From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 02:32:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC48C16A4CE for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 02:32:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web54006.mail.yahoo.com (web54006.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 63C6F43D78 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 02:32:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spamrefuse@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 71179 invoked by uid 60001); 17 May 2005 02:32:24 -0000 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=xHmooufc3tQwN/s37DGJDW4mf41iMhCxRPM7+M9pkF5cFt1zEIU0WNbMhUcWdW2snAgTyCQFxC6k8eLPyQvSGwAIpAqF49AbsDm7WpzN8Wh3mcoBaP2B/Ltfes+5F90Xp8E49tUaqYOUF6ko+uLZDGJQ+XUz5ZSOl1XCv3DrST8= ; Message-ID: <20050517023224.71177.qmail@web54006.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [147.46.44.181] by web54006.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 16 May 2005 19:32:24 PDT Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:32:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob To: FreeBSD questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Ethernet over FireWire: How? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 02:32:30 -0000 Hi, My lab bought a new computer, which I have to configure as a dual-homed/gateway, sambaserver, http-server, etc. This I know how to do. I'm using 5.4-RELEASE for this computer. Among many things 'built-in' on the motherboard, it has this also built-in: skc0: Marvell Yukon Lite Gigabit Ethernet firewire0: on fwohci0 fwe0: (these lines are from dmesg output) The 'skc0' has the regular ethernet socket (RJ-45 connector), so I can use that as one ethernet connection. Can I use the firewire/ethernet as the second ethernet card on this computer. If yes, how? I'm not at all familiar with firewire stuff. The lines in the dmesg output actually triggered this question. Can someone give me a layman's answer to how I can use the firewire as the second ethernet card? The backside of the computer has a socket labeled '1394', but this is not a RJ-45 connector. Do I need a converter cable from firewire to RJ-45? BTW: what are the advantages and disadvantages of using this firewire thing as ethernet device? Thank you very much. Rob. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com