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1.1     ! root        1: .TH IPCONFIG 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_auto
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: ipconfig, dkipconfig, udpconfig \- set up DARPA Internet protocols
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/ipc/mgrs/ipconfig
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -m
        !             9: .I mask
        !            10: ] [
        !            11: .B -df
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .I "ip-device localhost network"
        !            14: .BI [ arp-device ]
        !            15: .B &
        !            16: .br
        !            17: .B /usr/ipc/mgrs/dkipconfig
        !            18: .I "gatemachine localhost remotehost"
        !            19: .B &
        !            20: .br
        !            21: .B /usr/ipc/mgrs/udpconfig
        !            22: .I udp-device
        !            23: .B &
        !            24: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            25: .I Ipconfig
        !            26: activates the DARPA Internet protocol on a communications device,
        !            27: with Internet address
        !            28: .I localhost
        !            29: for the host
        !            30: and network address
        !            31: .I network
        !            32: for the device.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: If
        !            35: .I arp-device
        !            36: is specified,
        !            37: the ARP address resolution protocol
        !            38: is started on that device.
        !            39: Option
        !            40: .B -d
        !            41: causes
        !            42: .I ipconfig
        !            43: to print ARP requests on the standard output
        !            44: as they are received.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: Option
        !            47: .B -m
        !            48: declares a subnet mask
        !            49: for the network reached through
        !            50: .IR ip-device .
        !            51: .I Mask
        !            52: may be a four-piece IP address like
        !            53: .L 255.255.255.0
        !            54: or a 32-bit hexadecimal number like
        !            55: .LR ffffff00 .
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: Option
        !            58: .B -f
        !            59: is a special workaround for networks with obsolete hosts.
        !            60: It causes
        !            61: .I ipconfig
        !            62: to answer illegal ARP requests for the subnet's broadcast address
        !            63: with an illegal Ethernet address,
        !            64: to prevent broadcast storms.
        !            65: .PP
        !            66: .I Dkipconfig
        !            67: places a network call to
        !            68: .I gatemachine
        !            69: and activates the IP protocol on the connection,
        !            70: so that the remote machine becomes a gateway for the caller's IP traffic.
        !            71: .I Localhost
        !            72: becomes the calling machine's Internet address
        !            73: through this IP interface;
        !            74: .I remotehost
        !            75: is the Internet address
        !            76: to which local IP packets should be sent
        !            77: to reach the gateway.
        !            78: .PP
        !            79: .I Ipconfig
        !            80: and
        !            81: .I dkipconfig
        !            82: record unusual events and errors in
        !            83: log files
        !            84: .F /usr/ipc/log/ipconfig
        !            85: and
        !            86: .FR /usr/ipc/log/dkipconfig .
        !            87: .PP
        !            88: .I Udpconfig
        !            89: activates the UDP datagram protocol
        !            90: on the named
        !            91: .IR udp-device ,
        !            92: usually
        !            93: .FR /dev/ipudp .
        !            94: Only one
        !            95: .I udpconfig
        !            96: is needed for the entire collection of IP networks.
        !            97: .PP
        !            98: These programs are usually run once from
        !            99: .IR rc (8).
        !           100: .SH EXAMPLES
        !           101: The following calls start IP
        !           102: on system
        !           103: .B fs
        !           104: on the first Interlan Ethernet controller,
        !           105: with ARP active;
        !           106: arrange for machine
        !           107: .B nj/astro/research
        !           108: to pass IP packets to
        !           109: .BR fs ;
        !           110: and activate
        !           111: UDP.
        !           112: .EX
        !           113: /usr/ipc/mgrs/ipconfig /dev/il00 fs mh-astro-net /dev/il01 &
        !           114: /usr/ipc/mgrs/dkipconfig nj/astro/research fs-dk research-dk127 &
        !           115: /usr/ipc/mgrs/udpconfig /dev/ipudp &
        !           116: .EE
        !           117: .SH FILES
        !           118: .F /usr/ipc/log/ipconfig
        !           119: .br
        !           120: .F /usr/ipc/log/dkipconfig
        !           121: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           122: .IR con (1),
        !           123: .IR qns (7),
        !           124: .IR route (8),
        !           125: .IR tcpmgr (8)

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