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Sharing a FW Harddrive between 2 Macs
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PookJP
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Nov 4, 2002, 02:03 PM
 
Hi all. I just bought a new EZQuest 120GB Firewire drive, and am hoping to share it between 2 Macs. Naturally, I can have it connected via Firewire to one Mac and ethernet to the other, but I'm wondering if there's a better way. These two Macs are in two completely different parts of the house, but I would like them both to have Firewire transfer speeds.

Is there any way to do this?
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Nov 5, 2002, 01:07 AM
 
*bump*
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Nov 5, 2002, 09:26 PM
 
COME ON!
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Nov 5, 2002, 09:54 PM
 
I don't think so, sorry. Maybe a firewire switch (never heard of one though). Why not ethernet? 100mbs is not bad, or gigabit if you have powermacs.
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Cheers! I wonder if there's a super-long Firewire cord.
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