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37 .Nd Serial Line IP (SLIP) network interface
43 interface allows asynchronous serial lines to be used as
45 network interfaces using the
51 interface, the administrator must first create the interface and assign
55 interface is created using the
60 is used to assign a tty line to the interface.
61 Once the interface is attached, network source and destination addresses and
62 other parameters are configured via
67 interface can use Van Jacobson
69 header compression and
72 The following flags to
74 control these properties of a SLIP link:
77 Turn on Van Jacobson header compression.
79 Turn off header compression. (default)
81 Don't pass through ICMP packets.
83 Do pass through ICMP packets. (default)
85 If a packet with a compressed header is received, automatically enable
86 compression of outgoing packets. (default)
88 Don't auto-enable compression.
92 .It sl%d: af%d not supported .
93 The interface was handed
94 a message with addresses formatted in an unsuitable address
95 family; the packet was dropped.
111 .%T "A Nonstandard for Transmission of IP Datagrams over Serial Lines: SLIP"
118 .%T "Compressing TCP/IP Headers for Low-Speed Serial Links"
129 packets between preconfigured hosts on an asynchronous serial link.
130 It has no provision for address negotiation,
131 carriage of additional protocols (e.g.
135 and is not designed for synchronous serial links.
138 has been superseded by the Point-to-Point Protocol
140 which does all of those things, and much more.