IP Over Firewire (Mac/PC)

I was finally able to hook up my MacBook Pro to my PC through firewire at 400Mbps through SMB, this way they can share files fast. However in OS X I noticed whenever I'm accessing a Windows XP's shared folder with more than 50 files, finder just can't access it and just tend to freeze. I didn't have a problem accessing a folder with less than 50 files. Using
Anybody had this problem before? Did I missed a setting? AirPort accesses all folders with no problem but slow.

I haven't seen your problem, even sharing all of C:\, D:\, E:\, F:\, and G:\, so I can't really offer any advice.
Does ifconfig report MTU of 2030 on your Mac? What does the PC report for MTU?

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Trouble sharing over wireless or IP over FireWire

I've been trying to share a new MacBook running Leopard my new iMac running Tiger and its driving me nuts.
I only have one network port in my office but we do have corporate wireless. After turning on file sharing on the MacBook and connecting to the wireless network, I can ping it OK but it refuses to show the login window when I try to connect from my iMac via the Go menu. Any ideas on this issue?
I just discovered IP over Firewire but don't know if I'm doing the right thing as nothing is happening. I've connected the two macs via FireWire, in the MacBook I've selected Networks > Built-in FireWire [location automatic] using DHCP.
It gives that wonderfully cryptic message "Built-in FireWire has a self-assigned IP address and may not be able to connect". The IP address starts with 169.254.
The questions are: where does it get its DHCP address from? Do I access it via the Go menu? Should I be able to ping it from my iMac? Should it be able to connect to the Internet? Scant info out there on the net (or its well hidden).
Thanks

Here are a few articles that may help:
Mac OS- How to Connect to File Sharing or Apple File Services (AFP)
Mac OS X- About File Sharing
Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger - Networks/Sharing
Mac OS X 10.5 Help- Using IP over FireWire
Mac OS X 10
.4 Help- Using IP over FireWire

HT1341 Printing over firewire causes mac osx crash

I have had my Epson R2400 connected over Firewire to my MBP (10.8.3) for many months with no problem. Now whenever I print a document the MBP crashes and reboots without a message. I have tried a repair disk permissions, clearing teh caches, resetting the printer, reinstalling the driver and plugging the FW cable direct to the MBP (was via the Thunderbolt display) and neither had any effect. The printer does work over USB but that uses a USB port I can't spare.
Any suggestions on what might be the problem?
Thanks,
Andrew

Are you using a FW 800> 400 adapter? Your printer is older and most likely only has FW 400 capability.

IPod no longer connects over FireWire

I have a 20 GB iPod with click wheel, which I think I purchased in 2004. I sync it with a Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz. I've never been able to sync it over USB, and according to Apple that's a known problem with this iPod and a G5...but up until a week or so ago, syncing over FireWire worked fine.
Now it doesn't. If I plug the iPod into my G5 with its FireWire cable, it starts to charge but the machine doesn't mount it. I get the same result plugging it into my MacBook via FireWire, but it works fine with USB. Initially I thought it might be the cable, but I got a replacement cable and the same thing happened.
Any idea what might be going on?

Try putting the iPod into Disk Mode.

Problems with File Transfers Over Firewire 800

Problems with File Transfers Over Firewire 800.
Over the past month, I have had problems when transfering files from my harddrive, over Firewire 800 to a portable drive. I usually transfer very large files (20gb or more) to the portable drives for moving files around. When I drag a file over to copy onto a drive, the transfer starts normally. If I drag more files to copy over, the computer screen goes darker and a large icon comes up that looks like a power button icon. It tells me to restart, so I have to do a hard shut down on my G5. Weird. I also get the dark screen of death sometimes when I am transfering those large files and open another application to do some work while it's copying. It's killing me. I am having to sit here and wait for the transfer to finish before I can do anything.
Any thoughts...
Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5
Mac OSX 10.4.3
Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Have you run the Apple Hardware Test? Sounds like it could be a RAM problem.

