[Ti] Target Mode

[Kim Gammelgård]

Hey Mark,

We were not talking about Ethernet at all! We were talking about using 
a crossover Firewire cable instead! I have no idea if it needs a 
special crossover cable or not. I just got a firewire cable and that 
works - and that a lot faster than 100 Mbit Ethernet too!

Cheers,

Kim

Den 7. feb 2005, kl. 22.36, skrev Mark Gibson:

> At 16:09 -0500 7/2/05, Carbotron wrote:
>> I have to admit the firewire networking is very fast! indeed almost 
>> as fast as running gigabit from one tibook to another. for that all 
>> you need is a crossover cable, of almost any quality if it's short, 
>> really.
>> i successfully ran a firewire network in a pinch from my winxp gaming 
>> box(through a few old vaxes and an ipx) to my 800 for a good several 
>> months till i got tired of it. now that i have wifi, i still find 
>> myself hooking up the firewire to xfer lots of files at a laptop hd 
>> limited speed. still damn fast.
>>
>> 	-Jason Economou
>> 	Carbotron Composites
>>
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2005, at 4:02 PM, Kim Gammelgård wrote:
>>
>> Just a side note:
>>
>> Instead of using target mode, you can add a Firewire network setting 
>> in the network settings of two computers.
>>
>> Set the IP-addresses manually to say 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 and let 
>> the one be the router and then open file sharing on one and connect 
>> the other to that.
>>
>> Then you don't have to boot your computer and can use it while 
>> transferring files at Firewire speed!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Kim
>>
>>
>>
>> Den 7. feb 2005, kl. 21.43, skrev Justin R. Miller:
>>
>>> On Feb 7, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Larry Melman wrote:
>>>
>>>> What the heck is Target Mode?
>>>
>>> If you hook two Macs together with FireWire and reboot one while 
>>> holding the T key, it will act as a FireWire server of sorts and its 
>>> hard drive will show up on the other's desktop. Very handy for 
>>> migrating or copying large amounts of files between computers.
>
> Actually you don't need a "cross over" cable as the auto sensing 
> Ethernet port in the PowerBook will automatically reconfigure to make 
> a standard cable into a "cross over" cable as required.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark (}-: