Firewire cards.

Hi. In my computer I've installed an Ethernet card, a dial-up modem and a
firewire card.
-The dial-up modem (56kbps) is used to connect to the internet.
-The Ethernet port will be used for a cross-over cable network.
-The firewire card I wish to use strictly for my external sound card.

Looking at my "Network Connections", my firewire card shows up under "1394
Connection". Looking at it's properties, I see that "Client For Microsoft
Networks", "File And Printer Sharing" and "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" are
checked. In my "Device Manager" I find a "1394 Net Adapter".

My questions are:
A) How do I work it that the firewire card is used strictly for the external
soundcard (Presonus Firebox)?
B) If I change the network settings attached to the "1394 Connection", will
it affect my ability to connect to the net via dail-up and network between
computers via the ethernet port? etherstreams@hotmail.com

On Sat, 10 May 2008 15:21:00 -0700, EtherStreams
<EtherStreams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi. In my computer I've installed an Ethernet card, a dial-up modem and a
>firewire card.
>-The dial-up modem (56kbps) is used to connect to the internet.
>-The Ethernet port will be used for a cross-over cable network.
>-The firewire card I wish to use strictly for my external sound card.
>
>Looking at my "Network Connections", my firewire card shows up under "1394
>Connection". Looking at it's properties, I see that "Client For Microsoft
>Networks", "File And Printer Sharing" and "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" are
>checked. In my "Device Manager" I find a "1394 Net Adapter".
>
>My questions are:
>A) How do I work it that the firewire card is used strictly for the external
>soundcard (Presonus Firebox)?
>B) If I change the network settings attached to the "1394 Connection", will
>it affect my ability to connect to the net via dail-up and network between
>computers via the ethernet port? etherstreams@hotmail.com

Windows XP supports networking via a computer's FireWire (IEEE 1394)
connection. Since you won't be using it for networking, right-click
and disable the 1394 network connection. Dial-up, Ethernet
networking, and the external sound card will work normally.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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