There's a mismatch between old and new usage of ifconfig options (altphys/link?). The result is that the ed driver will never switch to the aui port. Fix: quick and dirty:
State Changed From-To: open->closed Updated documentation to match reality, the backwards compatibility code was for the driver, not for the user. -link2 is used to disable the tranceiver, as that is the "altphys" flag.