Firewire IEEE1394 Products
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What's 1394b?
- 1394b is the evolutionary progression from 1394a
- Adds higher speeds
- To support future data rate requirements
100M > 400 > 800 > 1,600 > 3,200Mbps
- To support future data rate requirements
- Adds longer distance
- 4.5 > 100 meters
- To create bigger networks
- For example home networks
1394b Categories
- Cooper Wires
- 1394a connectors
- 6 and 4 positions
- Beta and Bilingual
- UTP
- 1394a connectors
- Optical Fiber
- POF
- GOF
Application:
Why Home Networking?
- Enterprise networking is for productivity
- Data files, printer sharing, email, etc.
- IT Manager is a highly skilled technician who knows how to wrestle computers into submission
- Home networking is for fun
- Distribute Audio and Video throughout the home
- Share a single internet connection
- Network multiple computers for gaming and collaboration
- Share files, printers, scanners, (work stuff), etc.
- Control and monitor electronics throughout the home
- Control all equipment from one, or many, control devices anywhere in the home
- IT Manager is mom or dad (or more likely, a teenager)
Networking a Cluster of Room-to-Room Systems
