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.Dd October 23, 2004
.Dt AXE 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm axe
.Nd ASIX AX88172 USB Ethernet driver
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "axe*   at uhub?"
.Cd "XXphy* at mii?"
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the following adapters:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
.It Tn Corega FEther USB2-TX
.It Tn D-Link DUB-E100
.It Tn Linksys USB 200M
.It Tn Melco LUA-U2-KTX
.It Tn Netgear FA120
.It Tn Sitecom LN029
.It Tn Systemtalks SGCX2UL
.El
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for USB (2.0)
.Tn Ethernet
adapters based on the ASIX AX88172 chip.
.Pp
The chip contains a 10/100
.Tn Ethernet
MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both
.Tn Ethernet
and HomePNA transceivers.
The chip also supports USB 2.0, thereby accommodating 100 Mb/s data rates.
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver supports the following media types:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.It autoselect
Enable automatic selection of the media type and options.
.It 10baseT/UTP
Set 10Mbps operation.
The
.Ar mediaopt
option can also be used to enable
.Ar full-duplex
operation.
Not specifying
.Ar full duplex
implies
.Ar half-duplex
mode.
.It 100baseTX
Set 100Mbps (fast
.Tn Ethernet )
operation.
The
.Ar mediaopt
option can also be used to enable
.Ar full-duplex
operation.
Not specifying
.Ar full duplex
implies
.Ar half-duplex
mode.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
driver supports the following media options:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.It full-duplex
Force full duplex operation.
The interface will operate in half duplex mode
if this media option is not specified.
.El
.Pp
For more information on configuring this device, see
.Xr ifconfig 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr netintro 4 ,
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr ifconfig 8
.Rs
.%T ASIX AX88172 data sheet
.%O http://www.asix.com.tw
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
device driver first appeared in
.Fx
and was ported to
.Nx 3.0 .
It replaces the
.Nx
uax driver.