Firewire network V's ethernet 100

Would FW400 network be faster than an ethernet100 I understand the distance limitation but I'm looking at it for a few mac miniG4's in an xgrid setup. We xgrid run over Fw400 is the next obivios question?

You're supposed to just need a FireWire repeater (it's like a hub). In my expereince you just need to daisychain the computers. If the TOTAL distance is more than 15 feet, you need to put a repeater every 15 feet. Max distance for IP over FireWire is 237ft.
I quite often share my external SuperDrive between my iBook and mini and have FireWire networking on at the same time.

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