[Ti] Backing up using ip over firewire.

[Robert Nicholson]

Scenario is

Tibook 800 DVI and AIBook 1.67

Retrospect allows backups over a network connection.

So I'm asking the best way to attatch both my firewire drive and the 
two powerbooks over firewire. Recognizing that the Tibook has one FW 
400 port and the Aibook has both FW 400 and FW 800. The enclosure that 
I'm backing up to has two FW 400 ports. I'm reluctant to use the second 
enclosure's port to connect to the other powerbook and was wondering if 
it's a better option to use the AIbooks FW 800 port instead with the 
appropriate cable.

....

AIBook tethered to external FW 400 enclosure

thus remaining FW ports are tibook's 400, enclosure's second 400 port.

On Mar 4, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:

>> So,
>
> May I say that your writing is a bit confusing for those that don't 
> live with your setup?
>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
>>
>> Presumably Apple make a cable that allows you to use the firewire 800 
>> port with a firewire 400 device.
>>
>> I don't need a firewire hub as I have no other firewire devices.
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