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Would firewire networking be better than 100Megabit ethernet?

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Mar 15, 2026781 views
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My office network has a fully switched 1000Megabit ethernet network. I have an Apple iMac with a Gigabit NIC and FireWire, and a Compaq laptop with a 100Megabit NIC and a 4-pin FireWire interface. Accessing my office's shared drives using my laptop is (obviously) much slower using my laptop than my…

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Sure. For point-to-point FireWire is great. Unlike USB, FireWire controllers have brains and can handle data transfers easily. Do be aware that CPU usage will go up though.

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