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NAME
     slattach - attaches a serial line to a network interface

SYNOPSIS
     slattach [+c] [-c] [+e] [-e] [+i] [-i] tty local-name
     remote-name [baud-rate]

ARGUMENTS
     baud-rate
          Specifies the baud rate of the connection.  If you do
          not specify a baud rate, slattach uses a default of
          9600. The specified baud rate must match the baud rate
          of the connection to the Compressed Serial
          Line/Internet Protocol (CSL/IP) server. See termio(7)
          for valid baud rates.

     +c   Enables transmission of compressed packets.

     -c   Disables transmission of compressed packets. This is
          the default.

     +e   Enables transmission of compressed packets if
          compressed packets are received.  This is the default.

     -e   Disables transmission of compressed packets if
          compressed packets are received.

     +i   Enables transmission of Internet Control Message
          Protocol (ICMP) packets. This is the default.

     -i   Disables transmission of ICMP packets.

     local-name
          Specifies the host name or Internet Protocol (IP)
          address of the CSL/IP client.  The host name and IP
          address of the CSL/IP client should be entered in the
          /etc/hosts file.

     remote-name
          Specifies the host name or IP address of the CSL/IP
          server.  The host name and IP address of the CSL/IP
          client should be entered in the /etc/hosts file.

     tty  Specifies the name of a serial port on the client
          system. The tty argument has the form ttyXX or
          /dev/ttyXX, where XX is the serial port number.

DESCRIPTION
     slattach attaches a serial line to a Compressed Serial
     Line/Internet Protocol (CSL/IP) network interface. You
     should run this command or slattconf on the client system
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     CSL/IP server.

     The slattach command does not set the netmask or any other
     network interface configuration options. If you need to set
     the netmask or a configuration option, run the ifconfig
     command after running slattach or run slattconf instead of
     slattach.

     To stop the slattach process, disconnect the serial line or
     kill the slattach process.

     Note that slattach does not prevent you from specifying an
     unworkable combination of the +c, -c, +e, -e, +i, and -i
     options, such as +c and -e.  In addition, slattach does not
     prevent you from entering the same option twice, such as +c
     and -c.  The option entered last takes effect.

EXAMPLES
     This command starts slattach, with the transmission of
     compressed packets enabled and with the transmission of ICMP
     packets disabled, on /dev/tty01 at 1200 baud on the CSL/IP
     client hostname1, where the CSL/IP server is hostname2:

        slattach +c -i /dev/tty01 hostname1 hostname2 1200

     This command disables the transmission of compressed packets
     if they are received:

        slattach -e /dev/tty01 hostname1 hostname2 1200


STATUS MESSAGES AND VALUES
     When successful, slattach displays this message, where XX is
     the CSL/IP interface unit number:

        slX

     For A/UX systems, X is 0 or 1.  When unsuccessful, the
     slattach command displays any of these messages:

     /dev/ttyXX: No such file or directory
          You have specified a value for tty that does not exist.

     ioctl TCSETA: error-string
     ioctl LDGETU: error-string
          See intro(2) for an explanation of error-string.

     unknown speed
          You have specified an invalid baud rate.






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FILES
     /etc/hosts
          File containing the host name and IP address of
          computers on the network
     /etc/slattach
          Executable file

SEE ALSO
     ifconfig(1M), slattconf(1M), slip(1M)

     hosts(4), termio(7) in A/UX Programmer's Reference












































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