Re: Where is my SLIP interface

From: "Bernd Walter" <ticso_at_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_at_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