Vista x64 Business Firewire issue

TheAscension · Aug 18, 2008, 06:33 AM

I just built a new PC running Vista Business x64 and I want to connect my old XP system and this new one together with firewire. Now, my Vista system recognizes the onboard 1394 controller in device manager just fine but it does not show up as a network connection in "network connections". I've connected the two computers hoping that the connection would show up once plugged it, but it does not.

I thought that I had read somewhere that Vista doesn't support firwire networking. However, I do not even have any firewire devices (i.e. external HDD) to try and see if firewire works at all. Anyway, as of now I cannot access the firewire connection to change TCP/IP settings

**temeteus82** · Aug 18, 2008, 09:18 AM

Yeah I have FireWire chip too and in XP it also showed up as network adapter but now days in Vista it don't. My guess is that there were many users who used that so that's why MS dropped it from Vista.

TheAscension · Aug 19, 2008, 06:27 PM

Do you have an external HDD? If so, have you tried any file transfers with it and did it work? I just want to know if firewire is now only available for external device connections.

**temeteus82** · Aug 19, 2008, 07:35 PM

I don't but I use FW to transfer DV video from camera to PC, the basic idea is the same what you have on hdd's

Aug 18, 2008, 06:33 AM	#1
TheAscension DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Milwaukie, OR Posts: 94 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Vista x64 Business Firewire issue I just built a new PC running Vista Business x64 and I want to connect my old XP system and this new one together with firewire. Now, my Vista system recognizes the onboard 1394 controller in device manager just fine but it does not show up as a network connection in "network connections". I've connected the two computers hoping that the connection would show up once plugged it, but it does not. I thought that I had read somewhere that Vista doesn't support firwire networking. However, I do not even have any firewire devices (i.e. external HDD) to try and see if firewire works at all. Anyway, as of now I cannot access the firewire connection to change TCP/IP settings

Aug 19, 2008, 06:27 PM	Thread Starter #3
TheAscension DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Milwaukie, OR Posts: 94 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Do you have an external HDD? If so, have you tried any file transfers with it and did it work? I just want to know if firewire is now only available for external device connections.