SLATTACH(8) 1990 SLATTACH(8)
slattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces
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face, and to define the network source and destination
addresses. The _
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\be parameter is a string of the form
``ttyXX'', or ``/dev/ttyXX''. The optional _
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\be parame-
ter 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 _
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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.
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netstat(1), netintro(4), ifconfig(8), rc(8)
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