On Oct 11, 2011, at 5:09 AM, Geke wrote: > To not confuse you further, I’ll try and focus on the main topics ;-) > > Firewire was designed for connection to one computer only: it is not a > network. Daisy-chaining means that you can connect a second harddisk, > a scanner, camera, or other device (not computers) to the first one, > for example if the computer has only one Firewire port, or simply for > nicer cabling.
Incorrect. Firewire WAS designed for connection to many devices, including multiple computers, simultaneously. FW is used extensively in video work where many devices all share the connection. The Mac OS is NOT designed to share disks via a local peripheral interface. You can in fact connect multiple Macs together via FW as an IP network (I've done it). It's useful in cases where the Ethernet interfaces are limited to 100MBPS and you want to transfer data faster than that. But in this case you shouldn't have any drives connected to the FW connection. > > > That is something you can do with your Firewire drive: Connect it to > the 10.4 Mac and set it up for sharing. Then you can connect to the > harddisk over the network from the Mac running 9.2.2 by logging in to > the 10.4 Mac. > > Why you can’t connect the other way around could have something to do > with the different versions of Appletalk software in different OSes, > but I don’t really know. It's because OS 9.2.2 has an AppleShare over IP client but not server and OS 10.4 only supports AppleShare over IP, client and server. > Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
