FireWire® 800 adapters include hubs, cables, cards, and thumb drive-style adapters. They allow different connections to be used with a FireWire® 800 port and can provide additional connectivity options.
The different types of FireWire® 800 adapters are hubs, cables, cards, and thumb drive-style adapters. These adapters can be used to connect a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable to a FireWire® 800 port or a FireWire® 400 cable to an 800 port. The adapters are required because different connectors have different shapes and therefore cannot be used interchangeably. interchangeable. Each different type of adapter performs the same basic function, allowing you to use different connections with a FireWire® 800 port, or devices with 800 cables to use with different ports. FireWire® is a connection type similar to USB but generally used for devices that require high-speed data transfer.
Cables are one of many types of FireWire® 800 adapters. A cable has one end that plugs into a FireWire® 800 port and another that plugs into an older FireWire® or USB device. The cable is used to connect a device that uses a different type of connection to a FireWire® 800 port or vice versa. Cable adapters replace the original cable that came with your device.
Hubs are another group of FireWire® 800 adapters. These usually have multiple ports and one FireWire® 800 connection to the user’s computer. The connection speed of 800 megabytes per second (mbps) provided by the FireWire® 800 connection can only be achieved if the source device is using the same connection. Most hubs include input ports for USB connections and FireWire® 400 and 800 connections. Some also allow you to connect multiple devices using the same type of connection to a single port on your computer.
Thumb drive-style FireWire® 800 adapters are compact connectors with one 800 jack that plugs into the user’s computer and a different port for connecting the device. This type of adapter may have a USB or FireWire® 400 insert port. These adapters allow the user to use the cable that came with the device. The maximum connection speed is determined by the speed of the connection plugged into the adapter.
Adapters are another group of FireWire® 800 adapters that plug directly into the network adapter slot on laptops or the motherboard on desktop computers. These provide the user’s computer with a variety of different ports. Most card-style adapters include FireWire® 800 and 400 ports, and some can also be used with USB connections. These are unusual types of FireWire® 800 adapters, because they actually give your computer more direct connectivity options. Most other adapters change one type of connection to another type.
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