---
name: "tspc"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "tspc"
version: "2.1.1-6.1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tspc"
---

# tspc(8)

tunnel setup protocol client

## NAME

**tspc** – tunnel setup protocol client

## SYNOPSIS

**tspc** \[**-h**\] \[**-?**\]

**tspc** \[**-v**\] \[**-f** *config\_file*\] \[**-i** *interface\_name*\] \[**-u** *interface\_name*\] \[**-s** *interface\_name*\] \[**-r** *retry* *delay*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**tspc** provides a mean to configure a tunnel obtained from a tunnel server which is compliant to the tunnel setup protocol (TSP). **tspc** will connect to a tunnel server and request a tunnel according to the specifications inside the configuration file.  As a background process, it will then monitor the state of the tunnel.  In the event of a timeout, tspc will reestablish a new tunnel.

**tspc** currently supports two types of tunnels:

- **-** **v6v4** **(IPv6** **over** **IPv4)**

  Supported on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Windows, Solaris, Darwin.

- **-** **v6udpv4** **(IPv6** **over** **UDP** **over** **IPv4)**

  Supported on FreeBSD, Linux and Windows.

## ARGUMENTS

The following options are available:

- **-h**

  Display a short usage summary and quit.

- **-v**

  Verbose level is set according to the number of v's on the  command line.\
   \-v, -vv, -vvv are valid.

- **-f** *configuration\_file*

  Specifies a different configuration file.  \
   Default is /installdir/bin/tspc.conf.

- **-s** *interface\_name*

  Overrides  **client\_v4** in  [tspc.conf(5)](/tspc.conf/5.md)

- **-i** *interface\_name*

  Overrides  **if\_tunnel\_v6v4** in  [tspc.conf(5)](/tspc.conf/5.md)

- **-u** *interface\_name*

  Overrides  **if\_tunnel\_v6udpv4** in  [tspc.conf(5)](/tspc.conf/5.md)

## DIAGNOSTICS

If verbose mode is on, messages will be sent to tspc.log and syslog.

## SEE ALSO

[tspc.conf(5)](/tspc.conf/5.md)\
 http://www.hexago.com

## ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This software uses code taken from other organisations as :

- \- *RSA data security for md5.*

  - \- *The Apache Software Foundation for Base64 encoding and decoding.*

  - \- *OpenVPN by James Yohan*

  ## AUTHORS

Hexago Inc.\
 http://www.hexago.com\
 mailto://support@hexago.com\