Im using Windows and I have a 1394B host adapter. When I connect this host adapter to the 6-pin (FireWire400/1394A) connector on my Tableau bridge, Windows doesn recognize the bridge. Whats wrong?
Microsoft’s official position is that they do not yet support 1394B. So, even though 1394B works correctly in most situations with Windows, not everything works perfectly. This is an example of one of these problems. When you have two 1394B-capable devices, in this case the 1394B host adapter and the Tableau bridge, Windows doesn’t pay attention to the fact that those devices may be connected over a 1394A link (i.e., the 6-pin connector on the Tableau bridge). Windows therefore tries to send “S800” (800Mbit/sec) packets over the “S400” (400Mbit/sec) connection, and that doesn’t work. To avoid this problem, always use a 9-pin 1394B-to-1394B cable to connect a 1394B host adapter to one of the FireWire800/1394B ports on the Tableau bridge. This will always work correctly.
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