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6 kissattach, spattach - Attach a KISS or 6PACK interface
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9 kissattach [-6] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port inetaddr
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11 spattach [-i inetaddr] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port
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14 Attach a KISS or a 6PACK interface to what is normally a tty line con‐
15 nected to a TNC in KISS or 6PACK mode. This program will turn itself
16 into a background process. To down an interface send its attach process
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19 Kissattach takes many of the parameters for the port from the
20 axports(5) file. If the speed parameter in the file is not equal to
21 zero then it is used for the serial port speed, a zero value means that
22 no speed is set. The paclen parameter is used for the device mtu unless
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25 The tty argument will typically be that of a serial port with a KISS or
26 6PACK TNC attached, although it could be a pseudo tty or a KISS port
27 emulator such as an SCC card. The port arguments is the name of a port
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30 The inetaddr argument is the IP address of the new interface. This is
31 now a mandatory argument although due to historical reasons this
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35 -6 Use the 6PACK line discipline instead of KISS. This is
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38 -i inetaddr Set the internet address of the interface. This address
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43 -l Log messages to the system log, the default is not to.
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52 kill(1), stty(1), ax25(4), axparms(4), axports(5), ifconfig(8).
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55 Alan Cox GW4PTS <alan@cymru.net>
56 Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>
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