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NAME

       ns820-diag  -  EEPROM  setup  and diagnostic program for ethernet cards
       based on the National Semiconductor DP83820 chip series.

SYNOPSIS

       ns820-diag [options]

DESCRIPTION

       ns820-diag is a program that you can  use  to  diagnose  problems  with
       ethernet cards based on the National Semiconductor DP83820 chip series.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU  command  line  syntax,  with  long
       options  starting  with  two  dashes  (‘-’).   A  summary of options is
       included below.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -V, --version
              Show version of program.

       -v, --verbose
              Verbose mode.

       -q, --quiet
              Be very unverbose.

       -# <cardnum>
              Use card number <cardnum>.

       -a, --show_all_registers
              Print all registers.

       -e, --show-eeprom
              Dump EEPROM contents to stdout.

       -E, --emergency-rewrite
              Re-write a corrupted EEPROM.

       -p, --port-base <port>
              Specify port to use.

       -A, --Advertise <mediaype>
              Advertise media type. Valid  Options  are:  10baseT,  100baseT4,
              100baseTx,  100baseTx-FD, 100baseTx-HD, 10baseT-FD and 10baseHD.

       -F, --new-interface <interface>
              Interface number. Options that make sense are: 10baseT, 10base2,
              AUI,    100baseTx,    10baseT-FDX,   100baseTx-FDX,   100baseT4,
              100baseFx, 100baseFx-FDX, MII and Autosense.

       -H, --new-hwaddress <address>
              Set card to a new hardware address.

       -m, --show-mii
              Dump MII management registers.

       -R, --reset
              Reset the transceiver.

       -T, --test
              Do register and SRAM test.

       -w, --write-EEPROM <values>
              Write to the EEPROMS with the specified values. Do not use this,
              if you do not know what you do!

       -f, --force-detection
              Try to identify the card, even if it is active.

       -t, --chip-type <card>
              Explicitly   set  the  chip.  To  get  all  valid  numbers,  run
              ns820-diag with the options ’-t -1’.

SEE ALSO

       mii-diag(8)

AUTHOR

       ns820-diag was  written  and  is  still  maintained  by  Donald  Becker
       <becker@scyld.com>.   This  manual  page was written by Alain Schroeder
       <alain@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
       others).

                               February 18, 2002