Sys Prefs/Network asking to authenticate a PCI FW card?

Hello again folks,
Another odd anomaly - when I open system preferences and hit the Network tab, an alert screen pops up asking me to "Authenticate" a PCI FireWire Slot 4... Yup, I recently installed a FW800 card - and it appears to be working (drives are OK, shows up in system profiler). What exactly is this asking for - there is one proxy setting for the built in FW400, a box checked for: Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV)?
Am I over thinking this again? Couldn't find anything relevant in the Missing Manual...
Thanks for any assistance

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