Hi, >
> Hi Loris > > The easiest way to do anything with firewire is probably when you simply > connect 2 XP's with a FireWire cable. Then just make sure that on both > XP's the IP protocol for FireWire is enabled. After that you can do any > normal IP traffic the same way you would do it with Ethernet. (Ping, > FTP, Telnet, ....) Ok, I will try to find a cable to make some tests. > Unfortunatly you can not do any IP traffic with a standalone XP. XP > checks if there is any other node on the FireWire net which can do > IP1394. If it doesn't detect any other node, it will not do any traffic > over FireWire (not even any broadcasts). > > Note: FireWire is using an 8 Byte MAC address (EUI64). Ethernet only has > a 6 Byte MAC address. > Can WinPCap handle an 8 Byte MAC addresses ? Yes, but obviously the user application will have to ba able to handle and decode that protocol. I suspect however that firewire is exported to the protocols as ethernet through an intermediate driver. This is a commonly adopted choiche and could be the cause of the problems you notice. Loris > Have a nice day > Markus ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe ==================================================================
