Please note that eth2 is used on my computer #1 for firewire, while eth8 is used on my computer #2 for firewire.
See what interfaces are used on your computer by running:
Sample output of ifconfig -a:
Code:
sudo ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:76:cf:be:25
inet addr:10.01.255.01 Bcast:10.01.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.250
inet6 addr: fexx::xxx:xxff:fecf:bexx/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:10129 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:7581084 (7.5 MB) TX bytes:2162724 (2.1 MB)
Memory:92200000-92220000
eth2 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-90-27-00-01-B3-AE-DC-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:192.168.200.1 Bcast:192.168.200.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5247 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4945 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:685021 (685.0 KB) TX bytes:4312734 (4.3 MB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 B) TX bytes:480 (480.0 B)
vboxnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0a:00:27:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
As you can see the output of the above mentioned command doesn't mention 1394/iLink/Firewire.