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Submitted by: jkh gclarkii paul satoshi freebsd-hackers These are the FAQ files, reorganized a bit and updated marginally for 2.0. There is *still more work to be done* in updating, so if some of your FAQ text is below, please check it over! We've also got a lot of FAQ entries still to write (examples: "how do I upgrade?" "what's new in 2.0?" "how do I install on a notebook/second drive/from DOS/etc etc etc?"
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*** How to Set Up SLIP on FreeBSD ***
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Updated for 1.1.5(.1) support by Satoshi Asami, 8/6/94.
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The following is I (asami) set up my FreeBSD machine for SLIP on a
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static host network. For dynamic hostname assignments (i.e., your
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address changes each time you dial up), you probably need to do
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something much fancier.
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This is just "what I did, and it worked for me". I'm sharing this
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just for your reference, I'm no expert in SLIP nor networking so your
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mileage may vary.
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Note: for 1.1 systems (not 1.1.5), you need to use /dev/tty01 instead
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of /dev/cua01. substitute all the occurences of "cua" in this document
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with "tty".
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Note: the default 1.1.5(.1) system only comes with cua/ttyd pairs for
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the last two ports (2 and 3), so if your modem is at sio0/sio1
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(COM1/COM2), you need to make the devices. Try "cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV
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cua01" to make the new special files for sio1 (ditto for sio0). This
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will delete tty01, but you shouldn't need it anymore...or you can make
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a symbolic link /dev/tty01 -> ttyd1 if you don't want to hunt down all
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occurences of tty01 in your setup files.
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I actually have a symbolic link /dev/modem -> cua01 (and /dev/mouse ->
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ttyd0). I use only the modem/mouse names in my configuration files.
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This helped a lot when I switched from 1.1 to 1.1.5.1 (tty01 => cua01)
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and when I had to move my modem temporarily to sio2 to enable the
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RS-232C port on the serial card. It can become quite cumbersome when
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you need to fix a bunch of files in /etc and .kermrc's all over the
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system!
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First, make sure you have
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pseudo-device sl 2
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in your kernel's config file. It is included in the GENERICAH and
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GENERICBT kernels, so this won't be a problem unless you deleted it.
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Things you have to do only once:
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(1) Add your home machine, the gateway and nameservers to your
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/etc/hosts file. Mine looks like this:
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127.0.0.1 localhost loghost
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136.152.64.181 silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU silvia.HIP silvia
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136.152.64.1 inr-3.Berkeley.EDU inr-3 slip-gateway
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128.32.136.9 ns1.Berkeley.edu ns1
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128.32.136.12 ns2.Berkeley.edu ns2
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By the way, silvia is the name of the car that I had when I was
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back in Japan (it's called 2?0SX here in U.S.).
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(2) Make sure you have "hosts" before "bind" in your /etc/host.conf.
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Otherwise, funny things may happen.
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(3) Edit the /etc/netstart and add this to the end of the file:
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# set up slip
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gateway=slip-gateway
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ifconfig sl0 inet $hostname $gateway netmask 0xffffff00
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route add default $gateway
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Note that because of the "slip-gateway" entry in /etc/hosts, there
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is no local dependency in the netstart file. Also, you might want
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to un-comment the "route add $hostname localhost" line.
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(3') Make a file /etc/resolv.conf which contains:
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domain HIP.Berkeley.EDU
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nameserver 128.32.136.9
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nameserver 128.32.136.12
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As you can see, these set up the nameserver hosts. Of course, the
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actual addresses depend on your environment.
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(4) Set the password for root and toor (and any other accounts that
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doesn't have a password). Use passwd, don't edit the passwd or
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passwd.master files!
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(5) Edit /etc/myname and reboot the machine.
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How to set up the connection:
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(6) Dial up, type "slip" at the prompt, enter your machine name and
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password. The things you need to enter depends on your
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environment. I use kermit, with a script like this:
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# kermit setup
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set modem hayes
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set line /dev/cua01
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set speed 57600
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set parity none
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set flow rts/cts
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set terminal bytesize 8
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set file type binary
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# The next macro will dial up and login
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define slip dial 643-9600, input 10 =>, if failure stop, -
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output slip\x0d, input 10 Username:, if failure stop, -
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output silvia\x0d, input 10 Password:, if failure stop, -
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output ***\x0d, echo \x0aCONNECTED\x0a
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(of course, you have to change the hostname and password to fit
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yours). Then you can just type "slip" from the kermit prompt to
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get connected.
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Note: leaving your password in plain text anywhere in the
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filesystem is generally a BAD idea. Do it at your own risk. I'm
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just too lazy.
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Note: If you have an 1.1 machine, and kermit doesn't give you a
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prompt, try "stty -f /dev/tty01 clocal". I put this in
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/etc/rc.local so that it works the first time I boot the machine.
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This doesn't apply to 1.1.5(.1) systems, as cua0? are already
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configured for dialouts.
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(7) Leave the kermit there (you can suspend it by "z") and as root,
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type
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slattach -h -c -s 57600 /dev/cua01
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if you are able to "ping" hosts on campus, you are connected!
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If it doesn't work, you might want to try "-a" instead of "-c".
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(8) Happy slipping!
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How to shutdown the connection:
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(9) Type "ps gx" (as root) to find out the PID of slattach, and use
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"kill -INT" to kill it.
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Then go back to kermit ("fg" if you suspended it) and exit from it
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("q").
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The slattach man page says you have to use "ifconfig sl0 down" to
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mark the interface down, but this doesn't seem to make any
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difference for me. ("ifconfig sl0" reports the same thing.)
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Some times, your modem might refuse to drop the carrier (mine
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often does). In that case, simply start kermit and quit it again.
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It usually goes out on the second try.
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When you want to connect again, go back to (6). You may have to
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watch out for clocal mode. If "stty -f /dev/tty01" doesn't tell
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you it's clocal, you need to re-set it before kermitting. Again,
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this is only for 1.1 machines.
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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If it doesn't work, feel free to ask me. The things that people
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tripped over so far:
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* Not using "-c" or "-a" in slattach (I have no idea why this can be
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fatal, but adding this flag solved the problem for at least one
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person)
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* Using "s10" instead of "sl0" (might be hard to see the difference on
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some fonts :)
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Try "ifconfig sl0" to see your interface status. I get:
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silvia# ifconfig sl0
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sl0: flags=10<POINTOPOINT>
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inet 136.152.64.181 --> 136.152.64.1 netmask ffffff00
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Also, "netstat -r" will give the routing table, in case you get the
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"no route to host" messages from ping. Mine looks like:
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silvia# netstat -r
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Routing tables
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Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use IfaceMTU Rtt
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Netmasks:
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(root node)
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(root node)
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Route Tree for Protocol Family inet:
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(root node) =>
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default inr-3.Berkeley.EDU UG 8 224515 sl0 - -
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localhost.Berkel localhost.Berkeley UH 5 42127 lo0 - 0.438
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inr-3.Berkeley.E silvia.HIP.Berkele UH 1 0 sl0 - -
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silvia.HIP.Berke localhost.Berkeley UGH 34 47641234 lo0 - 0.438
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(root node)
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(this is after transferring a bunch of files, your numbers should be
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smaller).
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