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>slattach is a target utility.
slattach is used to assign a tty line to a network interface, and to define the network source and destination addresses.
Only the superuser may attach a network interface.
slattach supports the following operands:
Auto-enable the VJ header compression option. If the other end of the link is capable of VJ header compression, then it is used. Otherwise, normal headers are used.
Enables the VJ header compression option. Note that both ends of the link must be able to use VJ header compression for this to work.
Turns on CTS/RTS-style flow control on the SLIP port. By default, no control is performed.
Set SLIP keepalive time-out in seconds. If FRAME_END is not received in this amount of time, reconnect occurs. The default value is no time-out.
Disables modem control (CLOCAL) and ignores the carrier detected on the SLIP port. By default, the redial-command is invoked upon carrier drop and slattach aborts if no redial-command is specified.
Throw away ICMP packets. The SLIP interface ignores ICMP packets to prevent slow lines from being saturated by ICMP responses.
Set SLIP outfill time-out in seconds. It forces at least one FRAME_END to be sent during this time period, which is necessary for the keepalive time-out on the remote side. The default value is no time-out.
Specifies a command to be invoked within a shell sh -c redial-command whenever the carrier is lost on the modem line. An empty redial-command (-r "") causes the connection to be reestablished on a leased line without any external command being invoked.
Set the SLIP unit number directly. Use this option with caution, because no check is made for two interfaces with the same number.
Specifies the speed of the connection. If not specified, the default speed of 9600 is used.
Forces redial using redial-command on start-up, irrespective of the carrier.
Specifies the name of the tty device. ttyname should be a string of the form or /dev/ttyXX.
To setup slattach to redial the phone when the carrier is lost, use the -r redial-command option to specify a script or executable that reconnects the serial line to the SLIP server. For example, the script could redial the server, log in and so forth.
If you use a hard-wired connection rather than a modem, invoke slattach with the -l option in order to ignore the carrier on the SLIP line.
slattach /dev/tty01
host% rsh target slattach /dev/tty01 |
The following invoke slattach on tty01
at 4800 bauds.
slattach -s 4800 /dev/tty01
host% rsh target slattach -s 4800 /dev/tty01 |
The following invoke slattach on tty01
at 38400 bauds with header compression.
slattach -c -s 38400 /dev/tty01
host% rsh target slattach -c -s 38400 /dev/tty01 |
The following invoke slattach with a script used to redial when the carrier is lost.
slattach -z -r '/bin/chat -f dial.chat' /dev/tty01
host% rsh target slattach -z -r "'/bin/chat -f dial.chat'" /dev/tty01 |
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Interface Stability | Evolving |
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