ae(5)                                                       ae(5)



NAME
     ae - 3Com 10 Mb/s Ethernet interface

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

     The host's Internet address is specified at boot  time  with
     an  SIOCSIFADDR  ioctl.  The host'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.

STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
        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
     predetermined 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.

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

SEE ALSO
     inet(5F), intro(5), arp(5P)

     etheraddr(1M) in A/UX System Administrator's Reference










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