NAME
ae —
DP8390-based NuBus Ethernet
device
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.
HARDWARE
The ae interface is currently known to
support the following NuBus cards:
- 3Com EtherLink NB
- Apple EtherTalk NB
- Asante MacCon Series
- Asante MacCon-i Series
- Farallon EtherMac Series
- Farallon EtherWave Series
SEE ALSO
arp(4), ifmedia(4), inet(4), intro(4), mc(4), netintro(4), sn(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)
HISTORY
The ae interface first appeared in
NetBSD 1.0.
CAVEATS
Some Asante ae cards are not designed to
auto negotiate with 100 Mb/s devices.