From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 04:23:07 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 2B26116A4CE for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 04:23:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.nativenerds.com (host-70-0-111-24.midco.net [24.111.0.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57CC443D7D for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 04:23:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from estover@nativenerds.com) Received: from [192.168.1.89] (host-133-35-230-24.midco.net [24.230.35.133]) j4H4aG2e018456; Mon, 16 May 2005 22:36:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from estover@nativenerds.com) Message-ID: <428971D5.5080902@nativenerds.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:23:49 -0600 From: Ed Stover Organization: Native Nerds User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050503) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Olivier Nicole References: <20050517023224.71177.qmail@web54006.mail.yahoo.com> <200505170242.j4H2glVx014970@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <200505170242.j4H2glVx014970@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on mail.nativenerds.com cc: spamrefuse@yahoo.com 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 Reply-To: estover@nativenerds.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 04:23:07 -0000 Olivier Nicole wrote: > 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? Just drop $15 for another NIC. > > > I'd say that "Ethernet over Firewire" is really what it says it is, > Ethernet is encapsulated in Firewire, so at the other end you also > need to attach to a "Ethernet over Firewire" device. > > Beside, Firewire is much slower than Ethernet I guess. Firewire is essentially twice as fast as 100baseT and almost as fast as 1000baseT (GigaBit) > > If you build a router for your lab, I'd recommend that you buy proper > Ethernet cards, they will prove much more reliable (last longer, > deliver higher bandwidth, attach nicely to some weird Ethernet > switches...) than cheap solution like "over Firewire". "over firewire" is not a cheap solution, actually it will cost you more upfront and in the long run then ethernet. > Is it worth > saving 50$ on a machine that is supposed to handle a good share of > your lab infrastructure? Remember a decent NIC is $8-$15 .. > > Olivier > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >