bsd man page for slattach

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

NAME
       slattach - attach serial lines as network interfaces

SYOPNSIS
       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 ttyname
       parameter is a string of the form ``ttyXX'', or ``/dev/ttyXX''.	The optional baudrate parameter is used to set the speed  of  the  connec-
       tion. 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
       rc(8), intro(4), netstat(1), ifconfig(8)

4.3 Berkeley Distribution					 November 17, 1996						       SLATTACH(8)