anyone care to help me out here?

Question

hi im new to computer's i have a router and it is link up to the ethernet card on the back of my pc all is fine & working well im realy new to computer's i also have a 1394 net adapter card
my ? is what is the 1394 net adapter card used for is there anyone who can please tell me what the 1394 net adapter card used for many thanks to all of you

Answer 1

Hi there.... The IEEE ( pronounced eye-triple-ee ) 1394 card should
have a number of squarish plugs on it, usually, 2, 3, or 4, that
look just like USB plugs. If you look really closely though, the
plugs have a pointed end on one side, rather than the square
end of the USB ( this is to make certain that you do not plug in USB
cables !! )
The IEEE 1394 is the GENERIC name for what Apple, Mac, called
the FIREWIRE, and is a very fast , " USB -like " connector that is use for Video, and other devices that require large amounts of data transfere. SONY, cannot call their devices " FIREWIRE", and the CARD manufacturers, similarly, can't use the name,
Firewire, so that you have this really great, common, FireWire
card, called something really obscure, like IEEE1394...
Since BlueTooth, and Wireless G, and other RADIO, Wireless,
standards are now common, Firewire is less common, as it
requires a cable.
I have SONY video cameras that use FIREWIRE, and there
are other devices that use it, but none of the newer devices I have
seen, use Firewire. The USB 2.0 faster standard has become the
the new transfere medium.
Firewire is theoretical 400Mb/s, and Firewire-800 is 800Mb/.s
( Mega or Million, bits, per Second )
USB is 12Mb/s, USB2 is 480Mb/s ( in theory ) but firewire
usually outperforms USB in practical use, even though the
the FireWire is only 400, not 480Mb.

The NET designation means that the firewire, which
would normally be used as an external harddrive connection,
or audio/video connection, also has the ability to
NETWORK 2 PC's together, MUCH faster than ordinary
Ethernet. Unfortunately, you can only connect 2 PCs,
although, at high speed. XP is set up to use Firewire
pc to PC "Net" capable cards, and reports of typical
users are excellent. The only way to add more NET FireWire
PC's is to daisy chain with two cards in every machine... very
awkward and unecessary.

Hope this helps you figure out what to plug into it ! Usually
someone would have to own a video camera or device, to want to go out and buy a card and put it in the computer - not too long ago they were $200.... now, many motherboards have a port built in. The Card could have been purchased or designed for an
EXTERNAL harddrive with the NET Firewire Port. ( More expensive than USB, but better )

AND FINALLY, Note that the SoundBlaster Sound card, such as a high end
AUDIGY, may report to Widows that you have IEEE1394 as
well, so check the back of your computer to see what is
really there...

For more information, just search the term IEEE1394 or Firewire
on the web and you will get lots of info, and lists of devices that plug into it...

have fun

ROBIN

Answer 2

It is just like a firewire connection to the internet. At least thats what i have absorbed from this forum. I did a Google search, and found this forum, that has the topic of your question. It should answer it in full!

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/network/1394-net-adapter-ftopict20987.html

Answer 3

network interface card allows your computer to talk in the ip (internet potocol) world, the internet. the router allows more than 1 computer to share an internet connection. every network interface card has a unique address, called a mac address. and is mapped to your ip address. I know this is pretty deep but your computer understands. you don't have to. except that the network adapter allows you to connect and enjoy surfing.

Answer 4

its also known as a firewire card. For video transfer (like camcoder)

Answer 5

It's usually use to connect video cameras.