ae(5)                                                       ae(5)



     NAME
          ae - 3Com 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface

     DESCRIPTION
          The ae interface provides host access to an  industry  stan-
          dard 10 Mb/s Ethernet.

          The host's Internet address is specified at boot  time  with
          an  SIOCSIFADDR ioctl.  The hosts's Ethernet address is read
          from ROM on the Ethernet board using etheraddr(1M).  The  ae
          interface  employs the address resolution protocol described
          in arp(5P) to dynamically map between Internet and  Ethernet
          addresses on the local network.

     DIAGNOSTICS
             ae%d: init failed

          The NIC chip on the Ethernet board would not initalize.

             ae%d transmitter frozen - resetting

          A packet transmission failed to complete within a  predeter-
          mined timeout period.

             ae%d spurious interrupt

          An interrupt was received but no operation was active.

             ae%d: can't handle af%d

          The interface was handed a message with addresses  formatted
          in an unsuitable address family; the packet was dropped.

     SEE ALSO
          etheraddr(1M), inet(5F), intro(5), arp(5P).

     FILES
          /etc/boot.d/ae6
          /etc/master.d/ae6
          /etc/startup.d/ae6















     April, 1990                                                     1