Linux-Hardware Digest #396, Volume #14 Sat, 24 Feb 01 20:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? ("Adam Warner")
Re: HP Deskjet 812C in Linux (Mark Bratcher)
Re: How-to- Linux on Unix?? (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (mlw)
ncr3c400a SCSI-ISA doesn't work (Christoph Stracke)
Re: phoneline network card supported? (Dean Thompson)
Re: where can I buy a pc that is guaranteed Linux compatible? (Josh Stern)
Re: How-to- Linux on Unix??
Re: Scanner recommendations? ("jujubeesRULE")
Re: Boot off Promise Ultra66 controller? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (J Sloan)
Re: Shared IRQ problem? (John Todd)
Re: Soundblaster AWE 32 and Kernel 2.4 ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (mlw)
Re: Forwarding sound to X terminal?? (Karl-Heinz Herrmann)
Re: phoneline network card supported? (Dances With Crows)
IRQ conflict???? ("John Christian Engelsen")
Re: Sound blaster 16 ("Greg H.")
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? ("Edward Rosten")
Re: Syjet (parallel) and Linux (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem ("Hatem")
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From: "Adam Warner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:47:13 +1300
Hi Peter,
> What I'm trying to do, is design a factory inventory system. To keep
> cost down I want to use Linux. The model I'm using, is a furniture
> factory. I want to design a system that will allow the factory to keep
> track of their "work in progress" and finished goods. I'm guessing that
> this will be a little more complicated than your average inventory
> system?
Well as others have said you'll probably want to use an *SQL database.
> Of course the workers would have to access the system to enter data,
> etc, so the user interfaces can't be too complicated (GUI?).
Your workers would know how to use a web browser, so why not make the
inventory system accessible through any web browser? The MySQL database
and PHP scripting language would be a good combination for this task.
> SOFTWARE
>
> Is there any "open source" software that can help me with the inventory
> and tracking ? or
Try search words such as 'inventory' over at www.freshmeat.net. There's
quite a few potential candidates.
Remember that you do not have to release the source to your software even
if it is GPLed unless you decide to distribute the code. Even so you may
of course want to share the code.
> Would it make more sense to just buy the software (for linux) ?
It would probably make more sense to buy support for a custom solution.
> HARDWARE
<snip>
> this up!!!) On the server side, things get a little tricky, maybe (just
> maybe) tie into a win 2000 server (A lot depends on what existing system
> they already have, and we all know that many of the existing systems
> will be win98, etc).
You don't actually know the state of the present computer system at the
factory? Then this is bogus. Still you shouldn't have compatibility
problems accessing the server from Win98 clients, particularly if a web
browser is used to access the inventory system.
> I guess the management would need to access the data entered by the
> factory workers to check progress, productivity, etc. A linux server
> could be used and we could somehow give the management access to this
> server though their existing win boxes (secure CRT ?). Or we could
> design a simple way to access and read the data in linux
> (write a small reporting program or use some simple database program)
> and also have the forms printed automatically at the end of the day.
Again, you could make the data accessible from a web browser.
> SUPPORT
>
> Depending on the size of the factory, in-house linux/windows support
> would be smart, But if it's a small company, then they could call on the
> systems/software provider (me) for support. From what I read about
> linux, if I design the system right, there won't be to many problems. I
> would probably set up a service contract where I would come in every
> month and check things out.
I'm sorry but if you only know GNU+Linux from "what you read" you are
certainly not qualified enough to be support.
> SECURITY
>
> This system would not be accessible from the outside, This is a lone
> factory (pretty rare in today's world, but let's keep things simple :)
> Managers would have internet access, so normal virus protection, and
> other precautions would be in place.
So long as the computers that can access the database also have Internet
access then security will be incredibly important.
With the money saved, why not use that money for separate low-end clients
to access the inventory system (that is, partition off the inventory
system from the Internet)?
