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34.Dd June 5, 1993
35.Dt QE 4 vax
36.Os BSD 4.3
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm qe
39.Nd
40.Tn DEC DEQNA
41.Tn Q-bus
4210 Mb/s Ethernet interface
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd "device qe0 at uba? csr 174440 vector qeintr"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm qe
48interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network through
49the
50.Tn DEC DEQNA
51.Tn Q-bus
52controller.
53.Pp
54Each of the host's network addresses
55is specified at boot time with an
56.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
57.Xr ioctl 2 .
58The
59.Nm qe
60interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
61.Xr arp 4
62to map dynamically  between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
63network.
64.Pp
65The interface normally tries to use a
66.Dq trailer
67encapsulation
68to minimize copying data on input and output.
69The use of trailers is negotiated with
70.Tn ARP .
71This negotiation may be disabled, on a per-interface basis,
72by setting the
73.Dv IFF_NOTRAILERS
74flag with an
75.Dv SIOCSIFFLAGS
76.Xr ioctl .
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr netintro 4 ,
79.Xr inet 4 ,
80.Xr arp 4
81.Sh HISTORY
82The
83.Nm
84driver appeared in
85.Bx 4.3 .
86