USB/Firewire 400/800 combo hub.

[jamespa66]

Anyone know of a good USB/Firewire 400/800 combo hub.
I would like to be able to connect my video cam to my my 13" MBA as well as a couple FireWire drives I have.
Thanks in advance!

 

[robbieduncan]

There is nothing that will let you connect firewire devices to USB ports.

 

[jamespa66]

There is nothing that will let you connect firewire devices to USB ports.

I did find this but it doesn't have fw 800 only 400.
http://www.firewire-1394.com/firewire-usb-2-hub-uf300.htm

 

[robbieduncan]

From the page you linked to:

Note: this unit does not convert USB to FireWire or vice versa

I stand by my initial statement.

 

[spinnerlys]

Firewire has its own controller chip on the logic board, and as the MBA and MB have no Firewire, this chip is missing, thus not even a magical hub will convert from USB to Firewire or vice versa.
USB goes via the CPU.

You can take a look at the dozens of similar threads about the same issue, as it arose when the 13" Unibody MacBook was introduced back in 10/2008 and it was missing a Firewire port.

MRoogle is a good tool to search these fora for already existing threads about questions you have. It might be able to answer you quicker than waiting for an answer.