diff --git a/sbin/startslip/example/sldown.sh b/sbin/startslip/example/sldown.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+/sbin/ifconfig $1 $2
+/sbin/route delete default
diff --git a/sbin/startslip/example/slip.sh b/sbin/startslip/example/slip.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+startslip -b 57600 -U ./slup.sh -D ./sldown.sh \
+	-s atd<phone1> -s atd<phone2> -s atd<phone3> \
+	-h -t 60 -w 2 /dev/cuaa1 <login> <password>
diff --git a/sbin/startslip/example/slup.sh b/sbin/startslip/example/slup.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+myname=<my.ip.address>
+gateway=<gateway.ip.address>
+netmask=255.255.255.248
+tune="link0 -link2"     # links means force compression
+
+/sbin/ifconfig $1 $2 $tune
+/sbin/ifconfig $1 inet $myname $gateway netmask $netmask
+/sbin/route add default $gateway