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AE(4)               NetBSD/mac68k Kernel Interfaces Manual               AE(4)


NAME

     ae -- Ethernet driver for DP8390-based NuBus Ethernet boards


SYNOPSIS

     ae* at nubus?


DESCRIPTION

     The ae interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
     National Semiconductor DP8390 Ethernet chip set.  This set includes the
     DP83902.

     Each of the host's network addresses is specified at boot time with an
     SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2).  The ae interface employs the address resolution
     protocol described in arp(4) to dynamically map between Internet and Eth-
     ernet addresses on the local network.


HARDWARE

     The ae interface is currently known to support the following NuBus cards:

           Asante MacCon Series
           Asante MacCon-i Series
           Asante MacCON-III+ PDS card
           Farallon EtherMac Series
           Farallon EtherWave Series
           Apple EtherTalk NB
           3Com EtherLink NB


DIAGNOSTICS

     ae%d at nubus%d: address %s, type %s %dKB memory.  This is a normal auto-
     configuration message noting the 6 byte physical Ethernet address of the
     adapter, its manufacturer, and how much buffer memory it has.


SEE ALSO

     arp(4), inet(4), netintro(4), sn(4), ifconfig(8)


HISTORY

     The ae interface first appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

NetBSD 10.99                     June 7, 1997                     NetBSD 10.99