At 400mbit/sec (probably) or 800mbit/sec (usually only Apple products), yes. Firewire has several strange things about it , however, so I wouldn't recommend it normally. OTOH, I have seen it done successfully. -Adam
Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: >On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Adam Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> You're followed the right steps, I think, but pfSense has detected the >> firewire port on the motherboard as an ethernet device (this is legit) > >Interesting. This little mobo has only one slot, one nic on board, but 2 >firewire headers. > >Do I understand correctly that a firewire connection between the pfsense >box and firewire on another computer is the equivalent of regular nics >and cable? > >Thanks, >Kent > > and auto-detection isn't working properly. >> Either skip auto-detection and use the device name you show in your post >> (rl0) or disable the firewire port if possible and try again. >> -Adam >> >> Kent Tenney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>Howdy, >>> >>>Is my understanding of installation wrong? >>>If the following should work, troubleshooting suggestions? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Kent >>> >>>I'm trying to build a new pfSense box: >>>- small 32bit mobo w/ one nic card, one on board >>>- boot w/ pfSense 2.01 CD >>>- set up vlans? no >>>- a for WAN auto >>>- connect via small switch to a test box >>> - "vr0: link state changed to up" >>> <enter> >>>- a for LAN autodetect >>>- connect laptop to the small switch >>> "rl0: link state changed to up" >>> <enter> >>>- <enter> (nothing if finished) >>> >>>WAN -> fwe0 >>>LAN -> fwip0 >>> >>>"do you want to proceed?" >>><y> >>> >>>WAN (wan) -> fwe0 -> NONE (DHCP) >>>LAN (lan) -> fwip0 -> 192.168.1.1 >>> >>>On my laptop: >>>- sudo dhclient -r >>>- sudo dhclient eth0 >>> >>>Nothing. >>> >>>- sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 >>> >>>- ping 192.168.1.1 >>> >>>Nothing >>>_______________________________________________ >>>List mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> List mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >_______________________________________________ >List mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
