---
name: "eql_enslave"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "eql"
version: "1.2.ds1-5+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/eql_enslave"
---

# eql\_enslave(8)

enslave a network interface with a master interface

## NAME

eql\_enslave - enslave a network interface with a master interface

## SYNOPSIS

**eql\_enslave \<master-name\> \<slave-name\> \<estimated-bps\>**

## DESCRIPTION

**eql\_enslave** enslaves a PPP or SLIP network interface to another, named master interface or eql device.

The MTU must match the MTU of your serial line device, otherwise, eql\_enslave just fails when it is called. You have also to turn off Van-Jacobson compression on your slave devices.

Once the eql device is configured, it will stay up and running until you shut it down manually or reboot. If you have the eql support compiled as a module then all you have to do is to remove the module after downing the interface.

Note that you have to connect to a terminal server capable of doing load balancing or another Linux box to use EQL.

## EXAMPLES

\# Client Side EQL Driver Initialization

ifconfig eql 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 mtu 1500

eql\_enslave eql ppp0 33600

eql\_enslave eql ppp1 14400

eql\_enslave eql ppp2 28800

## SEE ALSO

[**ifconfig**(8)](/ifconfig/8.md)

## AUTHOR

Written by Simon "Guru Aleph-Null" Janes, simon@ncm.com.

Manual page added by Roberto Lumbreras \<rover@debian.org\>.