2.11BSD#431 - /usr/man/cat8/slattach.0

SLATTACH(8)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      SLATTACH(8)


NAME
     slattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces

SYOPNSIS
     slattach ttyname [ baudrate ]

DESCRIPTION
     Slattach is used to assign a tty line to a network inter-
     face, and to define the network source and destination
     addresses. The ttyname parameter is a string of the form
     ``ttyXX'', or ``/dev/ttyXX''.  The optional baudrate parame-
     ter is used to set the speed of the connection. If not
     specified, the default of 9600 is used.

     Only the super-user may attach a network interface.

     To detach the interface, use `ifconfig interface-name down'
     after killing off the slattach process.  interface-name is
     the name that is shown by netstat(1)

EXAMPLES
	     slattach ttyh8
	     slattach /dev/tty01 4800

DIAGNOSTICS
     Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit,
     the requested address is unknown, the user is not privileged
     and tried to alter an interface's configuration.

SEE ALSO
     rc(8), intro(4), netstat(1), ifconfig(8)


Printed 11/24/99	November 17, 1996			1