NAME
axe
- ASIX AX88172 USB Ethernet driver
SYNOPSIS
axe* at uhub?
XXphy* at mii?
HARDWARE
The
axe
driver supports the following adapters:
- Corega FEther USB2-TX
-
- D-Link DUB-E100
-
- Linksys USB 200M
-
- Melco LUA-U2-KTX
-
- Netgear FA120
-
- Sitecom LN029
-
- Systemtalks SGCX2UL
-
DESCRIPTION
The
axe
driver provides support for USB (2.0)
Ethernet
adapters based on the ASIX AX88172 chip.
The chip contains a 10/100
Ethernet
MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both
Ethernet
and HomePNA transceivers.
The chip also supports USB 2.0, thereby accommodating 100 Mb/s data rates.
The
axe
driver supports the following media types:
- autoselect
-
Enable automatic selection of the media type and options.
- 10baseT/UTP
-
Set 10Mbps operation.
The
mediaopt
option can also be used to enable
full-duplex
operation.
Not specifying
full duplex
implies
half-duplex
mode.
- 100baseTX
-
Set 100Mbps (fast
Ethernet)
operation.
The
mediaopt
option can also be used to enable
full-duplex
operation.
Not specifying
full duplex
implies
half-duplex
mode.
The
axe
driver supports the following media options:
- full-duplex
-
Force full duplex operation.
The interface will operate in half duplex mode
if this media option is not specified.
For more information on configuring this device, see
ifconfig(8).
SEE ALSO
arp(4),
netintro(4),
usb(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The
axe
device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD
and was ported to
NetBSD3.0.
It replaces the
NetBSD
uax driver.