NAME
slattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces
SYNOPSIS
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
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 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
netstat(1), intro(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8)