It's built-in to Panther, here's how I enabled it on my Pismos:
I guess I should have pointed that out as well. Thanks, Dan.
I suppose a X-capable Mac with enet and FW ports could function as a
router, providing DHCP, NAT, etc. for a FW-connected LAN through a FW
hub, though I haven't tried it. The throughput is likely quite alot
faster than 100BT enet, but I don't know enough about how it would
compare with a gigE network. The hardware would be cheaper though for a
small FW net (FW PCI cards are what, $15 each?) I dunno how FW works for
long wire runs, actually I don't think it does work over more than a few
meters. Anyone know the allowable FW cable lengths?
The current limitation for IEEE 1394 is 4.5 meters. There are repeaters that can extend this distance. Here's a link for some, in both 400 and 800 flavors:
http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg30_firewirerepeaters.htm
$49 and $79, respectively.
I don't think TCP/IP over FireWire is available for MacOS 8/9.
Not unless someone besides Apple has written an extension for it. Highly unlikely.
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