Regards,
Adam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 812C in Linux
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 21:45:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason Noble wrote:
>I have an HP Deskjet 812C I am trying to setup under Red Hat 6.1 I
>prints fine under Windows, but Linux will not detect the lp port. I
>have inserted the line "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" to
>/etc/conf.modules and run "modprobe lp" as root, but printtool still
>will not detect the lp port. Is there something else I need to do? I
>had it printing once before, so I know it will work. Any help would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
Jason,
Are you able to get output from your printer by doing the following:
cat /etc/group > /dev/lp0
echo -e "\f" > /dev/lp0
(Assuming you are on lp0, of course)?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How-to- Linux on Unix??
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 21:46:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rod Smith wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Bratcher) writes:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rob Windgassen wrote:
>>>
>>>That's not the whole truth (in my opinion:-): these are environments within
>>>Linux and OS/2 that allow you to run Windows executables, i.e. _individual_
>>>programs. This is pretty different from running a whole operating system, e.g.
>>>including task, memory and filesystem management.
>>
>> You're right about the Windows on Linux.
>> Windows 3.11 on OS/2 though... hard to tell, you may be right there too.
>> I ran OS/2 Warp when it first came out and I could run several program managers
>> at once, or pop over to an entire full screen Windows, all while OS/2 was running.
>> Sure does a great job fooling the user into believing Windows is really
>> running there.
>
>That's because Windows 3.1/3.11 wasn't an OS; it was a GUI environment
>with some OS-like features. It didn't include filesystems, for instance;
>that was provided by the underlying OS (usually DOS, but in an OS/2
>environment, OS/2).
>
Was DOS an OS? OS/2 could run DOS.
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:00:34 -0500
Bob Hauck wrote:
>
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:40:48 GMT, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is there any "open source" software that can help me with the
> > inventory and tracking ? or
>
> You will probably want to use a real database rather than inventing some
> file format of your own. The best-known open databases are MySQL and
> PostreSQL.
Hands down no competition, PostgreSQL. Neither MySQL nor msql are up to the
task. A factory environment would require transactional processing.
>
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The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of
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From: Christoph Stracke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ncr3c400a SCSI-ISA doesn't work
Date: 24 Feb 2001 22:15:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I have some trouble with my "new" ncr53c400a, I don't know the exactly name,
all I know is that it came together with a HP-Scanner...
I tried to drive it with [several variations of]:
"modprobe g_NCR5380 ncr_irq=255[7,-1...] ncr_addr=0x280[290,310,340,
0xc8000...] ncr_53c400a=1" but my computer tells me always just something
like "device or resource busy". The kernelpatch which I found is only to use
with kernel < 2.2.x (my kernel is 2.2.16). I tried everything (except the
right).
If somebody could give me a hint, I would be very glad...
Christoph
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From: Dean Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: phoneline network card supported?
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 09:20:26 +1100
Hi!,
> i am planning on buying 10 mb phoneline network cards?
> which cards are supported by linux?
Try going for cards which are NE2000 compatible. They are normally supported
providing that they really do support the NE2000 protocol.
See ya
Dean Thompson
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Subject: Re: where can I buy a pc that is guaranteed Linux compatible?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josh Stern)
Date: 24 Feb 2001 22:36:41 GMT
It's relatively easy to find info about which components are Linux
compatible at various locations on the Internet. If you want
a PC with Linux already installed, here is a starting list
of places to look:
http://www.linux.org/vendors/systems.html
-= Josh
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How-to- Linux on Unix??
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:07:53 -0800
> Was DOS an OS? OS/2 could run DOS.
>
Yes, the program written originally by Tim Patten of Seattle Computer
Products and bought by Gates is, not was an operating system. windows
versions 1, 2, 3, and 4 (aka 9x) are all built on top of DOS.
