[Ti] Backing up using ip over firewire.

[Robert Ameeti]

>So,

May I say that your writing is a bit confusing for those that don't live with your setup?

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>I've got an external hard drive with two firewire ports that I use for backups but I want to backup my other powerbook

Your 'other' Powerbook? You hadn't mentioned a first Powerbook.

> over a network connection. I was thinking that ip over firewire would be the fastest way to connect these two machines.
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>The delimna I have is that on the AiBook

Is this the 'other' Powerbook or the 'second' Powerbook.

> I have a firewire 400 port and a firewire 800 port and on the Tibook I have a firewire 400 port. The external enclosure allows me to daisy chain firewire ports so perhaps I could plug in the other computer

Other? Is this the first one mentioned, or one of the named models?

> to that second port but I'm worried about doing that and I'm wondering if it's better to use the firewire 800 port as a second firewire 400 port from the computer.

'computer'? Rather generic, wouldn't you say?

If what you are asking is whether you can connect two computers to one drive via the multiple ports on the back of some drives, then the answer is 'no'. You can not hook multiple computers directly to a single drive.

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>Presumably Apple make a cable that allows you to use the firewire 800 port with a firewire 400 device.
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>I don't need a firewire hub as I have no other firewire devices.
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Robert Ameeti

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