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Re: [RE] What's wrong with FireWire?

Funny,

I was thinking the same thing.  Maybe what they want is a new 1394 PHY for Cat-5.

-=Scott

Hugh Barrass wrote:
> All,
>
> So far there has been some discussion on the subject of "what's wrong
> with Ethernet" for the home network and, as far as I can see it, the
> main response seems to be "it's not FireWire." So, could someone with
> expertise in this field summarize what the deficiencies are with IEEE
> 1394 that require it to be replaced with an enhanced IEEE 802.3?
>
> It strikes me that the problem of bridging:
>
> <-- IEEE 1394 -->...<-- IEEE 802.3 -->...<-- IEEE 1394 -->
>
> would be best served by:
>
> <-- IEEE 1394 -->...<-- IEEE 1394 -->...<-- IEEE 1394 -->
>
> Hugh.
>