Ethernet to Fire Wire?

rhoqrhoq
Posted:
in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Ok - this might sound like a stupid question, and no, I don't smoke crack - lol.



I was talking with a friend yesterday who has an older Powerbook. A question came up regarding the built-in ethernet card. Anyways, since Ethernet is faster than Fire-Wire, the question asked was is there anyway to convert the ethernet port to fire wire? I couldn't provide him with an answer so I figured I would post it on AI and hope that someone could help us out.



Thanks.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    kiu77kiu77 Posts: 68member
    The question is: For what purpose?

    What should be transportet/connected?
  • Reply 2 of 10
    rhoqrhoq Posts: 190member
    I'm guessing that he is interested in using external Fire Wire devices such as CD/DVD burners and Hard Drives. Does anyone make/sell a Ethernet to Fire-Wire adaptor for this purpose?
  • Reply 3 of 10
    xaqtlyxaqtly Posts: 450member
    I don't really see a reason. CD drives will definitely not come anywhere near the 400 mbps FireWire transfer speed limit, and it's actually faster than most hard drives can sustain at too. I mean you're talking about 50 MB per second. I doubt he's got any FW devices that can actually transfer data that fast, sustained.
  • Reply 4 of 10
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    That is a cool idea actually. I would like to plug my CD burners, scanners, printers (Mine don't have ethernet), and external hard drives directly into an ethernet network. Any computer can use a device without swapping cables. And with Rendezvous, it would configure automatically.
  • Reply 5 of 10
    rhoqrhoq Posts: 190member
    Is there something like that currently available?
  • Reply 6 of 10
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    I don't think so.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    pesipesi Posts: 424member
    lets' see...



    ethernet: 100 Mbps



    firewire: 400 Mbps



    which one is faster?



    nothing you describe exists and it never will.



    just buy a firewire PC card. they're cheap.
  • Reply 8 of 10
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    You forget Gigabit ethernet built into the new Macs. :cool:



    Besides, I would sacrifice a little speed for convenience.



    [ 09-26-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 10
    pesipesi Posts: 424member
    [quote]Originally posted by Ebby:

    <strong>You forget Gigabit ethernet built into the new Macs. :cool:



    Besides, I would sacrifice a little speed for convenience.



    [ 09-26-2002: Message edited by: Ebby ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    yes. but if you've got gigabit ethernet, then you've also got firewire.



    if you don't have firewire, you've got 100 at best.



    there are all sorts of technical reasons why such a device will never exist, and i really don't feel like going into them.
  • Reply 10 of 10
    kiu77kiu77 Posts: 68member
    There is no such a converter.

    And if it would be it should be to expensive.

    It ist better to sell the old PB and buy a new

    iBook or PB G4 with Firewire included.
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