From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 04:29:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4825D16A4B3 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hobby.digiware.nl (dsl312.iae.nl [212.61.63.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1811944015 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:29:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjw@withagen.nl) Received: from dual (dual [212.61.27.71]) by hobby.digiware.nl (8.12.9/8.12.6) with SMTP id h8QBTRkk099702; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:29:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wjw@withagen.nl) Message-ID: <00cc01c38421$745c5060$471b3dd4@dual> From: "Willem Jan Withagen" To: References: <20030925142609.GL90598@cicely12.cicely.de> <005301c3841b$a3dd5240$471b3dd4@dual> <20030926111923.GU90598@cicely12.cicely.de> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:29:30 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is my SLIP interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:29:35 -0000 Don't ask why, but running 'slattach -l /dev/cuaa0' works.... No modem is connect now so it could be the -l stuff. And slattach would be waiting for my modem to signal things. it created sl1 but who am I to complain. Thanx for getting me on my way again... --WjW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernd Walter" To: "Willem Jan Withagen" Cc: Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:19 PM Subject: Re: Where is my SLIP interface > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 12:47:53PM +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > > From: "Bernd Walter" > > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:49:18PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > 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? > > slattach creates and removes the device. > It doesn't make much sense to have a slip device alone IMO. > > [51]cicely13# kldstat -v | grep sl > 88 if_sl > [52]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 > ifconfig: interface sl0 does not exist > Exit 1 > [53]cicely13# slattach -l /dev/cuaa0 > /var/run/slattach.cuaa0.pid > [54]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 > sl0: flags=8011 mtu 552 > [55]cicely13# kill `cat /var/run/slattach.cuaa0.pid` > [56]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 > ifconfig: interface sl0 does not exist > Exit 1 > > -- > B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de > ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de > >