11.4. Setting up a SLIP server

Contribudted by Guy Helmer <ghelmer@alpha.dsu.edu> .
v1.0, 15 May 1995.

This document provides suggestions for setting up SLIP Server services on a FreeBSD system, which typically means configuring your system to automatically startup connections upon login for remote SLIP clients. The author has written this document based on his experience; however, as your system and needs may be different, this document may not answer all of your questions, and the author cannot be responsible if you damage your system or lose data due to attempting to follow the suggestions here.

This guide was originally written for SLIP Server services on a FreeBSD 1.x system. It has been modified to reflect changes in the pathnames and the removal of the SLIP interface compression flags in FreeBSD 2.x, which appear to be the only major changes between FreeBSD versions. If you do run encounter mistakes in this document, please email the author with enough information to help correct the problem.

For FreeBSD 1.x users, all of the files referenced in the directory /etc/sliphome are actually in the /etc directory.

11.4.1. Prerequisites

11.4.2. Quick Overview

11.4.2.1. An Example of a SLIP Server Login

11.4.3. Kernel Configuration

11.4.4. Sliplogin Configuration

11.4.4.1. slip.hosts Configuration

11.4.4.2. slip.login Configuration

11.4.4.3. slip.logout Configuration

11.4.5. Routing Considerations

11.4.5.1. Static Routes

11.4.5.2. Running gated

11.4.6. Acknowledgements