Firewire has an isochronous mode. This is very good for time sensitive connections like live video and telecom. Perhaps this could be tied in with the priority queues available in pfSense. -Bob G
On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 16:24 -0500, Adam Thompson wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ List mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list
