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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8 b/usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8 index d313d4e..5a48db8 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sliplogin/sliplogin.8 @@ -55,14 +55,30 @@ for an entry matching If a matching entry is found, the line is configured appropriately for slip (8-bit transparent i/o) and converted to .Tn SLIP -line -discipline. +line discipline using the optional line discipline parameters. +.Pp +The optional line discipline parameters consist of one or more of +the following; +.Sq normal , +.Sq compress , +.Sq noicmp , +or +.Sq autocomp +which correspond respectively to +.Sq use normal line discipline +(no header compression), +.Sq enable VJ header compression , +.Sq throw away ICMP packets , +and +.Sq auto enable VJ header compression +(only if the remote end of the link also supports it). .Pp Then a shell script is invoked to initialize the slip interface with the appropriate local and remote .Tn IP address, netmask, etc. +.Pp The usual initialization script is .Pa /etc/sliphome/slip.login but, if particular hosts need special initialization, the file |