Ipod G3 no longer syncs over FireWire

My older Ipod G3 (the one with four buttons above scroll wheel) no longer syncs to iTunes over FireWire. In fact the iPod will not show up at all over FireWire any longer?
It syncs over USB tough. But being G3 it cannot charge over USB and my battery is almost dead so I really need FireWire to work.
* It will charge over FireWire
* I have to differnet FW cables both showing same problem (and they have worked before)
* It sync over USB
* I have reset iPod
* It has worked before... (it's been sitting in the dock connected to my stereo in the living room)
I'm now thinking that either 10.5.3 or 10.5.2 update may have changed something in OS X to get this behaviour?
That is the only thing that has changed since I last tried to update this ipod (that I can think of)
/Roger

I know someone with a Power Mac G5 and a third gen iPod, and it works as expected under Leopard 10.5.3. We were messing around with it last week (iPod was sitting idle for a while and we got it working). So if it's a problem caused by OS upgrades, it is not a universal problem. If you have an alternate boot drive (or partition), you can see if a fresh install of Leopard (plus updates) makes a difference.
If it syncs over USB and charges over FireWire, you can continues to use it, although you will not be able to charge and sync at the same time with the standard cables. I don't think you will be able Restore from iTunes either, without the FireWire connection.
If you find that this problem is a hardware problem on the iPod's logic board, this special cable with two ends (FireWire and USB) may allow you to charge and sync at the same time.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9688G/A
It's meant for Windows PC users without FireWire (only USB) who want to use the 3G iPod, so they can charge (through FireWire connected to wall adapter) and sync (through USB) at the same time, and use Restore in iTunes.

I9900 no longer working over Firewire

I just updated to Leopard this afternoon, and went to print something, only to find out that my Canon i9900 is not showing up as an available printer. It shows up and works just fine if I hook it up with USB, but it no longer is detected over Firewire. I prefer Firewire only because of my current shortage of open USB ports.
Now, Apple lists the i9900 as being supported and shipping with drivers in Leopard, but could it be that only USB is available now? When I manually installed the drivers under Tiger, it set up a "network" in the printer utility called "Canon IJ Network". This is still showing up in Leopard, but there is no printer listed.
The printer is turned on, has paper loaded and all ink tanks are full. Permissions are freshly repaired and everything else appears to be in working order. No other programs have been installed since the Leopard upgrade. Any help would be appreciated!

I figured it out myself. To get it to work with Firewire, you need to go to Canon's website and download the latest drivers for Mac OS 10.4. They are older than the current ones in Leopard, but include the necessary Firewire drivers.
After they install, it will be available via Firewire! Hope this helps somebody else out.

Cracking and popping over FireWire

Audio or videos files played back with QuickTime over my FireWire connection are accompanied by quite a bit of cracking and popping. The crackling is not heard during quiet portions of the file. The format of the file doesn’t seem to matter (.mov, .wav, etc.). I can play back the same files over FireWire with other playback software, like VLC, and the problem disappears.
Interestingly, this problem with QT also disappears when listening with headphones plugged into the jack on my mac. In other words, the problem only occurs when I use QT and pipe the output through FireWire.
My FireWire goes into a mixer, an Onyx-1220i and from there gets piped into my studio speakers using the "Control Room Out" jacks.
Listen closely to the link for a sample recorded directly from my studio speakers using my iPhone: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15366433/Recording.m4a
I have a MacBook Pro Retina (2012 model).

this is a known bug to many users on the forums look at this thread
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5470956?tstart=0
and this one about interfaces
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5484036

IP over Firewire Clobbering

Hi, I'm using an iMac DV running 10.4.6. It has a fried Ethernet jack, so I used to use a PowerBook G3 and do IP over Firewire Internet sharing. This worked great until I purchased an external Iomega 250GB HDD drive, and started using that as my iMac's boot disk. Now when I try to do this, the iMac locks up when the laptop is connected via Firewire and won't stop until I've unplugged the laptop. How can I get this setup to work and/or what other solutions do I have?
Possibly Relevant Fact: Before I was using the external drive as a boot disk, when I would plug my iPod into my iMac (using Firewire) while I was using Firewire Internet sharing, it would appear on the laptop, not the iMac.
iMac DV Special Edition Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Yes, I did this when I didn't have the external Firewire boot drive, and it worked correctly. My problem is that it freezes the iMac when I go to connect the two machines via a Firewire cord, regardless of whether Internet sharing is enabled. This is probably a more hardware/firmware-oriented problem, but I'm not really sure how to classify it.
iMac DV Special Edition Mac OS X (10.4.6)

