Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:47:53 +0200 From: "Willem Jan Withagen" <wjw@withagen.nl> To: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Where is my SLIP interface Message-ID: <005301c3841b$a3dd5240$471b3dd4@dual> References: <00cb01c38301$0740d080$471b3dd4@dual><20030925024215.GF10009@wantadilla.lemis.com><1064466741.1023.11.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com><20030925051321.GG32280@wantadilla.lemis.com><20030925094918.GB31074@server.c211-28-27-130.belrs2.nsw.optusnet.com.au> <20030925142609.GL90598@cicely12.cicely.de>
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From: "Bernd Walter" <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:49:18PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 02:43:21PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > >> Perhaps 'The Complete FreeBSD' by Greg Lehey will help out. > > > > > >Not any more. I removed that chapter from the book. The chapter's > > >available (also covers UUCP) if anybody wants it; just ask. But it > > >seems that Willem has already had SLIP up and running. > > > > I can (mostly) understand removing SLIP, but I though UUCP still > > had a niche as a way to implement e-mail "pull" delivery without > > losing the envelope - even when you don't have/want IP connectivity. > > Slip is still the ideal protocol to interface microntrollers because > of its simplicity. > PPP just wastes space for this purpose. > Unfortunately neither IPv6 nor USB serials were working with the > -current I use. > You can connect using ucom device but may expirience hangings, which > might already be solved. > Mmm - and acording to this thread there is a new problem. > > At least it still works with my (old) system: > /var/run/slattach.cuaa0.pid > [78]cicely13# ps -ax | grep sla > 18680 p0 R+ 0:00.01 grep sla > 18678 a0 Ss+ 0:00.01 slattach -l /dev/cuaa0 > [79]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 > sl0: flags=8011<UP,POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 552 > [80]cicely13# uname -a > FreeBSD cicely13.cicely.de 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #15: Sun Jun 15 06:26:51 CEST 2003 ticso@cicely13.cicely.de:/var/d7/builder/FreeBSD-2003-06-05-cicely13/src/sys /i386/compile/CICELY13 i386 I have more or less the same reason to use SLIP. It's a simple dedicated line (IP-only) between my router and an Portmaster on a fixed line. No reason to do anything as complicated as PPP: no logins, no IPX ..... But am I to understand that running slattach creates the sl0 device?? by something like 'ifconfig sl0 create'? Or is slattach just loading the module which makes sl0 appear? --WjW
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