IE(4)                 OpenBSD Programmer's Manual (HPPA)                 IE(4)

NAME
     ie - Intel i82596 Ethernet device

SYNOPSIS
     ie0 at gsc? irq 8

DESCRIPTION
     The ie interface provides access to the 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
     Intel i82596 DX/CA 32-bit Local Area Network Coprocessor for Ethernet.

     The i82596 comes basically in two different flavors:

     i82596DX     Systems with an ASP or WAX Main Bus Adapter (MBA), e.g. 720,
                  735 etc.  These types of systems generally have only AUI or
                  BNC and AUI connectors at the back.  On the models with both
                  you usually have to switch a big jumper-block on the main-
                  board to choose which one to activate.

     i82596CA     Systems with LASI MBA, e.g. 712/*, 715/100 have the i82596CA
                  integrated on the LASI macrochip.  They usually have TP and
                  AUI connectors and autodetect to which one the network is
                  connected to.

     By default, the system will select the media type automatically, but the
     ifconfig(8) command can be used to force the media selection.  The media
     types are shown below:

           media autoselect  Attempt to autoselect the media type (default)

           media 10base5     Use the AUI connector

           media 10baseT     Use the twisted pair connector

           media 10base2     Use the BNC connector

SEE ALSO
     arp(4), ifmedia(4), inet(4), intro(4), io(4), hostname.if(5), ifconfig(8)

     82596DX AND 82596SX High-Performance 32-bit Local Area Network
     Coprocessor, Intel.

     82596CA High-Performance 32-bit Local Area Network Coprocessor, Intel.

OpenBSD 4.7                      May 31, 2007                                1
