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    At the risk of sounding completely ignorant

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by airforceone, Aug 16, 2006.

  1. airforceone

    airforceone Notebook Guru

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    ...what does 3945 stand for and what does it do internally.

    I have an Intel PRO/wireless card and when i go into my network connections it shows the card as connected, firewalled but also the 1394 above it.
     
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    It usually 'runs' as one connection.
    If you post a screenshot of exactly what you mean I might be able to give you a better answer/explanation.
     
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    you can set it to run on a b and g, but you lose a bit of performance.
     
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    I will have a screen shot for you tonight. I am at work and cannot reach my dell remotely due to the stupid firewalls here. And yes I tried tunneling but even I as a Network Admin cant get out of it without getting caught by my NCO's.
     
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    Screen shot...
     

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    Where is that help I was offered, there is a pic above of the connections.
     
    airforceone, Aug 21, 2006
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    1394 is your fireware port, not your wifi card
     
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    I know this and thanks for the reply but there is nothing connected to my firewire port.

    EDIT: When I disconnect my wifi it also disconnects the 1394, when I reconnect it aslo connects when wifi is enabled.
     
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    That's really weird. The 3945 may be running off the firewire bus, but I doubt that. The 1394, that's the designation for an IEEE spec. Just like 802.11g, etc. Just another specification.
     
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    They shouldn't be linked together. The Intel Wireless 3945ABG and your Firewire connection are two entirely separate parts. The firewire connection doesn't affect your 3945ABG connection and vice versa unless you have bridged the connections or your method of 'disconnecting' somehow disables and enables both adapters at the same time. Your best bet is to disable the firewire connection, because you're not using it anyways (and aren't likely to - unless you plan on putting a firewire cable between two computers anytime soon). Even if nothing is connected to your firewire port, it will still normally show up as 'connected' as long as it is enabled.
     
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    When I disabled the 1394 it disconnected and the wireless stayed connected I must have mistaken the two connections as one. So nevermind it was my own stupidity. I did title this " at the risk of... " so there you go, I was ignorant.

    Thanks for the help.





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    airforceone, Aug 22, 2006
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    Yep, your 3945 WiFi and firewire connections have been bridged. Disable any bridging from within Network config should fix it.

    Saw this happen between an onboard ethernet port and a firewire port on a machine at work a while back... very confusing.
     
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