slattach(1M)                                         slattach(1M)



     NAME
          slattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces

     SYNOPSIS
          /etc/slattach ttyname [baudrate]

     DESCRIPTION
          slattach is used to assign a tty line to a network inter-
          face.  The ttyname parameter is a string of the form ttyXX
          or /dev/ttyXX.  The optional baudrate parameter is used to
          set the speed of the connection.  If the baudrate parameter
          is not specified, the default of 9600 is used.

          After executing slattach, run ifconfig(1M) to define the
          network source and destination addresses.  To specify the
          network source and destination addresses, use

             ifconfig interface-name address dest_address up

          The interface-name parameter is the name shown by
          netstat(1); either sl0 or sl1 under A/UX.  address is the
          address of the local end of the slip point-to-point line.
          dest_address is the address of the remote end (the slip-
          serverhost) of the slip point-to-point line.

          Only the superuser may attach a network interface.

          To detach the interface, kill the slattach process, then use

             ifconfig interface-name down

          to quit the slip connection.  interface-name is the name
          that is shown by netstat(1).

     EXAMPLES
             /etc/slattach ttyh8
             ifconfig sl0 daisy-slip paris-slip

             /etc/slattach /dev/tty01 1200
             ifconfig sl1 daisy-slip paris-slip


     DIAGNOSTICS
          slattach produces messages indicating that the specified in-
          terface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or
          the user is not privileged and tried to alter the configura-
          tion of an interface.

     SEE ALSO
          netstat(1), ifconfig(1M), slip(1M), hosts(4),
          slip.config(4), slip.hosts(4), slip.user(4).




     April, 1990                                                     1