Linux-Networking Digest #836, Volume #9 Sun, 10 Jan 99 01:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: Connection refused from remote X-Windows (Vincent Zweije)
Re: Route Still Hosed (Vincent Zweije)
Re: routing problem? - help needed (Vincent Zweije)
Re: Cannot login to samba server ("Jonas")
Re: /usr over nfs? ("Eugene")
Re: BellAtlantic.net and PPP 2.3.5 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
forwarding packets from outside to another computer on LAN (Josh Rusko)
ftp problem (Ted Potter)
Re: RH5.2PPP Can anyone decipher this??? /var/log/messages (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: ipfwadm errors: can someone explain? (David Kirkpatrick)
USR 56k Modem + Linux ("Nathan J. Underwood")
USR 56k modem + RH Linux 5.2 ("Nathan J. Underwood")
Why can PPP configure the DNS server address dynamically? (George)
Re: . Pop3 HELP! (Juho Cederstrom)
Re: Need help with getting Ehternet internet connection up on Red Had 5.2 and laptop
(Sydney Weidman)
question re: NAT & ip-masq (Christopher Quale)
Routing, Dialup, Will work? (Jordy Leduc)
Re: IP masq - kernel problem (Dale Lakes)
IPX problem ("Matthew Srebinski")
Re: PPP in RH 5.2 ("Kenny Sylliboy")
How verify connection speed? (Christian Barrett)
PPP in RH 5.2 - "ifup ppp0" ??? (ppp0 netmask woes) ("A.G.")
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Connection refused from remote X-Windows
Date: 9 Jan 1999 15:14:52 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Efflandt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|| On Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:35:56 -0500, Jim Orfanakos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|| >I am using X-Win32 on a Win95 PC trying to connect to a RedHat 5.1 system.
|| >Whenever I try to start an X application I get connection refused after I
|| >enter my userid and password. I tried rsh as well as rexec.
This I do not understand: what do you need your username and password
for when starting an X application?
|| >If I telnet in, then start the application sending it back to the remote
|| >pc via "-display" it works. If log in directly to the RedHat 5.1 server
|| >and send the application back to the remote pc via "-display" it works.
Then what's the problem?
|| >I have open the system up in /etc/securetty and
|| >/etc/security/access.conf but no luck.
These don't have anything to do with it, as far as I can see.
|| You don't mention if you used xhost. See 'man xhost'. Some people
|| recommend a more secure method, but this should do for a home or office
|| LAN.
True.
And then you forget about xhost, since it's running smoothly now.
And then your LAN grows to 100 users whom you don't know.
And then you upgrade your LAN and get it connected to Internet.
Plan for the future, I'd say.
Ciao. Vincent.
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Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "If you're flamed in a group you
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?"
[Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: athome.users-unix,sdnet.cablemodems
Subject: Re: Route Still Hosed
Date: 9 Jan 1999 15:52:01 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|| Thanks to all who have replied to my previous posts. I have looked at
|| all the files that people have suggested and they appear to be ok. I
|| still have the same problem though, I can't reach the net and the route
|| command still returns garbage. I have tried to manually add a route but
|| I am not sure the syntax is correct. When I try
|| route add gw 24.0.132.1 dev eth0 1
--> route add default gw 24.0.132.1
|| the machine will hang for a couple of minutes and returns:
||
|| gw host name lookup failure
I suspect it's trying to lookup the trailing 1 as a host name. The lookup
must fail because 1 is probably not a host name, and moreover, routing
isn't established yet so you can't ask a name server anyway.
|| This is what route returns:
||
|| Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
|| 24.0.132.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
|| 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
|| 'The third line hangs but after about two minutes it will return'
|| default 24.0.132.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 14 eth0
The delay is because the route command tries to lookup the gateway
address. It has to wait for the lookup to time out. The -n switch
prevents this, like the netstat -rn output you've shown.
Also notice that the gateway route apparently has been used (Use=14).
|| Network Configurator Reads (under X)
|| Hostname cx295057-a
|| Domain dt1.sdca.home.com
|| Nameservers 24.0.3.33
|| 24.3.3.34
|| Hosts 127.0.0.0 localhost localhost.localdomain
--> Hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
|| 24.0.132.10 cx295057-a
|| Interfaces IP Proto Atboot Active
|| lo 127.0.0.1 none yes active
|| etho 24.0.132.10 none yes active
|| /etc/hosts
|| 127.0.0.0 localhost localdomain
--> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
|| 24.0.132.10 cx295057-a
||
|| /etc/resolv.conf
|| search dt1.sdca.home.com
|| nameserver 24.0.3.33
|| nameserver 24.0.3.34
--> nameserver 24.3.3.34 # According to network configurator output above
Repair and try again. Make sure once more with your provider's
information that your gateway and nameserver numbers are right.
