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My brother asked if a Firewire hub doubled as a repeater (To extend the range of a Firewire network). Google says yes. Many firewire device hubs are also marketed as repeaters, as well as dedicated devices with only two Firewire ports. My question:
Will using a repeater force a slower networking mode (Apparantly, Firewire supports 100, 200, 400mbps modes)?
Other than port count, is there any difference, particularly in performance (See above), between a Firewire hub/repeater and a dedicated repeater?
What computer would recognize a device if I plugged it into a hub which had two computers networked through it?
If neither, would that make buying a hub over a repeater pointless for this application when I only have two computers to network with Firewire?
So far, I've only used 1394a between my laptop and desktop, but I intend to use it for my fileserver as a stop-gap for full Gigabit deployment
How far has 1394b come along (With much longer cable lengths)?
Will using a repeater force a slower networking mode (Apparantly, Firewire supports 100, 200, 400mbps modes)?
Other than port count, is there any difference, particularly in performance (See above), between a Firewire hub/repeater and a dedicated repeater?
What computer would recognize a device if I plugged it into a hub which had two computers networked through it?
If neither, would that make buying a hub over a repeater pointless for this application when I only have two computers to network with Firewire?
So far, I've only used 1394a between my laptop and desktop, but I intend to use it for my fileserver as a stop-gap for full Gigabit deployment
How far has 1394b come along (With much longer cable lengths)?
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