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SLATTACH(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		   SLATTACH(8)

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 de-
     fine the network source and destination addresses.	 The following
     operands are supported by slattach:

     ttyname	   Specifies the name of the tty device.  ttyname should be a
		   string of the form `ttyXX', or `/dev/ttyXX'.

     baudrate	   Specifies 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).

     Slattach places the specified tty in raw mode using cfmakeraw(3).

     Slattach is intended to be used to run SLIP over dedicated lines (typi-
     cally used in /etc/netstart). For dial-up services use startslip(8).

EXAMPLE
	   # Dedicated 57600-baud SLIP on /dev/tty01
	   ifconfig sl0 myhost rmthost link2 up
	   stty -f /dev/tty01 cts_oflow rts_iflow
	   slattach /dev/tty01 57600

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

SEE ALSO
     netstat(1),  netintro(4),	sl(4),	ifconfig(8),  rc(8),  sliplogin(8),
     startslip(8)

HISTORY
     The slattach command appeared in 4.3BSD.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution      September 2, 1994			     1

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