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IN NO EVENT SHALL Bill Paul OR THE VOICES IN HIS HEAD 52.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 53.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 54.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 55.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 56.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 57.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF 58.\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 59.\" 60.\" $FreeBSD: /repoman/r/ncvs/src/share/man/man4/axe.4,v 1.3 2003/05/29 21:28:35 ru Exp $ 61.\" $OpenBSD: axe.4,v 1.37 2009/11/08 20:25:29 jasper Exp $ 62.\" 63.Dd June 23, 2010 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 "XXphy* 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 Corega FEther USB2-TX 85.It D-Link DUB-E100 86.It Good Way GWUSB2E 87.It Hawking UF200 88.It Intellinet USB 2.0 to Ethernet (rev A) 89.It IO-Data ETG-US2 90.It JVC MP-PRX1 91.It Konig CMP-NWUSB20 92.It Level One USB-0200 93.It Linksys USB200M 94.It Linksys USB1000 95.It Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2 96.It Netgear FA120 97.It Nintendo Wii USB Lan Ethernet Adapter RVL-015 98.It OQO model 01+ Ethernet 99.It Sitecom LN-029 100.It SMC 2209USB/ETH 101.It SnapPort USB 2.0 LAN Adapter 102.It ST Lab USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet 103.It Surecom EP-1427X-2 104.It System TALKS SGC-X2UL 105.It TRENDnet TU2-ET100 106.It Z-TEK ZK-R01-2 107.El 108.Sh DESCRIPTION 109The 110.Nm 111driver provides support for USB 112.Tn Ethernet 113adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88172, AX88178, and AX88772 114USB 2.0 chipsets. 115.Pp 116The chip contains a 10/100 117.Tn Ethernet 118MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both 119.Tn Ethernet 120and HomePNA transceivers. 121The AX8172 and AX88772 contain 10/100 Ethernet MACs with MII interfaces. 122The AX8178 contains a 10/100/1000 Gigabit 123.Tn Ethernet 124MAC with a GMII/MII interface. 125The chip also supports USB 2.0, thereby accommodating 100 Mb/s data rates. 126.Pp 127The 128.Nm 129driver supports the following media types: 130.Pp 131.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 132.It autoselect 133Enable automatic selection of the media type and options. 134.It 10baseT/UTP 135Set 10Mbps operation. 136The 137.Ar mediaopt 138option can also be used to enable 139.Ar full-duplex 140operation. 141Not specifying 142.Ar full duplex 143implies 144.Ar half-duplex 145mode. 146.It 100baseTX 147Set 100Mbps (fast 148.Tn Ethernet ) 149operation. 150The 151.Ar mediaopt 152option can also be used to enable 153.Ar full-duplex 154operation. 155Not specifying 156.Ar full duplex 157implies 158.Ar half-duplex 159mode. 160.It 1000baseT 161Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit 162.Tn Ethernet ) 163operation (AX88178 only). 164.El 165.Pp 166The 167.Nm 168driver supports the following media options: 169.Pp 170.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 171.It full-duplex 172Force full duplex operation. 173The interface will operate in half duplex mode 174if this media option is not specified. 175.El 176.Pp 177For more information on configuring this device, see 178.Xr ifconfig 8 . 179.Sh SEE ALSO 180.Xr arp 4 , 181.Xr ifmedia 4 , 182.Xr netintro 4 , 183.Xr usb 4 , 184.Xr ifconfig 8 185.Rs 186.%T ASIX AX88172 data sheet 187.%U http://www.asix.com.tw 188.Re 189.Sh HISTORY 190The 191.Nm 192device driver first appeared in 193.Fx 194and was ported to 195.Nx 3.0 . 196It replaces the 197.Nx 198uax driver. 199