[RE] What's wrong with FireWire?

[Hugh Barrass <hbarrass@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

So far there has been some discussion on the subject of "what's wrong
with Ethernet" for the home network and, as far as I can see it, the
main response seems to be "it's not FireWire." So, could someone with
expertise in this field summarize what the deficiencies are with IEEE
1394 that require it to be replaced with an enhanced IEEE 802.3?

It strikes me that the problem of bridging:

<-- IEEE 1394 -->...<-- IEEE 802.3 -->...<-- IEEE 1394 -->

would be best served by:

<-- IEEE 1394 -->...<-- IEEE 1394 -->...<-- IEEE 1394 -->

Hugh.