I have a friend and when he goes into Network Settings it shows two things; "1394 Connection" and "Local Area Connection" He has DSL and Windows XP Home. Is this normal?
2006-08-30 14:31:45 · 3 answers · asked by Snaglefritz 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Local Area Connection when disabled; disconnected his Trading Station so we know it normal. If, the first answer correct then he OK. Thanks!
2006-08-30 14:43:04 · update #1
Yes. It depends how many different types of network cards/connections he has available.
If I remember correctly, 1394 is infared.
Although he may not be connected to any network or anything, Network Settings will still show what's available to use.
2006-08-30 14:35:21 · answer #1 · answered by The 3rd Nipple 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1394 is Firewire. This is usually found on MACS but can also be found on PC's. It is a high speed very reliable way to connect devices in a home entertainment network. it supports a maximum of 63 pieces of hardware. It is considered a network connection because each device hooked into the firewire ports acts as a peer-to-peer connection with every other firewire device that's connected. So if I had a digital video camera and some sort of display connected to a firewire hub, the camera and monitor could talk to each other directly without going through the PC and taking up any of it resources.
2006-08-30 16:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by snare3011 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is normal to show 1394 and Local Area connection win windows Xp. Nothing to worry about it.
2006-08-30 20:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by IT-guru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