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AUE(4)			    Kernel Interfaces Manual			AUE(4)

NAME
       aue -- ADMtek AN986 Pegasus USB Fast Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS
       To  compile  this  driver into the kernel, place	the following lines in
       your kernel configuration file:

	     device uhci
	     device ohci
	     device usb
	     device miibus
	     device uether
	     device aue

       Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at	boot time,  place  the
       following line in loader.conf(5):

	     if_aue_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
       The aue driver provides support for USB Fast Ethernet adapters based on
       the ADMtek AN986	Pegasus	chipset.

       The LinkSys USB10T adapters that	contain	the AN986 Pegasus chipset will
       operate at 100Base-TX and full-duplex.

       The  Pegasus  contains  a 10/100	Ethernet MAC with MII interface	and is
       designed	to work	with both Ethernet and HomePNA transceivers.  Although
       designed	to interface with 100Mbps peripherals, the existing USB	 stan-
       dard specifies a	maximum	transfer speed of 12Mbps.  Users should	there-
       fore not	expect to actually achieve 100Mbps speeds with these devices.

       The Pegasus supports a 64-bit multicast hash table, single perfect fil-
       ter  entry  for	the station address and	promiscuous mode.  Packets are
       received	and transmitted	over separate USB bulk transfer	endpoints.

       The aue driver supports the following media types:

       autoselect	     Enable autoselection of the media	type  and  op-
			     tions.  The user can manually override the	autos-
			     elected  mode  by	adding	media  options	to the
			     /etc/rc.conf file.

       10baseT/UTP	     Set 10Mbps	operation.  The	 mediaopt  option  can
			     also  be  used  to	 enable	full-duplex operation.
			     Not specifying full  duplex  implies  half-duplex
			     mode.

       100baseTX	     Set   100Mbps  (Fast  Ethernet)  operation.   The
			     mediaopt  option  can  also  be  used  to	enable
			     full-duplex   operation.	 Not  specifying  full
			     duplex implies half-duplex	mode.

       The aue driver supports the following media options:

       full-duplex	     Force full	duplex operation.  The interface  will
			     operate  in half duplex mode if this media	option
			     is	not specified.

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

HARDWARE
       The aue driver supports the following USB Fast Ethernet adapters	 based
       on the ADMtek AN986 Pegasus chipset:

          Abocom UFE1000, DSB650TX_NA
          Accton USB320-EC, SpeedStream
          ADMtek AN986, AN8511
          Billionton USB100, USB100LP,	USB100EL, USBE100
          Corega Ether	FEther USB-T, FEther USB-TX, FEther USB-TXS
          D-Link DSB-650, DSB-650TX, DSB-650TX-PNA
          Elecom LD-USBL/TX
          Elsa	Microlink USB2Ethernet
          HP hn210e
          I-O Data USB	ETTX
          Kingston KNU101TX
          LinkSys  USB10T  adapters  that  contain the	AN986 Pegasus chipset,
	   USB10TA, USB10TX, USB100TX, USB100H1
          MELCO LUA-TX, LUA2-TX
          Netgear FA101
          Planex UE-200TX
          Sandberg USB	to Network Link	(model number 133-06)
          Siemens Speedstream
          SmartBridges	smartNIC
          SMC 2202USB
          SOHOware NUB100

DIAGNOSTICS
       aue%d: watchdog timeout	A packet was queued  for  transmission	and  a
       transmit	 command  was issued, however the device failed	to acknowledge
       the transmission	before a timeout expired.

       aue%d: no memory	for rx list  The driver	failed to allocate an mbuf for
       the receiver ring.

SEE ALSO
       altq(4),	arp(4),	miibus(4), netintro(4),	ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8)

       ADMtek AN986 data sheet,	http://www.admtek.com.tw.

HISTORY
       The aue device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.0.

AUTHORS
       The aue driver was written by Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu>.

FreeBSD	15.0			 May 26, 2025				AUE(4)

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