IP over FireWire keeps going down

I use IP over FireWire with static IP addresses to sync two Macs every day. Every since upgrading to Leopard, that Mac that runs the sync keeps losing its IP over FireWire connection - it looks OK in the Network prefs pane, but won't mount the other machine's drive over AFP until I reboot.
Any idea what might be going on?

I use something completely different than 192.x.x.x. I use 10.10.0.x. I don't really see how this could have anything to do with anything if it works perfectly and then stops working. I could understand if it doesn't work at all, so maybe you can explain the logic behind this then I could configure things differently in an attempt to affect a fix.
As for the adapters (and drivers) in question, there are ~7 devices accessing the guest network. They are all using a variety of chipsets, 1 is ralink, 1 is broadcom, 1 is atheros, 1 is realtek, 1 is an iPad, whatever that uses and then there's a roku box and 1 android phone.
As I mentioned, they work perfectly when they work - when the guest network goes down nothing can connect to it so I don't think it can be the driver. If it were to be a driver issue then it wouldn't work properly from the getgo, or 1 or 2 devices with bad drivers would fault, but in this case it's all of them.
Oddly enough, my wireless stuff and lan is never affected. just the guest network but I have to reboot every time the issue crops up to fix it.
Any help would be appreciated as I'd really rather not have to go spend money on something else.
Is there anyone currently replying to this that uses their GN long term? If not could you please try? By long term I mean constantly use it and let me know if it goes down eventually. I'd really like to figure this out.

IP over Firewire AND Ethernet connected cluster?

Does anyone have any experience with IP over Firewire and Qmaster? What I'm trying to do (for now) is to have a file server connected to a bunch of Firewire HD's, then that connected to two other macs via IP over Firewire, and all that be a cluster.
The file server is the controller. Or I want it to be at least. Connected to this cluster are two workstations, connected to the file server via Ethernet.
So it's File Server with several external Firewire HD's connected to it with the video data. Connected to this file server are two macs via IP over Firewire which will be services only nodes. Connected to ALL of this over ethernet are two editing workstations. Qadmin can't seem to see the two mac nodes connected via IP over Firewire.
The problem is that Qadminstrator can't see the two macs connected to the file server via IP over Firewire. I'm wondering if for some reason data can't go from Ethernet to IP over Firewire and back again.
Any tips or suggestions? I'm just about out of ideas for now.

