IEEE 1394 Laptop CardBus to connect with a Desktop...

[fLYtRap]

I have bought a IEEE1394 Laptop CardBus that goes into PCMCIA Slot and am trying to connect it with my desktop computer. I have cable with 6 pins on each side and I plugged in into the card and into my desktop. At this moment I am not sure what to do. I see that device is working fine, but how do I send the signal from it to my desktop?

[redwudz]

Have you tried the XP Networking Wizard? You can find it in 'Control Panel>Network Connections', same place as your LAN connection, then just click on 'Create a new connection'. You set it up the same way as a LAN connection.

[fLYtRap]

I did connected a different laptop to my desktop which has build in IEEE1394 and had no problems setting up network. I m a little bit confused here since the signal comes from PCMCIA, but that should be the same thing right?

[JohnnyMalaria]

What operating systems do you have on each?

When you say "how do I send the signal from it to my desktop", you're not trying to send a video stream to it are you? i.e., treat the laptop as a DV device? (Sorry if that's a dumb question!) That isn't possible without additional drivers (i.e., it is technically possible to make the computer appear to be a real AV/C device, but that's another story!)

IEEE-1394 networking using TCP/IP is only supported on certain versions of Windows.

[fLYtRap]

What operating systems do you have on each?

When you say "how do I send the signal from it to my desktop", you're not trying to send a video stream to it are you? i.e., treat the laptop as a DV device? (Sorry if that's a dumb question!) That isn't possible without additional drivers (i.e., it is technically possible to make the computer appear to be a real AV/C device, but that's another story!)

IEEE-1394 networking using TCP/IP is only supported on certain versions of Windows.

Yes thats correct. I have XP PRO on bouth machines. I was able to do the network beetween the other laptop (with build in IEEE) nad my desktop. I'm just wondering if I should do this the same way using PCMCIA Card.

[InXess]

No matter what 1394 device is installed it's designed to work. PCMCIA is just fine. I was using it for a long time without a single hiccup.

[JohnnyMalaria]

[quote="fLYtRap"]

I'm just wondering if I should do this the same way using PCMCIA Card.

That's what I do since my laptop doesn't have built-in Firewire.

Have you looked in Network Connections to see what's there?

[fLYtRap]

I got it fix.