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
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