I was also NOT ABLE to use both nodes connected in a MIX of ETHERNET and FIREWIREover IP.
I WAS able to get a 4 x NODE cluster working using SHAKE & COMPRESSOR/QMASTER using all GbE EThernet - I went out and bought a cheap 8 x PORT ethernet GbE hub and all my problems went away.
HEre's what I had initially and what I did and it DIDN'T work consistently..:
Hardware Initially:
• g5 QUAD and 2 x MBP Dual Core 15's + 1 x MBPDC 17inch.
• G5 QUAD GBE1 connected to #1 x MBPDC 15 on its EN0 with cable
• G5 QUAD GBE2 connected to #2 x MBPDC 15 on its EN0 with cable
• G5 QUAD FW0 connected to 1 x MBPDC 17 on its FW1 with 6 pin FW cable
• G5 QUAD is set as CONTROLLER+SERVICES
• MBPDC's are all SERVICES ONLY.
• thus 3 x SUBNETS
SETUP#1- problem symptoms
• via QMASTERADMIN - G5 CONTROLLER could see MBPDC 17 and ONE of the MBP15;s but not all of them.
•tries various configs on each FW and EN0 for boths FW and EN paths.. never consistent view..
• removed some FW disks from FW400 path that were attached to CONTROLLER G5 host ... could then see ALL as a MIX of THERNET and FW. (Same happens using FW800 - although avoided this because of sperious DISK issues wth external FW800 disks on G5 QUAD).
• created cluster (not a quick cluster)- sent simple long I-FRAME based DV-PAL to smaller DVPAL) codec test to compressor and set the CLUSTER to the QMASTER on I defined.
• set QMASTER controller sys pref to use ALL NETWORK PATHS and disbaled the AIRPORT subnets on each MACHINE)
• PROBLEM was only G5(controller+services) and TWO of the services nodes (MBPDC's) were processing - NEVER all three! It didn't seem to matter what IP path was onnected (EN or FW).
• - all the above was a NO go waster of time. (aggh)
so..
HARDWARE SET UP #2 and what worked first time!
• purchased 1 x GBE Ethernet hub (8xport) w/P/supply and four 1m ethernet cables
• g5 QUAD and 2 x MBP Dual Core 15's + 1 x MBPDC 17inch.
• G5 QUAD GBE1 connected to GBE HUB
• #1 x MBPDC 15 on its EN0 with cable to GBE HUB
• #2 x MBPDC 15 on its EN0 with cable to GBE HUB
• #1 x MBPDC 17 on its EN0 with cable to GBE HUB
• G5 QUAD is set as CONTROLLER+SERVICES
• MBPDC's are all SERVICES ONLY.
• thus 1 x SUBNET....!
WORKS EVERY TIME First time
• all machines work to render or transcode.
• for SHAKE RENDERING, each CPU has a process.. so there seems to be as many as (4 x 1)+2 + 2 + 2 rendering processes at any one time.
• less for COMPRESSOR as one per HOST (4 in my case)
Also.. in QMASTERADMIN - always:
• have the SOURCE and TAGET disk volumes|directories ou need MOUNTED (NFS works for me) and
• set to NEVER COPY.
• set QMASTER sys prefs/Advanced/"USe NEtwork Interface = EN0 (or whatever one you want to use. 'd imagine that a FW hub would also do the job (IPoFW).... but for me I had all free ETHERNETs NICS so I used them.
• oh .. enable all your airports NICS.. .. in the above QMASTER wont use this subnet.
This speeds the WORKFLOW up enormously because the source material does not have to be COPIED to each host (well I think that what it means).
So the solution in my case was to have ALL the HOSTS on a SINGLE subnet..
works for me.
hope that helps
W

Ethernet over Firewire - possible?

Say you have a gigabit ethernet port on a gigabit network... is there some piece of hardware, router, anything which would let you get to the network via a firewire port?
I ask because I am working on a Powerbook with a broken ethernet port which needs access to a gigibit network. Since FW800 is comparable in speed and is capable of IP sharing, is there any way to use it to connect to a network?
Thanks!
Rey

Hi Rey, I have networked an iBook and a PC via Firewire so in my humble opinion I think it'd be possible,have a look here.
http://developer.apple.com/devicedrivers/firewire/ipoverfirewire.html
"Customers can immediately enable IP over FireWire and then connect two or more Macintosh systems by FireWire for file sharing, Internet sharing, or the use of any other IP-based service".http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1845.html I'll have a bit more of a look around and get back to you.
Cheers.

Migration over firewire not transferring anything

I am trying to migrate everything from my old macbook pro to my new one over to my new one over firewire. I have tried twice and it starts at 1hr 30min and goes to 50min to 2hrs 30min and then finishes with in 30min total. Once it finished nothing had finished, it transferred the application names, but not the applications, no documents, no pictures, no downloads, nothing except app names transfered. Could somebody please help?

