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electronglow · 10th January 2008

Checked the Firewire spec -- the maximum recommended cable length is actually 4.5 m (13.5 ft), so for 30 ft you might actually need that repeater ... sorry about my previous reply.

As for using a 1394b port, according to some sources Windows XP with SPack2 forces the speed down to only 100 Mbps. However, a patch should enable you to achieve the full 800 Mbps bandwidth. Look here:

Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2

Seems like some amount of tweaking would be required there.

I think I'll stick with 1394a.

10th January 2008	#379
electronglow Gear interested Joined: Aug 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 8	Checked the Firewire spec -- the maximum recommended cable length is actually 4.5 m (13.5 ft), so for 30 ft you might actually need that repeater ... sorry about my previous reply. As for using a 1394b port, according to some sources Windows XP with SPack2 forces the speed down to only 100 Mbps. However, a patch should enable you to achieve the full 800 Mbps bandwidth. Look here: Performance of 1394 devices may decrease after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 Seems like some amount of tweaking would be required there. I think I'll stick with 1394a.