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

NAME
     slattach -- attach serial lines as network interfaces

SYNOPSIS
     slattach [-Hhlmn] [-s baudrate] [-t ldisc] ttyname

DESCRIPTION
     slattach is used to assign a tty line to a network interface which uses
     asynchronous serial lines.

     Currently the slattach command is used to attach sl(4) or strip(4) inter-
     faces.  These interfaces have to be created using the ifconfig(8) create
     subcommand before the slattach command.  The network source and destina-
     tion addresses and other interface parameters are configured via
     ifconfig(8).

     The following operands are supported by slattach:

     -H            Turn on DTR/CTS flow control.  By default, no flow control
                   is done.

     -h            Turn on RTS/CTS flow control.  By default, no flow control
                   is done.

     -l            Turn on the CLOCAL flag, making it possible to run SLIP on
                   a cable without modem control signals (e.g. DTR, DSR, DCD).

     -m            Maintain modem control signals after closing the line.
                   Specifically, this disables HUPCL.

     -n            Don't detach from invoking tty.

     -s baudrate   Specifies the speed of the connection.  If not specified,
                   the default of 9600 is used.

     -t ldisc      Specifies the line discipline to use for the tty.  Sup-
                   ported line disciplines are ``slip'' (creates a sl(4)
                   instance) and ``strip'' (creates a strip(4) instance).  If
                   this option is not specified, the default is ``slip''.

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

     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 -s 4800 /dev/tty01

DIAGNOSTICS
     Messages indicating that the specified interface is not configured or
     created, the requested address is unknown, or that the user is not privi-
     leged but tried to alter an interface's configuration.

SEE ALSO
     netstat(1), daemon(3), netintro(4), sl(4), strip(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8),
     sliplogin(8), slstats(8)

HISTORY
     The slattach command appeared in 4.3BSD.

BUGS
     There is no way to specify the interface name (sl%d etc.) to be attached
     by the slattach command.  There is no way to see which interface is
     assigned to the specified tty by the slattach command, either.

     It would be better if the network interfaces were created by the slattach
     command rather than by using the ifconfig(8) create subcommand before the
     slattach command.

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE                July 8, 2006                NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
