AXE(4)                  NetBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                 AXE(4)

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 spec-
                           ifying 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)

     ASIX AX88172 data sheet, http://www.asix.com.tw.

HISTORY
     The axe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD and was ported to
     NetBSD 3.0.  It replaces the NetBSD uax driver.

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE              October 23, 2004              NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
