AXATTACH(8)

NAME
axattach - Attach a KISS interface

SYNOPSIS
axattach [-s <speed>] <serial-device> <callsign>

DESCRIPTION

Attach a SLIP interface in KISS mode to what is normally a tty line connected to a TNC in KISS mode. The IP parameters of the interface are unchanged. This program should be run in the background. To down an interface send its axattach process a SIGKILL.

To set up the ip properties use ifconfig on the interface. For example I do:

ifconfig sl0 44.131.10.6 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 44.131.255.255 arp mtu 257 up

Once this is done you can route ip packets via the interface in the same way as any other ip interface layer.

OPTIONS

-s <speed>
    Set the speed of the serial port.

SEE ALSO
kill(1), stty(1), ax25(4), axparms(4), ifconfig(8).

BUGS
There ought to be a single config file this program reads and sets all the IP and hardware parameters from.

AUTHOR
Alan Cox GW4PTS <A.Cox@swansea.ac.uk>
Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <jsn@cs.nott.ac.uk>