AE(4) | Device Drivers Manual (mac68k) | 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 Ethernet 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 autoconfiguration 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.

June 7, 1997 | NetBSD 10.99