Good luck. Vincent.
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Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "If you're flamed in a group you
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?"
[Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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From: Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: routing problem? - help needed
Date: 9 Jan 1999 16:05:58 +0100
In article <01be3b33$35878f80$0afa64c3@cybercentral>, me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
|| The problem is this: I can�t get any web or email connection. I have a
|| ppp-on script that uses chat and that works OK. I can start it up with
|| ppp-on and ping my ISP but Netscape complain �no such domain� whenever I
|| enter any web address. Other applications also give errors like �unknown
|| host� and fetchmail gives �connecting to host: Connection refused�. I get
|| the error message instantly like it did not even attempt to connect to my
|| ISP even if the ppp link is up. Diald gives no error messages and tcpdump
|| show that the only network activity is on lo nothing on the default slip
|| interface for diald.
What do /etc/{nsswitch.conf,host.conf,hosts,resolv.conf} look like?
|| The host file is setup with the localhost and my machine and domain. The
|| host.conf file just has order hosts in it.
This is your problem. Add "bind" to the host.conf search order.
$ cat /etc/host.conf
order hosts,bind
multi on
$
Without the "bind" keyword, name resolution doesn't use your ISP's
name server. Also make sure you have configured the right name servers
in /etc/resolv.conf.
--
Vincent Zweije <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "If you're flamed in a group you
<http://www.xs4all.nl/~zweije/> | don't read, does anybody get burnt?"
[Xhost should be taken out and shot] | -- Paul Tomblin on a.s.r.
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From: "Jonas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot login to samba server
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:39:50 +0100
If you are using windows 95 osr2 or NT you have to use encrypted passwords
or disable this feature on your windows mashines.
Read files ENCRYPTION.txt, WinNT.txt and Win95.txt in /usr/doc/samba*/docs
directory for more info.
/Jonas
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /usr over nfs?
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 22:45:15 -0500
>Actually, I was going to say just the opposite. I'm trying this and I
>found that mounting /usr over nfs didn't work well unless I also
>mounted /lib over nfs. Software installed on a Linux machine
>frequently has part of itself in /usr and part in /lib so if you mount
>/usr remotely and /lib locally you are likely to have problems unless
>you've installed the same software on both machines. In which case,
>why mount /usr over nfs?
Your problem might be because you are using different libraries on different
machines (i.e. libc5/libc6). Only the most important stuff goes in /lib. All
other software installs its libraries in /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib or
something like that.
>Currently I have Linux installed on a 212MB hard drive accessing /usr,
>/lib, and /home over nfs (to a machine with an 8.5GB hard drive). My
>eventual goal is to create a floppy disk that will boot Linux without
>using the local hard drive at all.
>
>I'd like to be able to stick a floppy disk into a Windows NT machine
>on the same Ethernet as my Linux machine and have the Windows NT
>machine behave as a fully functional Linux machine without affecting
>the NT installation at all. I've followed the Boot Disk Howto, but no
>luck so far.
read NT + Linux howto. it explains how to multiboot Linux and NT. You can
create NT OS Loader entry for Linux (which is how I have it set up).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: BellAtlantic.net and PPP 2.3.5
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 03:58:25 GMT
Frank Hale writes:
> I followed the Linux dialing instructions and connected first time with
> the new version of PPP 2.3.5.
Those instructions are unnecessarily complicated for any modern Linux
distribution. They are more appropriate for something like Slackware 2.3.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Josh Rusko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: forwarding packets from outside to another computer on LAN
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 23:42:08 -0500
ok i have a semi-stupid question that's probably answered in a howto
somewhere, but I've been looking and haven't been able to find it.
I want to have an old linux box on a LAN set up as a firewall with IP
masquerading and acting as the internet connection for the LAN. no
problem there...
now given the following scenario:
firewall: local IP=192.168.1.1, ppp link to internet, only the minimum
services running
host2: localIP=192.168.1.2, internet connection through firewall.
how would I tell the firewall computer that all incoming packets on,
say, port 25, should be forwarded to port 25 on host2? I want host2 to
be a mail server for the LAN, but it has a fake IP address. is this
possible using just ip masquerading, and if so how? or do I need to set
up a SOCKS server on the firewall box?
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Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 10:54:34 -0800
From: Ted Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp problem
Using Redhat 5.0 somehow I have broken ftp. I can not receive a file
that ends in the extension of .exe or .EXE for that
matter. It tries and then times out eventually. I have tried many files
from many places with the same problem.
