connect PC with firewire??

ovid · January 24, 2004 8:34AM

I want to connect my old PC (Sony Vaio, PCD-F707, Win 98 ) with my Powerbook Ti per firewire. I have a 4- to 6 cable, cause I ownn a Sony Cam. Is it possible to swap files over firewire? Is there a feature for PC like Apple-T?? How can I do that? I also have a ethernet cable, maybe I can use that to? I just wanna get my wav files into my powerbook. And the Vaio (PC) has no CD-W-Driver...

help appreciated

thanks

chych · January 24, 2004 11:09AM

I believe you need Win XP (or 2000?) for firewire networking. You can use an ethernet cable to connect the two (don't think it needs to be crossover as the mac is autoconfiguring) and then set them up to be on the same network, i.e.:

on the Mac:

ip address = 10.1.1.10

subnet = 255.255.255.0

on the pc:

ip address = 10.1.1.11

subnet = 255.255.255.0

Then if you start up something like the ftp server on the mac (system prefs, sharing), you can connect to it on the PC by going to 10.1.1.10 in an ftp program, and send your files over.

aquatic · January 24, 2004 4:16PM

I remember a beta of FireWire networking on Apple's site a year or two ago, and I assumed it would be final in Panther. What happened?

paul · January 24, 2004 4:21PM

its in panther

ebby · January 24, 2004 6:58PM

Firewire networking is in Panther and it works great. I found a few little problems. I set up TCP/IP over firewire on both computers and now I just plug & go. That is with two macs using Appletalk, but I assume you could start windows file sharing and use a PC. I told each computer to remember the password of the other and mount the drive so now when you plug one computer directly into the other they automatically show the other drive. This COULD NOT get any easier. It should be on by default because it is Apple-easy!8)

aquatic · January 25, 2004 12:11AM

What do you mean it's in Panther? Do you just plug two computers together with a FireWire and turn on Sharing/ Windows Sharing? Didn't see any mention of FireWire in prefs so I thought it wasn't there.

ebby · January 25, 2004 1:05AM

It is hidden but if you go to System Preferences->Network->Show: Network Port Configurations->New..->Port: Built in firewire. Name the port and turn on DHCP. Do something similar for the PC and give it a try.

jambo · January 25, 2004 4:05AM

Moving to Genius Bar...

ovid · January 25, 2004 8:02AM

Thank you all.

I tried it with ethernet and it worked.

With Firewire the PC couldnt even load...

and crashed after you connected it.

PC sucks..

aquatic · January 31, 2004 11:29AM

Hmm thanks Ebby. That is kind of hidden.

connect PC with firewire??

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