NETDOCK(4)

NAME
netdock - Ethernet driver for Asante NetDock and Newer Ether MicroDock

SYNOPSIS
netdock* at nubus?

DESCRIPTION
The netdock interface provides access to a 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the Asante NetDock and Newer Ether MicroDock, for PowerBook Duo series.

Each of the host's network addresses is specified at boot time with an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl(2). The netdock interface employs the address resolution protocol described in arp(4) to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local network.

HARDWARE
The netdock interface is currently known to support the following interfaces for PowerBook Duo series:

Asante NetDock
Newer Ether MicroDock

DIAGNOSTICS
netdock%d at nubus%d: address %s, type %s %dKB memory. This is a normal autoconfiguration message noting the 6 byte physical Ethernet address of the adapter, its manufacturer, and how much buffer memory it has.

SEE ALSO
arp(4), inet(4), netintro(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY
The netdock interface first appeared in NetBSD 2.0.