devn-asix.so
Driver for the ASIX AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 USB Ethernet dongle
Syntax:
io-pkt-variant -d asix [option[,option ...]] ... &
where variant is one of v4, v4-hc, or v6-hc.
Options:
- busnum= 0xXX
- The USB bus number.
- devnum= 0xXX
- The USB device number.
- did= 0xXXXX
- The USB device ID.
- duplex=0|1
- Half (0) or full (1) duplex mode. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware. If you specify duplex, specify speed as well; if duplex alone is specified, it is ignored and both speed and duplex are autonegotiated.
- iftype= num
- The interface type (from <net/if_types.h>). The default is IFT_ETHER.
- lan= num
- The LAN number. The default is 0.
- mac= XXXXXXXXXXXX
- The interface address of the controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.
- media= num
- The media type (from <hw/nicinfo.h>). The default is NIC_MEDIA_802_3.
- mru= num
- The maximum receive unit. The default is 1514.
- mtu= num
- The maximum transmission unit. The default (1514) is automatically detected on supported hardware.
- nomulticast
- Disable multicast support. By default, multicast is enabled.
- path=" name "
- Connect to the specified USB stack. The default is /dev/io-usb/io-usb.
- phy= num
- The address of the connected PHY device.
- priority= N
- The priority of the driver's event thread. The default is 21.
- promiscuous
- Enable the driver to pass all data packets received, regardless of the address. By default, promiscuous mode is disabled.
- receive= num
- The number of Rx descriptors. The default is 5.
- speed=10|100
- The media data rate in megabits/second.
- transmit= num
- The number of Tx descriptors. The default is 10.
- uptype= name
- The interface name. The default is en.
- verbose or verbose= N
- Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4; the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The default is 0. The output goes to slogger ; invoke sloginfo to view it.
- vid= 0xXXXX
- The USB vendor ID.
- wait= num
- The number of seconds to wait for the USB stack. The default is 60 seconds.
Description:
The devn-asix.so driver controls the ASIX AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 USB Ethernet dongle. This is a legacy io-net driver; its interface names are in the form en X, where X is an integer.
Some devices support hardware checksums, although some might do so in only one direction; to determine if your device does, type:
ifconfig en X
and look for the following in the list of supported options:
- ip4csum, ip4csum-rx, ip4csum-tx
- tcp4csum, tcp4csum-rx, tcp4csum-tx
- tcp6csum, tcp6csum-rx, tcp6csum-tx
- udp4csum, udp4csum-rx, udp4csum-tx
- udp6csum, udp6csum-rx, udp6csum-tx
You can then use ifconfig to enable or disable whichever of these options your device supports.
Examples:
Start io-pkt-v6-hc using the ASIX driver:
io-pkt-v6-hc -dasix verbose & ifconfig en0 10.1.0.184
Files:
- /dev/io-net
- The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, see the documentation for io-pkt* .