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63.Dd August 24, 2019
64.Dt AXE 4
65.Os
66.Sh NAME
67.Nm axe
68.Nd ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
69.Sh SYNOPSIS
70.Cd "axe*   at uhub?"
71.Cd "ukphy* at mii?"
72.Sh HARDWARE
73The
74.Nm
75driver supports the following adapters:
76.Pp
77.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
78.It Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277
79.It ATEN UC-210T
80.It BAFO BF-320
81.It Billionton Systems USB2AR
82.It Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-GT
83.It Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-KTX
84.It Buffalo(MELCO) LUA3-U2-ATX
85.It Corega FEther USB2-TX
86.It D-Link DUB-E100
87.It Good Way GWUSB2E
88.It Hawking UF200
89.It Intellinet USB 2.0 to Ethernet (rev A)
90.It IO-Data ETG-US2
91.It JVC MP-PRX1
92.It Konig CMP-NWUSB20
93.It Level One USB-0200
94.It Linksys USB200M
95.It Linksys USB1000
96.It Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2
97.It Logitec LAN-TXU2C
98.It Logitec LAN-TXU2H3A
99.It Netgear FA120
100.It Nintendo Wii USB Lan Ethernet Adapter RVL-015
101.It OQO model 01+ Ethernet
102.It Planex UE-200TX-G
103.It Sitecom LN-029
104.It SMC 2209USB/ETH
105.It SnapPort USB 2.0 LAN Adapter
106.It ST Lab USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet
107.It Surecom EP-1427X-2
108.It System TALKS SGC-X2UL
109.It TRENDnet TU2-ET100
110.It Z-TEK ZK-R01-2
111.El
112.Sh DESCRIPTION
113The
114.Nm
115driver provides support for USB
116.Tn Ethernet
117adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772, AX88772A,
118AX88772B USB 2.0 chipsets.
119.Pp
120The chip contains a 10/100
121.Tn Ethernet
122MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both
123.Tn Ethernet
124and HomePNA transceivers.
125The AX88172 and AX88772 contain 10/100 Ethernet MACs with MII interfaces.
126The AX88178 contains a 10/100/1000 Gigabit
127.Tn Ethernet
128MAC with a GMII/MII interface.
129The chip also supports USB 2.0, thereby accommodating 100 Mb/s data rates.
130.Pp
131The
132.Nm
133driver supports the following media types:
134.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
135.It autoselect
136Enable automatic selection of the media type and options.
137.It 10baseT/UTP
138Set 10Mbps operation.
139The
140.Ar mediaopt
141option can also be used to enable
142.Ar full-duplex
143operation.
144Not specifying
145.Ar full duplex
146implies
147.Ar half-duplex
148mode.
149.It 100baseTX
150Set 100Mbps (fast
151.Tn Ethernet )
152operation.
153The
154.Ar mediaopt
155option can also be used to enable
156.Ar full-duplex
157operation.
158Not specifying
159.Ar full duplex
160implies
161.Ar half-duplex
162mode.
163.It 1000baseT
164Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit
165.Tn Ethernet )
166operation (AX88178 only).
167.El
168.Pp
169The
170.Nm
171driver supports the following media options:
172.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
173.It full-duplex
174Force full duplex operation.
175The interface will operate in half duplex mode
176if this media option is not specified.
177.El
178.Pp
179For more information on configuring this device, see
180.Xr ifconfig 8 .
181.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
182See
183.Xr usbnet 4
184for diagnostics.
185.Sh SEE ALSO
186.Xr arp 4 ,
187.Xr ifmedia 4 ,
188.Xr netintro 4 ,
189.Xr usb 4 ,
190.Xr usbnet 4 ,
191.Xr ifconfig 8
192.Rs
193.%T ASIX AX88172 data sheet
194.%U http://www.asix.com.tw
195.Re
196.Sh HISTORY
197The
198.Nm
199device driver first appeared in
200.Fx
201and was ported to
202.Nx 3.0 .
203It replaces the
204.Nx
205uax driver.
206