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ethtousb command

Use the ethtousb command to display and configure Ethernet to Ethernet-over-USB port mapping.

The command allows you to map an external Ethernet port number to a different port number for Ethernet-over-USB.

Running the ethtousb command with no options displays Ethernet-over-USB information. The following table shows the arguments for the options.

Table 1. ethtousb command.

The following table is a multi-row three column table consisting of the options, option descriptions, and associated values for the options.

OptionDescriptionValues
-enEthernet-over-USB stateenabled, disabled
-mxConfigure port mapping for index xPort pair, separated by a colon (:), of the form port1:port2

Where:

  • The port index number, x, is specified as an integer from 1 to 10 in the command option.
  • port1 of the port pair is the External Ethernet port number.
  • port2 of the port pair is the Ethernet-over-USB port number.
-rmRemove port mapping for specified index1 through 10

Port map indexes are displayed using the ethtousb command with no options.

Syntax:
ethtousb [<em className="ph i">options</em>]
option:
  -en <em className="ph i">state</em>
  -m<em className="ph i">x</em><em className="ph i">port_pair</em>
  -rm <em className="ph i">map_index</em>
Example:
system> ethtousb  -en enabled -m1 100:200 -m2 101:201
system> ethtousb
 -en enabled
 -m1 100:200
 -m2 101:201
system> ethtousb -rm 1
system>