15.3. Setting up a SLIP Client

Contributed by Satoshi Asami <[email protected]>
8 Aug 1995.

The following is one way to set up a FreeBSD machine for SLIP on a static host network. For dynamic hostname assignments (i.e., your address changes each time you dial up), you probably need to do something much fancier.

First, determine which serial port your modem is connected to. I have a symbolic link /dev/modem -> cuaa1, and only use the modem name in my configuration files. It can become quite cumbersome when you need to fix a bunch of files in /etc and .kermrc's all over the system! (Note that /dev/cuaa0 is COM1, cuaa1 is COM2, etc.)

Make sure you have

pseudo-device   sl      1

15.3.1. Things you have to do only once

15.3.2. Making a SLIP connection

15.3.3. How to shutdown the connection

15.3.4. Troubleshooting