Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:47:03 -0600 From: "Kai Lockwood" <kailockwood@gmail.com> To: Sin <sinister@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SLIP slipping away Message-ID: <b5ef8d5c0803151047v231a102k552f64cfed4c5d48@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <004701c886c0$6c866910$0200a8c0@dts> References: <200803141803.12974.kailockwood@gmail.com> <004701c886c0$6c866910$0200a8c0@dts>
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I was just trying to setup a really simple network with a null modem cable. I looked into ppp but the documentation I read didn't help and I'm still not smart enough to figure out how to do it yet. On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Sin <sinister@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wasn't going to ask before, but I guess curiosity got the best of me. > I've been working for an ISP for the past 8 years, so PPP and SLIP talk > comes up alot. I don't usually post, just read, however I am curious about > what kind of application could possibly be using slip as opposed to ppp > now-a-days ?? > > > > Hello, > > > > I am having difficulty setting up a SLIP connection between a Debian 4.0 > > box > > and FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE. I have enabled the sl driver in the kernel. I > have > > tried using slattach on /dev/cuad0 (usually "slattach -s 115200 > > /dev/cuad0) > > only to watch slattach immediately die with no output as to why. If I > give > > the -l option it creates the sl0 interface but will not accept traffic. > > Reading through the years old FAQs states that a 'netstat -i' with the > sl > > driver installed should show sl interfaces but netstat does not list any > > sl > > interfaces. I have tried to load the kernel module if_sl but I have had > no > > success. > > > > Has anyone on this list had any success with using SLIP? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kai Lockwood > >
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