AXE(4)

NAME
axe - ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device

SYNOPSIS
axe* at uhub?
XXphy* at mii?

HARDWARE
The axe driver supports the following adapters:

Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277
ATEN UC-210T
BAFO BF-320
Billionton Systems USB2AR
Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-GT
Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-KTX
Corega FEther USB2-TX
D-Link DUB-E100
Good Way GWUSB2E
Hawking UF200
Intellinet USB 2.0 to Ethernet (rev A)
IO-Data ETG-US2
JVC MP-PRX1
Konig CMP-NWUSB20
Level One USB-0200
Linksys USB200M
Linksys USB1000
Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2
Netgear FA120
Nintendo Wii USB Lan Ethernet Adapter RVL-015
OQO model 01+ Ethernet
Sitecom LN-029
SMC 2209USB/ETH
SnapPort USB 2.0 LAN Adapter
ST Lab USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet
Surecom EP-1427X-2
System TALKS SGC-X2UL
TRENDnet TU2-ET100
Z-TEK ZK-R01-2

DESCRIPTION
The axe driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88172, AX88178, and AX88772 USB 2.0 chipsets.

The chip contains a 10/100 Ethernet MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers. The AX8172 and AX88772 contain 10/100 Ethernet MACs with MII interfaces. The AX8178 contains a 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC with a GMII/MII interface. 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.

1000baseT
    Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only).

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), ifmedia(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.