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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Willem Jan Withagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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<UP,POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