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From: "jujubeesRULE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanner recommendations?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:06:42 GMT
In article <RITl6.231315$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jason
Spaceman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am thinking about buying a flatbed scanner for the computer. I don't
> know much about scanning in Linux, what are some Linux-friendly scanners
> out there? What sort of open source software exists for scanning?
> Thanks.
>
>
> J. Spaceman
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot off Promise Ultra66 controller?
Date: 24 Feb 2001 17:32:21 -0500
Thanks for the reply about booting the Promise controller.
I set the BIOS to be boot off board chipsets first, but I still get
the promise controller on /dev/hde, f, g and h!
Richard
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From: J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:36:45 GMT
mlw wrote:
> Bob Hauck wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 17:40:48 GMT, peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any "open source" software that can help me with the
> > > inventory and tracking ? or
> >
> > You will probably want to use a real database rather than inventing some
> > file format of your own. The best-known open databases are MySQL and
> > PostreSQL.
>
> Hands down no competition, PostgreSQL. Neither MySQL nor msql are up to the
> task. A factory environment would require transactional processing.
postgres is very complete, no question about that, but
mysql now has transactions and row locking abilities.
It's not the stripped down hot rod you remember.
jjs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Todd)
Subject: Re: Shared IRQ problem?
Date: 24 Feb 2001 22:58:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you check your boot-up messages (dmesg), I think your
ttyS2 line will show irq4, same as mouse. Use setserial to change
it (I use 5); you can put the setserial command in /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 23:48:00 -0800, cfeller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My problem is this:
> I am running Red Hat 7 currently (I just upgraded from 6.2 last
>week). The platform is and Intel 233 MMX CPU running on an Intel VX98
>motherboard with 128MB of RAM. The modem is a Zoom 2919 56k flex modem,
>although I have tried several other modems only to have the same
>problem. (The Zoom modem does work fine under Linux in different
>boxes). The problem is this: The modem will only work if the mouse is
>moving. Thus, if I want to surf, send or receive files, I have to keep
>the mouse slowly moving back and forth. (There is no serial mouse port
>on the board, so I have to use a serial mouse.) The mouse is a serial
>mouse under ttyS0 (COM 1). The modem is under ttyS2(COM3). So I moved
>the serial mouse to ttyS1 (COM2), at which point the modem would not
>even respond at all (yes I reassigned the mouse to the new port). I
>moved the mouse back to ttyS0, and I still have the original problem. I
>was thinking I would move the modem to a different slot, but no matter
>which slot I move the modem to, it still shows up as being on ttyS2
>(this holds true under DOS too, yet there is no IRQ problem under DOS).
>When
> Red Hat is loading, I have noticed a message: "Serial Driver 4.27
>withMany_Ports_Sharing_Mulitiple_IRQ enabled". Right now this is where
>I am at...Currently, anything of any size that I want to download, I
>boot into Windows, download it, then I boot back into Linux, and access
>the Windows partition. So if you have any insight into any fix I can
>try to solve my problem, it would be appreciated.
>
>
>
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Soundblaster AWE 32 and Kernel 2.4
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:07:11 -0500
Matthias Reis wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Soundblaster AWE 32 (non-PNP) which worked all the times with kernel 2.2.
> Since I upgraded to 2.4 the awe_wave.o module doesn't work at all. I get
> this error (after loading successfully sb.o; wave-audio works):
> /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid
>IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: insmod
>/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/sound/awe_wave.o: insmod awe_wave failed
> The card is a very old AWE 32, I think I bought it in 93. I also have 8
> MB wavetable RAM (SIMMs).
>
> Thank you,
> Matthias
Seems to me awe is one of the secondary drivers in the make xconfig
sound menu. Worth a look.
--
Rinaldi]$
When we remember we are all mad the mysteries disappear and
life stands explained. - Mark Twain
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:14:13 -0500
J Sloan wrote:
>
> mlw wrote:
> > Hands down no competition, PostgreSQL. Neither MySQL nor msql are up to the
> > task. A factory environment would require transactional processing.
