Contributed by Satoshi Asami
<asami@FreeBSD.ORG>
8 Aug 1995.
The following is one way to set up a FreeBSD machine for SLIP on a static host network. For dynamic hostname assignments (i.e., your address changes each time you dial up), you probably need to do something much fancier.
First, determine which serial port your modem is connected to. I have
a symbolic link /dev/modem -> cuaa1, and only use the modem name in my
configuration files. It can become quite cumbersome when you need to
fix a bunch of files in /etc and .kermrc's all over the system! (Note
that /dev/cuaa0 is COM1, cuaa1 is COM2, etc.)
Make sure you have
pseudo-device sl 1in your kernel's config file. It is included in the GENERIC kernel, so this will not be a problem unless you deleted it.