Firewire cable & eSATA cable

How may pins does my late '08 MBP have for the Firewire connection? I'm on Monoprice's site trying to order a cable, but there are so many choices, that I'm not certain what I need.
Also, I have a LaCie 2T NAS that I'm currently using through ethernet connection to AEBS, but I was thinking of connecting it straight to my MBP. The LaCie has an ethernet, eSATA and USB connection and I was thinking of using the eSata connection, but I obviously don't have that on my MBP, so would I need a cable with firewire on one end and eSTA on the other, or do I need to purchase a firewire/eSATA adaptor?
I searched the forum but did not find the answers to my question.
thanks
Paul

MBP firewire 800 is 9-pin. And I have seen firewire-to-eSATA converters by FirmTek (they have a yahoo store) in the form of powered hubs sold as the "SpyderHUB".

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That hub could work for some thing else, do you have a link for that?
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