1394 LAN connection locked

14 Nov 2006 3:14 PM

John

I have a Sony Vaio Multi Media machine running Media Edition XP-SP2
plus and it has worked fine until yesterday. Late in the day everything
on my UPS crashed including my Sony. When it booted back up it locked
the 1394 LAN connection.

I am writing from a Compaq using wireless on a Netgear WGT624 router.
Another computer is hardwired to the router and did not crash so it is
working fine. An old machine used as a server is doing well also even
though it was involved in the crash.

Has anyone ever seen the little lock on the 1394 symbol in Network
connections? I have tried removing the 1394 net adapter and
reinstalling. I have tried going back to a previous restore point. I
have removed Sygate firewall and turned off the Microsoft firewall.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

John

14 Nov 2006 4:05 PM

David Hettel

I believe what you are describing indicates that it is firewalled, bring up
Windows firewall, click on the advance tab, and uncheck the box in front of
the 1394 LAN connection.

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"John" <j***@staffdevelopmentservices.com> wrote in message
news:1163517247.323454.94690@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I have a Sony Vaio Multi Media machine running Media Edition XP-SP2
> plus and it has worked fine until yesterday. Late in the day everything
> on my UPS crashed including my Sony. When it booted back up it locked
> the 1394 LAN connection.
>
> I am writing from a Compaq using wireless on a Netgear WGT624 router.
> Another computer is hardwired to the router and did not crash so it is
> working fine. An old machine used as a server is doing well also even
> though it was involved in the crash.
>
> Has anyone ever seen the little lock on the 1394 symbol in Network
> connections? I have tried removing the 1394 net adapter and
> reinstalling. I have tried going back to a previous restore point. I
> have removed Sygate firewall and turned off the Microsoft firewall.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>

14 Nov 2006 6:32 PM

Jack (MVP-Networking).

1394 LAN. Is not actually the typical LAN. It is the Firewire connection.

If you are not using Firewire connection you do not really need it, might be
that you lost the regular LAN card.

What you refer to as a lock might be a ghost installation of the component

http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost

Older VAIO use to come with both LAN Card, and Firewire.

Newer VAIOs usually come with Wire LAN, Firewire, and Wireless. I would
suggest that you should look at you manual, system, and see what is using
what?

Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"John" <j***@staffdevelopmentservices.com> wrote in message
news:1163517247.323454.94690@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I have a Sony Vaio Multi Media machine running Media Edition XP-SP2
> plus and it has worked fine until yesterday. Late in the day everything
> on my UPS crashed including my Sony. When it booted back up it locked
> the 1394 LAN connection.
>
> I am writing from a Compaq using wireless on a Netgear WGT624 router.
> Another computer is hardwired to the router and did not crash so it is
> working fine. An old machine used as a server is doing well also even
> though it was involved in the crash.
>
> Has anyone ever seen the little lock on the 1394 symbol in Network
> connections? I have tried removing the 1394 net adapter and
> reinstalling. I have tried going back to a previous restore point. I
> have removed Sygate firewall and turned off the Microsoft firewall.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>