dan@lclark.UUCP (Dan Revel) (01/19/91)
OK, our VAX is on its last leg, but I still would like to squeeze a little more service out of it by setting up a SLIP connection between it and a Xylogics AnnexIIe terminal server to connect to our campus ethernet. The Xylogics end seems pretty clear... but what do I need to do at the VAX end (750, vanilla 4.3 bsd unix) I tried: # slattach /dev/tty00 9600 ioctl (TIOCSETD): No such device and also: # ifconfig tty00 inet lclark annex31 ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface (lclark and annex31 are defined in /etc/hosts) My kernel is config'd with the INET option. Do I need to add a pseudo-device ether? What else do I need to do? Thanks, Dan Note: This is a reposting with a wider distribution (na vs. pnw) and crossposting to comp.protocols.tcp-ip. -- dan@lclark.bitnet SM 0 A9F4 tektronix!reed!lclark!dan G 0
ken@opusc.csd.scarolina.edu (Ken Sallenger) (01/23/91)
In article <1046@lclark.UUCP> dan@lclark.UUCP (Dan Revel) writes:
=> ... setting up a SLIP connection
=> between it and a Xylogics AnnexIIe terminal server to connect to
=> our campus ethernet.
=> I tried:
=> # slattach /dev/tty00 9600
=> # ifconfig tty00 inet lclark annex31
Both commands look good. The kernel config is probably at fault.
These commands can be put in /etc/rc.local when you get it working.
=> My kernel is config'd with the INET option. Do I need to add a
=> pseudo-device ether? What else do I need to do?
You need the SLIP pseudo-device "sl" for example:
pseudo-device sl 8
where 8 is (I believe) the number of SLIP connections desired. This
was not clear in the 4.3 documentation---in fact, I don't think it's
mentioned in the kernel configuration article---we experimented
until /usr/etc/config accepted it.
You'll also need at least the "pty" and "loop" pseudo-devices. Don't
forget to create the pseudo-tty devices in /dev:
# cd /dev
# MAKEDEV pty0 pty1
will create 32 of them. See "Network setup," section 5 in the 4.3
installation instructions, and "Building kernels with config."
--
Ken Sallenger / ken@bigbird.csd.scarolina.edu / +1 803 777-6551
Computer Services Division / 1244 Blossom ST / Columbia, SC 29208mra@srchtec.uucp (Michael Almond) (01/24/91)
In article <1046@lclark.UUCP> dan@lclark.UUCP (Dan Revel) writes: >I tried: > ># slattach /dev/tty00 9600 >ioctl (TIOCSETD): No such device You need to configure the "pseudo-device sl" into your kernel. -- Michael R. Almond (Georgia Tech Alumnus) mra@srchtec.uucp (registered) search technology, inc. mra%srchtec@salestech.com 4725 peachtree corners cir., suite 200 emory!stiatl!srchtec!mra norcross, georgia 30092 (404) 441-1457 (office)