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37.Dd October 23, 2004
38.Dt AXE 4
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm axe
42.Nd ASIX AX88172 USB Ethernet driver
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd "axe*   at uhub?"
45.Cd "XXphy* at mii?"
46.Sh HARDWARE
47The
48.Nm
49driver supports the following adapters:
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
52.It Tn Corega FEther USB2-TX
53.It Tn D-Link DUB-E100
54.It Tn Linksys USB 200M
55.It Tn Melco LUA-U2-KTX
56.It Tn Netgear FA120
57.It Tn Sitecom LN029
58.It Tn Systemtalks SGCX2UL
59.El
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver provides support for USB (2.0)
64.Tn Ethernet
65adapters based on the ASIX AX88172 chip.
66.Pp
67The chip contains a 10/100
68.Tn Ethernet
69MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both
70.Tn Ethernet
71and HomePNA transceivers.
72The chip support USB 2.0 so it can handle 100 Mb/s data.
73.Pp
74The
75.Nm
76driver supports the following media types:
77.Pp
78.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
79.It autoselect
80Enable automatic selection of the media type and options.
81.It 10baseT/UTP
82Set 10Mbps operation.
83The
84.Ar mediaopt
85option can also be used to enable
86.Ar full-duplex
87operation.
88Not specifying
89.Ar full duplex
90implies
91.Ar half-duplex
92mode.
93.It 100baseTX
94Set 100Mbps (fast
95.Tn Ethernet )
96operation.
97The
98.Ar mediaopt
99option can also be used to enable
100.Ar full-duplex
101operation.
102Not specifying
103.Ar full duplex
104implies
105.Ar half-duplex
106mode.
107.El
108.Pp
109The
110.Nm
111driver supports the following media options:
112.Pp
113.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
114.It full-duplex
115Force full duplex operation.
116The interface will operate in half duplex mode
117if this media option is not specified.
118.El
119.Pp
120For more information on configuring this device, see
121.Xr ifconfig 8 .
122.Sh SEE ALSO
123.Xr arp 4 ,
124.Xr netintro 4 ,
125.Xr usb 4 ,
126.Xr ifconfig 8
127.Rs
128.%T ASIX AX88172 data sheet
129.%O http://www.asix.com.tw
130.Re
131.Sh HISTORY
132The
133.Nm
134device driver first appeared in
135.Fx
136and was port to
137.Nx 2.1 .
138It replaces the
139.Nx
140uax driver.
141