>
> postgres is very complete, no question about that, but
> mysql now has transactions and row locking abilities.
>
> It's not the stripped down hot rod you remember.
This isn't the correct forum to debate this, but..... does MySQL have "commit"
or "rollback?" Without which it does not have "transactions." Does it preserve
transactional integrity, so other queries currently being processed do not see
changes being made, or does it lock up the system until a query has finished?
For instance:
If I start this update (lets assume the initial value in all the rows is 10):
"update fubar set field = 20;"
Execute the following query, BEFORE the above query is finished:
"select field from fubar where field = 10;"
What will happen?
Will MySQL lock the table until the update is finished, will it return a
partial list of records in fubar, or will it function function correctly and
return all the rows in fubar.
Now, what if I hit control-C to cancel the update? Will all the records in
fubar be 10, will some be 20 or will all be 20?
In postgres, the results of the first query are not visible until the
transaction has been committed, AND other queries can continue at the same
time.
In postgres, if you cancel the transaction, and none of the rows would have
changed.
PostgreSQL is an amazing database, MySQL is a toy.
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The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of
consistency.
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From: Karl-Heinz Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Forwarding sound to X terminal??
Date: 25 Feb 2001 01:02:06 +0100
Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a big server and a couple X terminals (that are just small,
> less powerful PCs). I want to be able to listen to at least simple
> sounds (other than just a console bell) on the X terminals.
>
> How can I do this?
rplayd and rplay -- but the cpu will still be used at the xterminal by
rplayd.
K.-H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: phoneline network card supported?
Date: 25 Feb 2001 00:27:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 21:06:54 GMT, . piet staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
>i am planning on buying 10 mb phoneline network cards? which cards are
>supported by linux?
Why? Real 10bT Ethernet cards have gotten dirt-cheap; I picked a couple
of 3c509B cards for free 6 months ago. You can pick up NE2000 or
rtl8139 cards for about $10--depending on how much Cat5 you string, and
whether you do the crimping yourself, the cabling could cost more than
the net cards!
If you go the Ethernet route in the first place and string Cat5, you'll
spare yourself some pain when you decide to upgrade to 100bT.
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From: "John Christian Engelsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IRQ conflict????
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 01:30:18 +0100
I've got an IRQ conflict with my ISDN card and soundcard both USES IRQ9 and
both are PCI...
How can I solve this problem..
this is info from windows 2000
ISDN location 2 bus0, device 9, function 0 IRQ 9
es1371 location 3 bus0, device 10, function 0 IRQ 9
Can I set this up in te BIOS ???? In such case am I looking for the location
number ???
Mvh
John Christian Engelsen
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From: "Greg H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound blaster 16
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:48:27 GMT
schamrel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have installed Redhat6.2 and can't get my
> Sound blaster16 sound to work.
> After running sndconfig I get the following error
> The following error occurred running the mod probe prog
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-15.0/misc/sb.0:int-module:Device or resource busy
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-15.0/misc/sb.0:insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-15.0/misc/sb.0 failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-15.0/misc/sb.0:insmod sound-slot-0 failed
Like the other poster implied, check which IRQs and addresses it needs
to use.
Also, your modules.conf file in /etc/ should have entries something like this:
alias sound sb
alias sound-slot-0 sb
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
alias synth0 opl3
alias sound-service-0-0 opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
Check your syslog file in /var/log/, too. It will tell you some of the things
stuff like KDE is looking for when it tries to play audio such as which
numbers it needs in the sound-service-x-y entries.
Not having this stuff in the modules.conf file often prevents the sound modules
from being loaded automatically by the kernel.
Note that the above entries are for a real SB16 (ViBRA16C), so YMMV.
Greg
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From: "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 01:00:27 +0000
> Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
>
> What I'm trying to do, is design a factory inventory system. To keep
> cost down I want to use Linux. The model I'm using, is a furniture
> factory. I want to design a system that will allow the factory to keep
> track of their "work in progress" and finished goods. I'm guessing that
> this will be a little more complicated than your average inventory
> system?
