VIA VT6306 Firewire 3+1 IEEE 1394 PCI Controller Card The IEEE 1394, so-called FireWire allows users to connect up to 63 devices, whose specification calls for 100, 200 and 400 Mbits/sec. Transfer rate. It supports hot swapping, multiple speeds on the same bus and isochronous data transfer, which guarantees bandwidth for multimedia operations. It is perfectly for truly universal connection for almost any consumer, computer or peripherals applications like digital cameras and other video devices.