How to configure firewire adapter?

English Network/Internet
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I’ve got ‘firewire0’ network adapter. It however doesn’t show on Yast Network configuration (but it does on ‘ifconfig -a’). By default it have not any ips assigned. How should I enable it permanent and using Ipv4 (because I’m trying a connection with Win XP x64 which I don’t think supports Ipv6). I tried this guide but ‘/etc/network/interfaces’ didn’t exist on my OpenSuse Tumbleweed (with latest updates).

I would like to access and share files using SMB (using only this ‘firewire0’ connection). The connection to my PC1 (with Win XP x64) is P2P.

However first I would need to set ips for permanent right (if possible automatic) - any help?

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At first I would try setting IP manually (using ifconfig) just to make sure it actually works. Did you already try it? If yes - what are you using for network management - wicked or NetworkManager?

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I haven’t changed anything on the network side since the original installation. Also I would like to set some ips automatically (as Windows does). And can you please help me instead of answering my question with another one?

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Nobody knows how you are trying to conect to Network, so please answer to arvidjaars Question.

Also read the sticky-posts in the Wireless Sub-Forum.

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I already pointed out the tutorial that I was using and also that I’ve no idea what am I using (about the networking tool). I left on you guys to tell me which one is better and to help me if you can.

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First: we’re all just volunteers with jobs and families and hence don’t have the time to watch / read all the guides that are out there.
Second: we’re no magicians, so we cannot see how you configured your system. And yes, it is important to know.
Third: is the 1394 driver getting loaded anyway? If the device is not recognized at all …

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Yes - it is and I can even assign ip to it (which unfortunately is only ipv6). But you can read one and at least try to help me right? You can ask me thousands of question all day like this. Plus as I said I can’t understand what exactly do you want to know - can the system somehow decide which thing to use - wicked or NetworkManager? Those things sounds like something that could be switched. Plus I guess you can know which one of them I’m using considering the fact that I’ve not changed anything like this since the original system installation.

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Yes. YaST - System - Network Settings - Global Options - Network Setup Method.

Plus I guess you can know which one of them I’m using considering the fact that I’ve not changed anything like this since the original system installation.

Defaults vary depending on detected hardware and selected installation pattern.

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But it looks like I can change it. You could simply describe how to do it using the one you prefer. Anyway - It’s Wicked Service currently.

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I’d want to see what is dieplayed for “ipconfig -a”
Please post (and use the hash button to create

 tags to enclose your output).

Although similar, please also post the results of

ip addr


and

ip route



As for XP and IPv6, it's not that difficult to implement... It's in the XP codebase and just needs to be activated.
MS has published many articles, this is just one
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2478747

But, you should consider that most P2P today does not support IPv6 and use only IPv4.

TSU
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Configuration of wicked is in /etc/sysconfig/network; for each interface there is ifcfg-interface-name file that describes configuration. There is also ifcfg.template with detailed description of various settings, but the minimum would be something like

BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=1.2.3.4
BROADCAST=1.2.3.255
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
STARTMODE=auto

You will probably need to arrange for loading firewire-net on boot, drop suitable conf file in /etc/modules-load.d (see man modules-load.d).

I do not know why YaST does not offer it; did you try to manually load firewire-net and try again - it is possible that interface is missing IP support and YaST somehow depends on it.

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I had to say a lot but Google Chrome had different opinion on my freedom of speech and as I haven’t got access to my software torturing tools at the moment I couldn’t get my information back. Anyway…

So basically what happened is that configuring Firewire on Yast Network Manager caused the small we already have (firewire0 network interface) to vanish. Plus I got an internal error which picture when I tried to upload censored me. This is it though:

1354×770 39.4 KB

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YaST does nothing more than editing file I already mentioned. Does it work if you edit file manually? If yes, this is YaST bug and you need to report it.