devn-ne2000.so

Driver for NE-2000-compatible Ethernet adapters

Syntax:

io-net -d ne2000 [option[,option ...]] ...

Options:

Use commas (,) to separate the options (not spaces).

did=0xXXXX

PCI device ID. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

ioport=num

I/O port of the interface. The port parameter must be a hex address (e.g. 0x320). The default is automatically detected on supported hardware (but see caution below).

irq=num

IRQ of the interface. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware (but see caution below).

mac=XXXXXXXXXXXX

MAC address of the controller. The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

nomulticast

Disables the driver from sending or receiving multicast packets. By default, multicast is enabled.

pci=0xXXXX

PCI index of the controller. The default is automatically detected on the supported hardware.

promiscuous

Enable promiscuous mode. The default is off.

tmem=name

Name for typed memory.

verbose
verbose=num

Be verbose. Specify num for more verbosity (num can be 1-4, the higher the number, the more detailed the output). The output goes to slogger, invoke sloginfo to view.

vid=0xXXXX

The PCI vendor ID of the controller. The default is automatically detected on the supported hardware.

width=8|16

I/O access width (8 or 16 bits). The default is automatically detected on supported hardware.

Description:

The devn-ne2000.so driver controls NE-2000-compatible Ethernet adapters.

This driver cannot always detect the correct irq and ioport options, especially for ISA devices. To be sure, always specify irq and ioport when using this driver.

Examples:

Start io-net using the NE-2000 driver and the full TCP/IP stack:

io-net -d ne2000 ioport=0x320,irq=11 -p tcpip
ifconfig en0 10.184

Files:

/dev/io-net

The directory where, by default, drivers and protocol modules add entries. For more information, the documentation for io-net.

Caveats:

If you're running a PCMCIA NE2000-compatible adapter, you may need to specify the -w8 command-line option of devp-pccard.

See also:

io-net

devp-pccard

"Network drivers (devn-*)" and "Network protocol interfaces (npm-*)" in the Utilities Summary