AXEN(4)

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version 11.0 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 AXEN(4) — ASIX Electronics AX88178a/AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual entry for axen(4) 💖 this is the group-chat briefing on the ASIX Electronics AX88178a/AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device, and we are keeping every single detail. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

axen — ASIX Electronics AX88178a/AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the config vibe is literally:

axen*   at uhub? port ?
rgephy* at mii?

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the axen driver provides support for USB Ethernet adapters based on the ASIX Electronics AX88178a USB 2.0 and AX88179 USB 3.0 chipsets, including the following:

  • Buffalo LUA4-U3-AGT
  • D-Link DUB-1312
  • Kurotoshiko GbE-USB3.0
  • Kurotoshiko GbE-USB3.0S2
  • Logitec LAN-GTJU3
  • Logitec LAN-GTJU3H3
  • Shanghai Donya DN-84327

and the axen driver supports the following media types:

  • autoselect — enable autoselection of the media type and options (this is the default). The user can manually override the autoselected mode by adding media options to the appropriate ifconfig.if(5) file. 💅
  • 10baseT — set 10Mbps operation.
  • 100baseTX — set 100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.
  • 1000baseT — set 1000Mbps (Gigabit Ethernet) operation.

for more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). periodt.

💀 DIAGNOSTICS 💀

diagnostics? see usbnet(4) — that's the whole tea 🫖.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad: arp(4), mii(4), netintro(4), rgephy(4), usb(4), usbnet(4), ifconfig.if(5), ifconfig(8). iykyk.

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

the axen device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 5.4 and in NetBSD 7.0. origin story slay.

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the axen driver was written by Yojiro UO <yuo@nui.org> for OpenBSD and ported to NetBSD by NONAKA Kimihiro <nonaka@NetBSD.org>. absolute legends fr fr.

source/version: Debian · date: August 24, 2019 · page: AXEN(4) — bye bestie, go configure something iconic 💅✨

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