I've been using USB 2.0 to my external Seagate HDD and a buddy said I'm all wet - that Firewire is way faster. <BR><BR>Speed is good. Is firewire worth the cost of a cable to save time for regular ...

FireWire, or IEEE 1394, is a popular means of connecting consumer electronics and some external drives to PCs. The rival USB 2 connection standard builds on the omnipresence of USB 1.1 ...

USB 2.0 is designed to transfer data at 480mbps, while today's FireWire can move information at a rate of 400mbps. But IEEE 1394 isn't only fast, Doherty said, it is also an efficient traffic cop ...

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 ... USB 3.0's specification is expected to be published by the end of the year, which may give S3200 a few months' head start ...

The 1394 Trade Association announced ... Despite the spec difference in slower speed, the new FireWire release will likely be compared to USB 3.0 due to better throughput in Peer-to-Peer protocol.

D-Link's DFB-A5 PCI adapter offers two high-speed USB 2.0 ports and three IEEE 1394 FireWire ports&#8212;one located on the inside and reserved for internal devices. The USB 2.0 ports offer ...

PC makers in recent months have begun installing a high-speed version of the Universal Serial Bus, dubbed USB ... (1394 and 1394b are the technical names of the standards, while FireWire is ...

FireWire, or its more technical name, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1394, works similarly to ... How to Install a USB Serial Controller How to Install a USB Serial Controller.

Though it's a solution we've mentioned before in the course of troubleshooting various USB and ... pertinent to FireWire devices. Some manufacturers we've spoken with in the IEEE 1394 ...

Download The SMB’s Guide to Wireless Networking — it’s free with registration. Story updated and re-posted on July 12, 2011. I’ve got a mix of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 systems on my small business ...