int6keth(1) Qualcomm Atheros Open Powerline Toolkit int6keth(1)
NAME
int6keth - Qualcomm Atheros Ethernet PHY Settings
SYNOPSIS
int6keth [options] [device] [device] [...]
DESCRIPTION
Read or write INT6x00 Ethernet PHY Settings using VS_ENET_SETTINGS.
This program is part of the Qualcomm Atheros Powerline Toolkit. See the plc man page for an overview and installation
instructions.
OPTIONS
-a mode
Advertise auto-negotiate capabilities. This option takes effect when option -w is present. It is ignored when
option -r is present. Valid values are "1000Full", "100Full", "100Half", "10Full" and "10Half". The default
value is no advertisement of capabilities.
-d mode
Device duplex transmission mode. This option takes effect when option -w is present. It is ignored when option
-r is present. Valid values are "Half" and "Full". The default value is "Half".
-e Redirects stderr messages to stdout. By convention status and error messages are printed on stderr while primary
program output is printed on stdout. This option prints all output on stdout in cases where this is desired.
-f control
Flow control enable. This option takes effect when option -w is present. It is ignored when option -r is
present. Valid values are "On", "Off", "Tx" and "Rx". The default value is "Off".
-n mode
Auto-negotiate mode. This option takes effect when option -w is present. It is ignored when option -r is
present. Valid values are "On" and "Off". The default value is "On".
-p number
The ethernet port number. Available port numbers differ with chipset and firmware version so consult the appro‐
priate technical documentation. Permitted values are 0 through 7. The default port is 0.
-s speed
Network transmission speed in mbps. This option takes effect when option -w is present. It is ignored when
option -r is present. Valid values are "10", "100" and "1000". The default value is "10".
-i interface
Select the host Ethernet interface. All requests are sent via this host interface and only reponses received via
this host interface are recognized. The default interface is eth1 because most people use eth0 as their principle
network connection; however, if environment string "PLC" is defined then it takes precedence over the default
interface. This option then takes precedence over either default.
-q Suppresses status messages on stderr.
-r Read settings from the Ethernet interface on the designated port. If present, or implied by default, then options
-a, -d, -f, -n and -s have no effect. This option and option -w are mutually exclusive.
-v Print additional information on stdout. In particular, this option dumps incoming and outgoing packets which can
be saved as text files for reference.
-w Write settings to the Ethernet interface on the specified port. Be sure to specify all settings to avoid writing
default values. This option and option -r are mutually exclusive.
-?,--help
Print program help summary on stdout. This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.
-?,--version
Print program version information on stdout. This option takes precedence over other options on the command line.
Use this option when sending screen dumps to Atheros Technical Support so that they know exactly which version of
the Linux Toolkit you are using.
ARGUMENTS
device The MAC address of some powerline device. More than one address may be specified on the command line. If more
than one address is specified then operations are performed on each device in turn. The default address is local.
See DEVICES for information.
DEVICES
Powerline devices use Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) addresses. A MAC address is a 48-bit value entered as 12 hexa‐
decimal digits in upper, lower or mixed character case. Octets may be separated with colons for clarity. For example,
"00b052000001", "00:b0:52:00:00:01" and "00b052:000001" are valid and equivalent.
The following MAC addresses are special and may be entered by name instead of number.
all Same as "broadcast".
broadcast
A synonym for the Ethernet broadcast address, FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. All devices, whether local, remote or foreign
recognize messages sent to this address. A remote device is any device at the far end of a powerline connection.
A foreign device is any device not manufactured by Atheros.
local A synonym for the Qualcomm Atheros vendor specific Local Management Address (LMA), 00:B0:52:00:00:01. All local
Atheros devices recognize this address but remote and foreign devices do not. A remote device is any device at
the far end of a powerline connection. A foreign device is any device not manufactured by Atheros.
REFERENCES
See the Qualcomm Atheros HomePlug AV Firmware Technical Reference Manual for more information.
DISCLAIMER
Atheros HomePlug AV Vendor Specific Management Message structure and content is proprietary to Qualcomm Atheros, Ocala FL
USA. Consequently, public information is not available. Qualcomm Atheros reserves the right to modify message structure
or content in future firmware releases without any obligation to notify or compensate users of this program.
EXAMPLES
None.
SEE ALSO
plc(1) int6kid(1), int6krule(1), int6kstat(1)
CREDITS
Charles Maier <cmaier@qca.qualcomm.com>
open-plc-utils-0.0.3 Mar 2014 int6keth(1)