NAME
axe —
ASIX Electronics
AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
SYNOPSIS
axe* at uhub?
ukphy* at mii?
HARDWARE
Theaxe driver supports the following adapters:
- Apple USB Ethernet Adapter A1277
- ATEN UC-210T
- BAFO BF-320
- Billionton Systems USB2AR
- Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-GT
- Buffalo(MELCO) LUA-U2-KTX
- Buffalo(MELCO) LUA3-U2-ATX
- Corega FEther USB2-TX
- D-Link DUB-E100
- Good Way GWUSB2E
- Hawking UF200
- Intellinet USB 2.0 to Ethernet (rev A)
- IO-Data ETG-US2
- JVC MP-PRX1
- Konig CMP-NWUSB20
- Level One USB-0200
- Linksys USB200M
- Linksys USB1000
- Logitec LAN-GTJ/U2
- Logitec LAN-TXU2C
- Logitec LAN-TXU2H3A
- Netgear FA120
- Nintendo Wii USB Lan Ethernet Adapter RVL-015
- OQO model 01+ Ethernet
- Planex UE-200TX-G
- Sitecom LN-029
- SMC 2209USB/ETH
- SnapPort USB 2.0 LAN Adapter
- ST Lab USB 2.0 Fast Ethernet
- Surecom EP-1427X-2
- System TALKS SGC-X2UL
- TRENDnet TU2-ET100
- Z-TEK ZK-R01-2
DESCRIPTION
The axe driver provides support for USB
Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88172, AX88178, AX88772,
AX88772A, AX88772B USB 2.0 chipsets.
The chip contains a 10/100 Ethernet MAC with MII interface and is designed to work with both Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers. The AX88172 and AX88772 contain 10/100 Ethernet MACs with MII interfaces. The AX88178 contains a 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet MAC with a GMII/MII interface. The chip also supports USB 2.0, thereby accommodating 100 Mb/s data rates.
The axe driver supports the following
media types:
- autoselect
- Enable automatic selection of the media type and options.
- 10baseT/UTP
- Set 10Mbps operation. The mediaopt option can also be used to enable full-duplex operation. Not specifying full duplex implies half-duplex mode.
- 100baseTX
- Set 100Mbps (fast Ethernet) operation. The mediaopt option can also be used to enable full-duplex operation. Not specifying full duplex implies half-duplex mode.
- 1000baseT
- Set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation (AX88178 only).
The axe driver supports the following
media options:
- full-duplex
- Force full duplex operation. The interface will operate in half duplex mode if this media option is not specified.
For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).
SEE ALSO
arp(4), ifmedia(4), netintro(4), usb(4), ifconfig(8)
ASIX AX88172 data sheet, http://www.asix.com.tw.
HISTORY
The axe device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD and was ported to NetBSD
3.0. It replaces the NetBSD uax driver.