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node, it's most likely because the "ng_socket.ko" KLD is not loaded yet. So make an attempt to load it before giving up.
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996-1999 Whistle Communications, Inc.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\" $Whistle: ngctl.8,v 1.6 1999/01/20 03:19:44 archie Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd January 19, 1999
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.Dt NGCTL 8
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.Os FreeBSD 3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ngctl
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.Nd netgraph control utility
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm ngctl
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl f Ar filename
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.Op Fl n Ar nodename
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.Op Ar command ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility creates a new netgraph node of type
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.Em socket
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which can be used to issue netgraph commands.
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If no
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.Fl f
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flag is given, no
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command is supplied on the command line, and standard input is a tty,
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.Nm ngctl
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will enter interactive mode. Otherwise
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.Nm ngctl
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will execute the supplied command(s) and exit immediately.
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.Pp
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If the
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.Dv ng_socket.ko
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module is not installed in the kernel,
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.Nm ngctl
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will attempt to install it.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl f Ar nodeinfo
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Read commands from the named file.
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A single dash represents the standard input.
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Blank lines and lines starting with a ``#'' are ignored.
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.It Fl n Ar nodename
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Assign
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.Em nodename
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to the newly created netgraph node. The default name is
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.Em ngctlXXX
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where XXX is the process ID number.
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.It Fl d
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Increase the debugging verbosity level.
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.El
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.Sh COMMANDS
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The currently supported commands in
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.Nm ngctl
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are:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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connect Connects two nodes
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debug Get/set debugging verbosity level
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help Show command summary or get help on a command
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list Show information about all nodes
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mkpeer Create and connect a new node to an existing node
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name Assign a name to a node
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read Read and execute commands from a file
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rmhook Disconnect a node's hook
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show Show information about a node
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shutdown Shutdown a node
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status Get human readable status from a node
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types Show all installed node types
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quit Exit program
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The ``help'' command displays the available
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commands, their usage, and a brief description.
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.Sh EXIT VALUE
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr netgraph 3 ,
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.Xr netgraph 4 .
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.Xr nghook 8 .
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.Sh AUTHOR
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Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Em netgraph
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system was designed and first implemented at Whistle Communications, Inc.
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in a version FreeBSD 2.2 customized for the Whistle InterJet.
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