From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 02:42:57 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 CCCAD16A4CE for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 02:42:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC16743DC4 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 02:42:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4H2gnrW067784 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 17 May 2005 09:42:49 +0700 (ICT) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.12.11) id j4H2glVx014970; Tue, 17 May 2005 09:42:47 +0700 (ICT) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:42:47 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200505170242.j4H2glVx014970@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: spamrefuse@yahoo.com In-reply-to: <20050517023224.71177.qmail@web54006.mail.yahoo.com> (message from Rob on Mon, 16 May 2005 19:32:24 -0700 (PDT)) References: <20050517023224.71177.qmail@web54006.mail.yahoo.com> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 02:42:57 -0000 Hi Rob, > 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? I'd say that "Ethernet over Firewire" is really what it says it is, Ethernet is encapsulated in Firewire, so at the other end you also need to attach to a "Ethernet over Firewire" device. Beside, Firewire is much slower than Ethernet I guess. If you build a router for your lab, I'd recommend that you buy proper Ethernet cards, they will prove much more reliable (last longer, deliver higher bandwidth, attach nicely to some weird Ethernet switches...) than cheap solution like "over Firewire". Is it worth saving 50$ on a machine that is supposed to handle a good share of your lab infrastructure? Olivier