.\"     $OpenBSD: le.4,v 1.1 1998/03/08 00:54:42 johns Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The OpenBSD Project 
.\" All rights reserved.
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.Dd March 7, 1998
.Dt LE 4 alpha
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm le
.Nd Alpha on-board or PCI LANCE ethernet interface 
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "le* at  tc? slot ? offset ? " Pq "TurboChannel Alphas"
.Cd "le* at pci? dev ? function ?" Pq "PCI LANCE Ethernet (untested)"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The 
.Nm
interface provides access to the Ethernet network via the
.Tn AMD
.Tn LANCE
Ethernet chip set.
.Pp
Each of the host's network addresses
is specified at boot time with an
.Dv SIOCSIFADDR
.Xr ioctl .
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 BUGS
The PCI form of the Lance driver is untested.
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 4 ,
.Xr inet 4 ,
.Xr arp 4