VORTEX-DIAG(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    VORTEX-DIAG(8)

NAME

       vortex-diag - EEPROM setup and diagnostic program for the 3Com Vortex series.

SYNOPSIS

       vortex-diag [options]

DESCRIPTION

       vortex-diag  is a program that you can use to diagnose problems with the 3Com Vortex series. Those include all cards which are based on the
       3Com Vortex, Boomerang and Cyclone chips.

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, --base-address <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 vortex-diag with the options '-t -1'.

SEE ALSO

       mii-diag(8)

AUTHOR

       vortex-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						    VORTEX-DIAG(8)