>
> Of course the workers would have to access the system to enter data,
> etc, so the user interfaces can't be too complicated (GUI?).
Don't use a GUI. Mice need more space to operate and its one more thing
to go wrong. I don't mean use a CLI, use a text based visual interface.
Seriously, all the places such as shops, leisure centres and warehouses
I've seen use these systems. Generally operated by the arrow keys.
> HARDWARE
>
> This is an easy (well easier) one for me, first I would make sure the
> hardware (I'm buying) is linux compatible. I would go out and buy B/W
> 9" monitors, those cool small cases (with the 810e chipset, if the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Even more reason to use 80x25 text mode.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Subject: Re: Syjet (parallel) and Linux
Date: 25 Feb 2001 00:39:38 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilhelm Wienemann)
Albrecht Ei�ler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> informed
comp.os.linux.hardware with the following:
> Having read How-To's and other parallel port device documentation
> I haven't managed to get my parallel Syjet drive working however
> (RedHat 6.0).
Sorry, I'm not familiar with such a drive, but
what's kind of drive is it (printer, cd-rom, tape)?
> O.k., I'm not very experienced with Linux. I have SCSI support in
> my kernel and I've understood that I have to load the epat module
> first.
Is that module correctly loaded during the boot time?
What's telling a 'dmesg | grep epat'?
bye - Wilhelm
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From: "Hatem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable modem, DHCP , MAC Problem
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 01:05:12 GMT
Wohooo, I got this problem resolved at 4:00AM !!
I just had to reconfigure my ifcfg-eth0 to use DHCP=yes
and I need to change the ifup file so it will hardcode my hostname to the
one that cable modem company gave it to me!! and used the option "-h crxxxxx
"
It works just perfect!!! thanks. all
now I am working on the DNS and wish me a good luck!!
"jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On the glorious day of Fri, 23 Feb 2001 02:20:50 GMT, "Hatem"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> felt the need to utter
>
> >Hi all,
> >Everyone knows that cable modem companies are dhcp complient but at the
end
> >you can use the given IP and treate it as a fixed IP address.
> >I have two computers, the first one has windows and linux (dual boot) and
I
> >configured its network cards on both operating systems and everything
works
> >just perfect!
> >Now there is another computer (firegate), and I need to make it my
> >gateway/firewall/proxy linux server, and I had two net cards in it, I
tried
> >the net cards and tested their operability and they are both working
> >excellent.
> >Now on this Firegate computer the first card ifcfg-eth0 need to be
connected
> >to the internet (cable modem)..
> >Bill helped me to setup the proper network and IP addresses (thanks Bill)
> >but I still could not get the connection to the internet working, I tried
to
> >ping www.sybase.com and www.oracle.com and even www.microsoft.com and
here
> >what happens:
>
>
> First of all, forget pinging www.microsoft.com they are just not
> sending a ping-echo reply.
>
> >1) the send and recieve lights on the cable modem are blinking on a
rythem,
> >that the packets are sent and recieved..
> >2) I do not recieve a successful ping result on my computer screen.
> >
> >What I am suspecting, is that the cable modem whcih is (TERAYON) has lost
> >the MAC address that it recognized first (which is on the other computer)
> >,,,
> >So is my guess correct?
> >if no please help me!
> >second thing, is there a way to re-register a new MAC on the cable modem?
> >without the use of DHCP or DHCP is a must in this case??
>
> I really have no idea how cable modems do this. sorry. But, I can
> offer to email you a linux binary which is supposed to change to mac
> address to anything you want (well, not CHANGE..but, "spoofs" it to
> routers, or some such.
>
> hk63a - swbell - net
> " @ " . "
> >
> >
> >At the end, I really would like to thank all the people who helped me to
> >have my beautiful linux up and running!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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