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
define the network source and destination addresses. The following oper-
ands 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)
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), netintro(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8)
HISTORY
The slattach command appeared in 4.3BSD.
4.3 Berkeley Distribution April 1, 1994 4.3 Berkeley Distribution
Mac OS X 10.5 - Generated Sun Oct 28 21:48:01 EDT 2007