SLATTACH(8)SLATTACH(8)NAMEslattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces
SYOPNSISslattach 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)EXAMPLESslattach 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 ALSOnetstat(1), netintro(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8)4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 24, 1990 SLATTACH(8)