SLIP, help me, oh please HELP ME :-)

[Steve Bartling <bartling@xxxxxxxxxx>]

SLIP used to work in FreeBSD 1.1R with the following 
startup script. In FreeBSD 2.0R, it fails.

#!/bin/csh
#
# script for starting SLIP connection using DELL UNIX and BOOTP protocol
#
slattach -c -h -s 38400 /dev/cua00
ifconfig sl0 inet 129.38.14.8 129.38.252.50
echo "domain ibmoto.com" > /etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 129.38.252.14" >> /etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" >> /etc/resolv.conf
route -n add default htp1
./bootptest > /tmp/bootp.out
set my_addr = `grep "reply" /tmp/bootp.out | cut -f9 -d' ' | cut -c3-20`
set server_addr = `grep "reply" /tmp/bootp.out | cut -f10 -d' ' | cut -c3-20`
set gateway_addr = `grep "reply" /tmp/bootp.out | cut -f11 -d' ' | cut -c3-20`
set hops = `grep "reply" /tmp/bootp.out | cut -f6 -d' ' | cut -c6-20`
echo "my address = $my_addr"
echo "server address = $server_addr"
echo "gateway address = $gateway_addr"
echo "# of hops = $hops"
ifconfig sl0 inet $my_addr $server_addr
exit

bootptest is a simple binary that queries the "other end" of
the slip connection in order to determine your dynamically assigned
I.P. address.

If I run the above script unmodified, it takes about 5 minutes to add
the default route above. After which, i can ping myself and the terminal
server at the other end of the point to point link. The nameserver, the
gateway, and all other machines are not accessable.

netstat -r does not work ( it hangs ).

This worked two days ago using 1.1R, it does not work using 2.0R today.

Is /usr/sbin/route buggy ?

I appreciate any insight y'all might have.

Thanks,

Steve Bartling