4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat8/slattach.0

SLATTACH(8C)                                                      SLATTACH(8C)


NAME
       slattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces

SYOPNSIS
       /etc/slattach ttyname [ baudrate ]

DESCRIPTION
       Slattach  is  used  to assign a tty line to a network interface, and to
       define the network source and destination addresses. The ttyname param‐
       eter  is  a  string  of  the  form  ‘‘ttyXX’’,  or ‘‘/dev/ttyXX’’.  The
       optional baudrate parameter 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
               /etc/slattach ttyh8
               /etc/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(4N), netstat(1), ifconfig(8C)


4.3 Berkeley Distribution      February 17, 1986                  SLATTACH(8C)