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# Creating a SLIP network interface
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The module `slipdev` (Serial line IP) enables the RIOT network stack to
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send and receive IP packets over a serial interface. This collection of
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tools originally from Contiki [1] enables Linux to interpret this data.
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Though there is a tool for such operations on Linux (`slattach`) it is
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only able to handle IPv4 packages and is unnecessarily complicated.
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## Installation
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Just install them using
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``` {.sh}
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make
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sudo make install
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```
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By default they are installed to the `/usr/local/bin` directory, you
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can however change that by setting the `PREFIX` environment variable:
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``` {.sh}
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export PREFIX=${HOME}/.local
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make
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sudo make install
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```
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## Usage
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- `tapslip6` opens a TAP interface (includes link-layer data) for
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a serial interface handling IPv6 packets,
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- `tunslip` opens a TUN interface (includes network-layer data)
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for a serial interface handling IPv4 packets, and
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- `tunslip6` opens a TUN interface (includes network-layer data)
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for a serial interface handling IPv6 packets.
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For more information use the help feature of the tools:
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``` {.sh}
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tapslip -h
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tunslip -h
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tunslip6 -h
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```
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[1] https://github.com/contiki-os/contiki/tree/a4206273a5a491949f9e565e343f31908173c998/tools
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