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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 op-
     erate at 100Base-TX and full-duplex.

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

     The  Pegasus  supports a 64-bit multicast hash table, single perfect filter
     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 options.
			   The user can manually override the autoselected  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  speci-
			   fying full duplex implies half-duplex mode.

     100baseTX		   Set	100Mbps (Fast Ethernet) operation.  The mediaopt
			   option can also be used to enable full-duplex  opera-
			   tion.  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 op-
			   erate 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  trans-
     mit command was issued, however the device failed to acknowledge the trans-
     mission 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 15.1			  May 26, 2025				  AUE(4)

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