Victoria Brandon wrote:
Greetings listers --
As previously related, my computers (B&W G3 & Lombard PB, both running
Panther) adamantly refuse to see each other by way of ethernet. So (as
encouraged by list) I bought a firewire card for the Lombard on eBay: it
came yesterday and seems to work right out of the box, at least system
profiler sees it, and the firewire option now appears in the Network
preference pane. Only trouble is, the cord that came with the card has a
four pin plug at one end and six pin at the other, and the connections
on both computers require six-pin (at least that's what I assume: the
larger size is required on both ends, anyway). Is this the proper
description of the necessary cord, and is it something I can pick up at
Radio Shack? Or is something more specific and harder to find required?
And if so, what is it CALLED?
Very short answer, FW has an option to carry power along with data, if
it does, it uses the 6 pin connector you're familiar with. Your PC card
adapter doesn't provide power (nor do a lot of PC notebooks) and so has
a 4 pin connector. (This is for FW 400, the older FW spec not the newer
spec, FW 800)
You have 2 options...
1) If the device doesn't need power, just get a 4 to 6 pin FW cable
(will set you back a lot at a Radio Shack, on the order of $50, because
they only carry the Sony line of cables anymore, but can be had for lots
less online, see www.cableforless.com as an example.)
2) Your device needs power provided by the FW cable. In this case you'll
need the cable above *and* a FW hub. (Also called a repeater sometimes
although that's actually a different thing) These come with a power
adapter and can proved power to the ports downstream of the hub and so
provide power for your device.
Some URLs:
Sony i.Link cable (only FW cable I saw on a quick search of
radioshank.com) ($40):
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2111822
Cablesforless.com cable ($5):
http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=281
Compusa.com:
belkin brand (cheap version) ($12):
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=50278690
belkin fw hub ($50):
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=329287
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