OSF

NAME

slattach − Attaches a serial line to a network interface

SYNOPSIS

slattach ttyname [baudrate] The slattach command assigns a tty line to a network interface. 

DESCRIPTION

The slattach command assigns a tty line to a network interface to define the network source and destination addresses.  The ttyname argument is the name of any valid tty device in /dev.  The optional baudrate argument is used to set the speed of the connection.  The default speed is 9600 baud. 

Only a person with superuser authority can attach a network interface. 

To detach the interface, use the ifconfig interface_id down command after terminating the slattach process.  interface_id is the name that is shown by the netstat command. 

EXAMPLES

To attach a tty device to a network interface, enter:

/usr/sbin/slattach /dev/tty01 4800

This command attached tty01 to a network interface to be used by the Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP).  The connection speed is 4800 baud. 

NOTES

The slattach command requires the Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), which the kernel must support. 

FILES

/usr/sbin/slattach
Specifies the command path

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands: netstat(1), ifconfig(8)

Specifications: SLIP is described in RFC1055.