Re: [RE] What's wrong using FireWire as the home backbone?

[David V James <dvj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,

Concise and well phrased.

Thanks,
DVJ

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-stds-802-3-re@IEEE.ORG
>> [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-re@IEEE.ORG]On Behalf Of Dennis Lou
>> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:32 AM
>> To: STDS-802-3-RE@listserv.ieee.org
>> Subject: Re: [RE] What's wrong using FireWire as the home backbone?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 11:15, David V James wrote:
>> > But, if 1394 were to be the household connection of choice,
>> > then one would have to deal with:
>> >
>> >     within the room  | within the residence | within the room
>> >
>> >                        ..<-- IEEE 1394 -->..
>> >    <-- IEEE 802.3 -->..                     ..<-- IEEE 802.3 -->
>>
>> 1394 is currently, for the most part, perceived and being
>> utilized as a short reach solution.  Using 802.3 within
>> the room and 1394 within the residence is opposite
>> to what is currently implemented.
>>
>> -Dennis
>>