Step 1, restore the new machine.
1: Hold Command and R keys down, boot the new computer.
2: Disk Utility, select the Maintosh HD partition, click Erase and move the slider one step to the right, the middle choice selection and click erase. Wait.
3: Quit when finished and select the Lion installer, install OS X with your AppleID and password on a reliable fast Internet connection.
4: When completed reboot and setup like a new machine, use a different name than on the other Mac.
5: Install your free iLife here
Restoring iLife applications after Internet Restore of OS X Lion
If you reinstall Lion on a new Mac that shipped with OS X Lion installed, on an erased or replaced hard drive, you can download iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand from the Mac App Store.
After installation, start from Lion.
Double-click the App Store icon in the dock.
Enter your Apple ID and password.
Click Purchases.
If you haven't previously accepted your bundled iLife applications within the Mac App Store, you should see your iLife applications appear in the Accept portion of the screen. Click Accept.
You may be asked for your Apple ID and password once again. Your iLife applications now move to the Purchased section. These applications are part of the software that came with your Lion based computer. Your account will not be charged for them. Click Install to compete installation of your applications.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
Step 2, use Migration Assistant.... or....
1: Connect the machines using Firewire
2: Hold T boot the old Mac so it's drive appears on the desktop of the new Mac.
3: You can use Migration Assistant in your Utilities folder, however you might have the same problems again.
or
Step 3, Manual install
1: Go to System Preferences > Accounts
2: Create a new user with the same name as the old one on the old Mac (or series of users if more than one)
3: Log out of the first account created on the new Mac and into each new user, transfering files manually from the T booted old Mac's drive.
4: Note, transfer files into their same named folders, Pictures into Pictures, Movies into Movies, etc.
Leave the User/Library folder on the old Mac, it's changed and won't work on the new Mac.
5: Install compatible programs from fresh sources again on the new Mac, don't transfer from the old Mac.
Backup methods
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Is IP over Firewire reliable?

Hello everyone!
I was wondering if anybody is using IP over Firewire for mission-critical jobs such as a bastion host in a firewall.
What I would like to be able to do is use the Firewire port on a Mac mini as a second network interface so I can use it as an intelligent packet filter for a company network.
e.g.
Internet connection (such as a DSL modem) <-- ethernet CAT5 --> Mac mini (with ipfw, DansGuardian, Squid, etc) <-- Firewire --> Mac mini (as an internal router with ipfw) <-- ethernet CAT5 --> Ethernet switch
Can anyone vouch for the reliability of IP over Firewire?
Of course, it would be ideal to an Xserve or a dual-ethernet G5 but those machines are out of budget!
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
TIA
Mac mini 1.42Ghz 256MB Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I use this method in my small network of 5 Macs and I find that this works great for me and has worked great for about a year now. I really think taht the most important part is the firewall it self which is what really keeps you protected.
Here is some more information about the OSX firewall itself.
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.html
So yes I would say that this will work just fine. Mac OS X is very Secure!
-Internet Wiz

IP over Firewire and ethernet at the same time?

Is it possible to use both IP over Firewire and ethernet at the same time?
I want to use my TB hard drive attached to one Mac via Firewire 800 to backup another Mac also attached to the same drive via Firewire 800. I can only mount the drive on one machine at a time so I need to share it out to the other Mac. It works great if I set it up to do strait IP over Firewire, with static IPs, but that means I can't connect to the internet because my ethernet connection on both machines becomes the secondary connection method. Similarly, if ethernet is primary then I can't connect via Firewire. Is there a way to set it up so the Macs will know which method to use depending on the IP address?
I am using 10.5.1 on both machines.
G5, 1.8 GHz, 15.GB RAM
MBP, 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM
Thanks!

Certainly.
In the network control panel I set Built-in FireWire to the top of the service order list, followed by Built-in Ethernet.
Next, I set Built-in FireWire to Configure Manually with the address 192.168.1.xxx and the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.xxx, making sure the Subnet Mask is set the same on both machines and that the IP address is different on both machines and different from the Built-in Ethernet addresses.
I applied the settings, turned on Sharing on both machines, then mounted whatever shared drives I needed by connecting to the other machine using the FireWire IP address.
Now I am able to share drives using FireWire 800 - which works great when used with Time Machine - and still use my normal ethernet to surf, etc..

IP Over Firewire (Mac/PC)

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