I decided to connect my PC to the laptop via firewire. All interfaces are up, but no packets can be send/recieved.I'm using Linux Slackware64-current (kernel 2.6.37.4)Laptop (Dell Vostro 3700) has this adapter:root@trium:~# lspci | grep 139414:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd FireWire Host Controller (rev 01)Old ieee1394 stack was removed in new kernels. thats why I use new:root@trium:~# modprobe firewire-netroot@trium:~# lsmod | grep firefirewire_net           12930  0 firewire_ohci          27301  0 firewire_core          51107  2 firewire_net,firewire_ohcidmesg shows:firewire_net: firewire0: IPv4 over FireWire on device 47203fc0434fc000firewire_net: max_rec 0 out of rangefirewire_core: refreshed device fw01st string is good, but the 2nd is strange for me. what does it mean? maybe it is the source of the problem?ok. lets configure the interface:root@trium:~# ifconfig firewire0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 uproot@trium:~# ifconfigfirewire0 Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 47-20-3F-C0-43-4F-C0-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00            inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:20           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)lo        Link encap:Local Loopback            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1          RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:2445 (2.3 KiB)  TX bytes:2445 (2.3 KiB)Same configuration steps were made on my PC. OS is the same. FireWire device - 05:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46)dmesg showed:firewire_net: firewire0: IPv4 over FireWire on device 4d5a900003000000firewire_net: max_rec 0 out of rangefirewire_core: refreshed device fw0interface configuration -root@bium:~# ifconfig firewire0 192.168.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0root@bium:~# ifconfigfirewire0 Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 4D-5A-90-00-03-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00            inet addr:192.168.1.3  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:20           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)lo        Link encap:Local Loopback            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1          RX packets:107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0          TX packets:107 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0           RX bytes:70120 (68.4 KiB)  TX bytes:70120 (68.4 KiB)Now lets ping PC from laptop - root@trium:~# ping -c 3 192.168.1.3PING 192.168.1.3 (192.168.1.3) 56(84) bytes of data.From 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host UnreachableFrom 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host UnreachableFrom 192.168.1.2 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable--- 192.168.1.3 ping statistics ---3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 1999mspipe 3Yes. the cable is connected. Laptop has 4pin port, and PC has 6pin port. AFAIK 6pin uses two pins for power supplyment. I have the coresponding cable, so i don't think that the problem is here.thats all. thanks
Network via ieee1394 is unreachable (PC and laptop)
networking;ping;firewire