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SL(4)                     NetBSD Programmer's Manual                     SL(4)


NAME

     sl - slip network interface


SYNOPSIS

     pseudo-device sl [count]


DESCRIPTION

     The sl interface allows serial lines to be used as network interfaces us-
     ing the SLIP protocol.  The sl interface can use Van Jacobson TCP header
     compression and ICMP filtering.


DIAGNOSTICS

     sl%d: af%d not supported.  The interface was handed a message with ad-
     dresses formatted in an unsuitable address family; the packet was
     dropped.


SEE ALSO

     intro(4),  inet(4),  slattach(8),  sliplogin(8),  slstats(8)


HISTORY

     The sl device appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

NetBSD                          August 10, 1996                              1