FireNET™

1.1

First official release.

1.2

• Unibrain 1394 devices appear in Device Manager.
• The documentation was removed from the installer.
• Automatic adjustment of packet size for various 1394 OHCI adapters.

1.21

In Advanced settings, the Maximum Payload option has been added, with 3 main choices: Automatic, Ethernet Packet Size and various packet sizes from 256-2048 bytes. This permits Firenet to work with NetBeui or IPX/SPX and boards that do not support the 2 kbytes block size.

1.22

An interim update to correct minor bugs reported in prior release.

1.4

• FireNet™ now automates installation in VAIO notebook computers with Sony "Smart Connect". Automatically disables Smart Connect and installs Firenet
• Better handling of power management issues, especially in Windows 2000.
• Reduced amount of memory required for asynchronous transmits, greatly improves integration with other drivers that require a lot of memory.
• Under Windows 2000, added indication if node is not connected to any FireNet™ node in the taskbar tray area.

2.0

• 2 separate versions: FireNet™ Station (for Win98 SE/WinMe & Win2K Pro) and FireNet™ Server edition (for Win2K Server & Advanced Server).
• New features in the Server edition: Multiple 1394 adapters support and Mac client support (through Services for Mac).
• New authorization scheme. A User Name is now required along with the Product Key.

2.2

• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused a crash on fast dual processor systems running Windows 2000.
• Better co-existence with external Hard Drives (SBP2) in the same 1394 bus.
• Fixed the following errors that appeared in some Windows 98SE/WinME systems at shutdown or restart:
  Fatal Exception OE has occurred at …… in VXD ubfwnet(01)
Fatal Exception OE has occurred at 0028:c001F303 in VXD NDIS(01)+…
• Added Windows XP support (for Firenet Station version only).
• Added multilanguage support. Languages currently supported: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Greek.

2.5

• Automatic multiple 1394 network adapters installation.
• Same version for Win2K Pro and Win2K Server & Advanced Server edition.

FireNET™ for Mac

1.0

Initial release for Mac OS X. Supports v.10.1.2 - 10.1.5

1.2

• Mac OS X10.2 (Jaguar) release. Do not support previous Mac OS
• Support for more than one (up to two) Firewire adapters