What is the IEEE 3194 port

[Noobtastic]

Is it really that big of a deal?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Noobtastic
Is it really that big of a deal?

I believe you mean 1394 port, otherwise known as firewire. It's a common interface like USB 2.0 used to connect peripherals (usually harddrives or digital video cameras)...

 

[Noobtastic]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Noobtastic
Is it really that big of a deal?

I believe you mean 1394 port, otherwise known as firewire. It's a common interface like USB 2.0 used to connect peripherals (usually harddrives or digital video cameras)...

Do most people have it?

What about this PS2 adapter? I know what PS2 ports are, but I assumed they came with all mobos...


Dell confuses me.

 

[bsobel]

Do most people have it?

Many current machines have at least one firewire port and usually more USB 2.0 ports (USB 2.0 overall is more popular. USB 1.0 was much slower than Firewire which was available about the same time. Sony is a big pusher of Firewire (as is Apple) and thats one of the main reasons it still exists)

What about this PS2 adapter? I know what PS2 ports are, but I assumed they came with all mobos...

The PS2 ports are going away as most new keyboards and mice are USB.

 

[Ruger22C]

Ain't IEEE 1394 used for network connection, not firewire?

Edit: Hmm, looked it up. You're right. What "is" the network port called, then?

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Ruger22C
Ain't IEEE 1394 used for network connection, not firewire?

Edit: Hmm, looked it up. You're right. What "is" the network port called, then?

Ruger22C, man, you need to do some reading.....

op - the 1394 port is a good design, but not near as popular as it should be. in many tests it shows better transfer speeds compared to usb2.0, but the saturation level is low.

usually, most items that have a 1394 port on them will have a usb2.0 port, but there are exceptions - 1 being digital video cameras.

so is it important - if you need it, if you don't i wouldn't worry about it as you can get a 1394 pci card pretty cheap anymore

 

[Ruger22C]

Reading??...

 

[bob4432]

yes reading - What "is" the network port called, then?

 

[Ruger22C]

I don't get it, sorry.

 

[Aluvus]

Originally posted by: Ruger22C
Ain't IEEE 1394 used for network connection, not firewire?

Edit: Hmm, looked it up. You're right. What "is" the network port called, then?

You are presumably thinking of Ethernet.

IEEE 1394 can in fact be used for networking, though it is uncommon.

 

[coolpurplefan]

USB can also be used for the Internet. Nowadays (I have no idea if this is a word), you have a choice of either Ethernet or USB for your high-speed connection.

A lot of motherboards don't even have Firewire for whatever reason, but lots of USB connectors. I have one motherboard that doesn't even have the old parallel and serial connectors.

If I had a video camera with a Firewire connector, I would use that instead of USB because it's faster.

 

[pcgeek11]

Originally posted by: bob4432
yes reading - What "is" the network port called, then?

Network Port = Ethernet Port = RJ-45

I do believe the 1394 port also shows up under the Network Header in device manager.

pcgeek11

 

[gsellis]

Firewire (1394 A or B) can be used to network and I have done so when I did not have a cross-over cable and two machines. What Firewire (listed as a iLink port on some laptops and almost all digital video cameras) is good at is streaming content. USB answers interrupts better, so having multiple devices like mice, keyboards, joy sticks are great on USB. But if you add a streaming media such as a video camera, DVD writer, or other big data device, it tends to slow it down. If you are capturing 25Mb/s data stream from a video camera, interrupts can cause dropped frames as it is streaming in real time. Firewire handles the traffic better and will not drop the frames. On paper, USB and Firewire (A) have about the same data rates, but Firewire transfer data with more resilience and gets better performance at the maximum end of the transfer rate.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: gsellis
Firewire (1394 A or B) can be used to network and I have done so when I did not have a cross-over cable and two machines. What Firewire (listed as a iLink port on some laptops and almost all digital video cameras) is good at is streaming content. USB answers interrupts better, so having multiple devices like mice, keyboards, joy sticks are great on USB. But if you add a streaming media such as a video camera, DVD writer, or other big data device, it tends to slow it down. If you are capturing 25Mb/s data stream from a video camera, interrupts can cause dropped frames as it is streaming in real time. Firewire handles the traffic better and will not drop the frames. On paper, USB and Firewire (A) have about the same data rates, but Firewire transfer data with more resilience and gets better performance at the maximum end of the transfer rate.

Under XP. Vista has removed the firewire networking option since gigabit networking is common and cheaper.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: bsobel
Under XP. Vista has removed the firewire networking option since gigabit networking is common and cheaper.

Hmm... I never noticed that. Well, there goes a great idea for USMT.

 

[corkyg]

Firewire (1394) is important for anyone who has a Firewire device. Some high end digital SLRs are Firewire as are some camcorders. If you don't need it, then it is not important. What ever happened to common sense?