From 88538c36bafd014c2f39793f0cf5c4359c740bd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Osterried Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:13:21 +0000 Subject: - IP Address not mandatory anymore - New -b option. IFF_BROADCAST disabled by default now. --- kiss/kissattach.8 | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'kiss/kissattach.8') diff --git a/kiss/kissattach.8 b/kiss/kissattach.8 index 54bb648..9b81e40 100644 --- a/kiss/kissattach.8 +++ b/kiss/kissattach.8 @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ .SH NAME kissattach, spattach \- Attach a KISS or 6PACK interface .SH SYNOPSIS -.B kissattach [-6] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port inetaddr +.B kissattach [-b] [-6] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port [inetaddr] .sp -.B spattach [-i inetaddr] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port +.B spattach [-b] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port [inetaddr] .SH DESCRIPTION .LP Attach a KISS or a 6PACK interface to what is normally a tty line connected @@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ TNC attached, although it could be a pseudo tty or a KISS port emulator such as an SCC card. The port arguments is the name of a port as given in the axports(5) file. .LP -The inetaddr argument is the IP address of the new interface. This is now a -mandatory argument although due to historical reasons this restriction is -lifted if the old -i option is used. +The inetaddr argument is the IP address of the new interface. Some time it +was mandatory argument (although due to historical reasons this restriction is +lifted if the old -i option is used). But there's really not a need for +the interface to have an IP address assigned to. .SH OPTIONS .TP 16 .BI "\-6" @@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ the program will complain about it, though still work. .BI \-l Log messages to the system log, the default is not to. .TP 16 +.BI \-b +Allow broadcasts on the interface (default no - because for e.g. samba +broadcasts are a pain..) +.TP 16 .BI "\-m mtu" Sets the mtu of the interface. If this value is not given then the value is taken from the paclen parameter in axports. -- cgit v1.2.3