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@@ -51,18 +51,25 @@ The
.Nm
interface provides access to the 10 Mb/s Ethernet network via the
.Tn Intel
-82586 Ethernet chip set.
+82586 Ethernet chip set. The
+.Nm
+is found as an on-board interface on Sun 3/75, 3/1x0 and 3/2x0
+workstations.
+The
+.Nm
+also exists as a VME card.
.Pp
Each of the host's network addresses
is specified at boot time with an
.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
-.Xr ioctl .
+.Xr ioctl 2 .
The
.Nm
interface employs the address resolution protocol described in
.Xr arp 4
to dynamically map between Internet and Ethernet addresses on the local
network.
+.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr arp 4 ,
.Xr inet 4 ,