, so its perfectly normal for it to not only show up in the device manager, but under "network connections" as "connected,firewalled" even though no 1394 devices are connected to the machine? If this is so, I didn't realize that this was normal. Thought having multiple connections might be source of my problem.

 

[nitro28]

OK, I guess I have always thought of 1394 as more of a bus than a "network" Oh well, live and learn. Last question, just to be clear, so its perfectly normal for it to not only show up in the device manager, but under "network connections" as "connected,firewalled" even though no 1394 devices are connected to the machine? If this is so, I didn't realize that this was normal. Thought having multiple connections might be source of my problem.

Yes this is normal, my sony laptop shows up the same way. All my 1394 devices work just the way they are supposed to.

 

[babyjocko]

Originally posted by: Mudbone
so its perfectly normal for it to not only show up in the device manager, but under "network connections" as "connected,firewalled" even though no 1394 devices are connected to the machine?

Having a device connected to it has nothing to do with it. A LAN adapters will show up as a network device whether or not it is connected to anything.

As for the firewall, you can remove the firewall from it, just as well as you can remove TCP/IP and File and Printer Sharing from it if you only intend to use the 1394 for video transfer

 

[Mudbone]

I was confused because there is an item under IEEE 1394 bus host controllers in the device manager. I did not realize that an item could show up in two different places in the device manager.