[Ti] Backing up using ip over firewire.

[Justin R. Miller]

The TiBook 800 DVI does indeed have gigabit ethernet... my old 667 did.

On Mar 4, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Robert Nicholson wrote:

> 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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