2006-12-05 14:31:33 · 5 answers · asked by musicengineer08 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Firewire is a cable used to connect digital media devices such as video cameras and sometimes hard drives. Ethernet is used to connect a computer to the internet... things like a router or modem. They're meant for two separate things.
2006-12-05 14:33:04 · answer #1 · answered by Kory 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Firewire Vs Ethernet
2016-11-07 08:53:39 · answer #2 · answered by dominy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firewire is a hardware port and cable for connect devices like cameras to a computer. Similar to USB.
Ethernet is a protocol (language) that multiple computer use to talk to each other over a network or the Internet.
2006-12-05 14:41:58 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firewire is a personal computer (and digital audio/digital video) serial bus interface standard, offering high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data services.
More info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewire
Ethernet is a large and diverse family of frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks (LANs).
More info on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet
They are two different concepts. Ethernet is related to connecting computers together so they can create networks and talk to eachother. Firewire is about connecting devices such as camcorders to computers so they can transfer data to eachother.
2006-12-05 14:42:28 · answer #4 · answered by djfreex 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An ethernet connection is how a network is set up in an office or business environment. Firewire is a type of connection on your computer similar to USB. You can use it to connect peripherals.
2016-03-13 09:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