From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 02:27:07 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 2EC5416A4BF for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hobby.digiware.nl (dsl312.iae.nl [212.61.63.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 331D443FE0 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 02:27:05 -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 h8P9R2kk029714 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:27:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wjw@withagen.nl) Message-ID: <01b701c38347$30380440$471b3dd4@dual> From: "Willem Jan Withagen" To: References: <00cb01c38301$0740d080$471b3dd4@dual><20030925024215.GF10009@wantadilla.lemis.com><1064466741.1023.11.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com><20030925051321.GG32280@wantadilla.lemis.com><1064467029.1023.13.camel@panda.freebsdsystems.com> <016401c38338$1df441e0$471b3dd4@dual> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 11:27:06 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" 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 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: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:27:07 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem Jan Withagen" To: "Lanny Baron" ; "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Re: Where is my SLIP interface > > On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 01:13, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > > On Thursday, 25 September 2003 at 1:12:21 -0400, Lanny Baron wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 22:42, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > > > >> On Thursday, 25 September 2003 at 3:04:52 +0200, Willem Jan Withagen > wrote: > > > >>> Hi, > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm trying to upgrade my firewall/router to 5.x but I'm getting > caught by > > > >>> the fact that I cannot find a 'sl0' interface. > > > >> > > > >> Are you really still using SLIP? What's wrong with PPP? > > > >> > > > >>> I've tried the both with if_sl compiled into the kernel as well as a > module. > > > >>> > > > >>> In neither case does ifconfig show a sl0 device. > > > >> > > > >> IIRC it doesn't show now until it's configured. > > > > > > > > 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've been running SLIP ever since I started an ISP back in 1994. > And I'm still using it next to my ADSL for certain traffic that I do not > want to flow over the the widder net. > The ADSL was BTW the reason for upgrading, 'cause that poor old 386sx/16Mb > could not keep up with 8 Mbit/s ADSL :-) > > I was also that guy that bought like 50 of 'The Complete FreeBSD' to give > them to customers who wanted to know more about that nice system with free > software that solved their problems. > > But PPP has the same problem: > the interfaces do not show up when listing them with 'ifconfig -a' > And trying to config it: > > router# ifconfig sl0 1.2.3.4 4.5.6.7 > ifconfig: interface sl0 does not exist > router# kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 3 0xc0100000 3541c8 kernel > 2 1 0xc1232000 8000 ipfw.ko > 3 1 0xc151e000 5000 if_sl.ko > > > So we can conclude it is a pilot error, since hell would break loose when > ppp0 had disapeared. > But I have this problem on 3 5.x boxes. Just for "fun" I also compiled if_ppp.ko and loaded that with running pppd and lo and behold: it gave me ppp0. Makes me wonder even more.... --WjW