Re: What cable is needed?

[Jurgen K. <GTM...@in...>]

Is it really that simple? I could image the firewire bus is just like a SCSI
bus only serial. I really have to find some more info on how it old works.
Any links?

Thanks,

Jurgen

Andreas Micklei wrote:

> On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 05:38:51PM +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> > I want to connect my two Linux machines together via the firewire bus but
> > I'm not sure which cable I need. I guess a standard cable wont work? Do I
> > need to buy a firewire hub?
>
> A standard cable will work. All devices on the IEEE1394 bus are equal. You
> only need a hub when you run out of ports.
>
> > I cant wait to start working on some SPB-2 implemantation...
>
> Just go ahead. :-)
>
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