I do not understand why a file extension would cause ftp to be unable to
receive a file. Any clues ?
Thanks
Ted Potter
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH5.2PPP Can anyone decipher this??? /var/log/messages
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 22:32:36 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a common problem usualy cleared by trashing your scripts and editing
fresh copies. This is a very
small job. Go to /usr/doc/ppp-x-x-x/scripts and put them in etc/ppp. Get
options, ppp-on and ppp-on-dialer.
edit just ppp-on and you should be ok. make sure the /dev/tty is correct. Look
at what you have set your
modem to in the control pannes - modems. Put that entry into the script.
d
Curtis Ross wrote:
> I have been trying to connect to my isp for days. I think I made progress
> this morning as I now have a different error message in var/log/messages.
> Can anyone decipher this??? and tell me what I can do to fix this.
> Red Hat 5.2 using the PPP network configurator from the control panel set to
> debug
> the log is as follows in /var/log/messages:
>
> send ATZ^M
> expect (ok)
> ATZ^M^M
> OK
> -- got it
> send (ATDT4460187^M)
> expect (connect)
> ^M
> ATDT4460187^M
> CONNECT
> -- got it
> send (^M)
> send <username>
> send <password^M>
> serial connection established
> Using interface ppp0
> connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Connection Terminated
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipfwadm errors: can someone explain?
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 22:35:00 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
use ipfwadm -F p masquerade
When things run right change this by reviewing PPP-HOWTO
also do a search on modprobe in PPP-HOWTO
Mark Cooperstein wrote:
> My problem: I'm running RH 2.1.130 (i needed a newer kernel then
> production because I have a 16750 high speed serial board in my computer, and
> the 2.0.36 kernel serial.c doesnt support this UART). Anyway, I configured my
> kernel for ip-masquerading, as well as firewalls. When I try to use ipfwadm I
> get the following errors:
>
> /sbin/ipfwadm -O -f
> error msg: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not available
> /sbin/ipfwadm -I -f
> error msg: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Invalid argument
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -f
> error msg: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Invalid argument
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -p deny
> error msg: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: No such file or directory
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a deny -P tcp -S 0.0.0.0/0 137:139
> error msg: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: No such file or directory
> /sbin/ipfwadm -F -a deny -P udp -S 0.0.0.0/0 137:139
>
> etc, etc, ad nauseum! It would appear that I either have an old version of
> ipfwadm, or something isn't correctly configured in my kernel. Do you have
> any clues as to what is wrong?
>
> Regards, and thanks in advance
> Mark
>
> ** Remove ".nospam" when replying or email will bounce back to you...
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From: "Nathan J. Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USR 56k Modem + Linux
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 15:25:30 -0500
I have 3 machines that need Internet access. I had a Zoom 33.6k modem
connected to a RH 5 machine running IP Masquerading, servicing the
machines, and it worked fine. I didn't use it for a while (I just used
my laptop) because of the speed (three machines over a 26.4k connection,
painful). I have since moved to an area with all fiber to the corner,
bought a 56k modem, and upgraded my box to RH 5.2. I can actually
connect to my ISP (via a machine running doze WinNT4) with my new modem
at 56k. I would much rather be able to use my Linux box to connect, and
surf, and let the other 2 machines connect throught the Linux box. The
problem is, I can connect to the ISP, I enter my user name and password,
exit minicom, and type ppp and nothing happens. Then carrier drops. If
anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Nathan Underwood
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From: "Nathan J. Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USR 56k modem + RH Linux 5.2
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 15:44:20 -0500
I am having trouble getting a USR 56k external modem to work under
Linux. I can dial the number to my ISP, connect, and authenticate, but
when I exit minicom to try to run ppp, nothing happens, and I loose
carrier. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why can PPP configure the DNS server address dynamically?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:24:08 -0500
Is there a technical reason why PPP can't configure the ISP's DNS server
address
dynamically? How does one handle multiple ISPs each with different
DNSes?
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From: Juho Cederstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: . Pop3 HELP!
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 09:51:32 +0200
Bruce Fischer wrote:
> I did not think that RH 5.1 included a POP server. 5.2 may not either.
RH50 included POP server, RH51 included a POP server, and even
RH52 includes a POP server.
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-- [ juhoc ] - [Red Hat Linux 5.2] -- >
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From: Sydney Weidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Need help with getting Ehternet internet connection up on Red Had 5.2 and
laptop
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 05:36:44 GMT
Kirk Moon wrote:
> Would appreciate any help with my problem.
>
> Running Red Hat 5.2 on a Micron Transport XKE laptop. Laptop is
> plugged in to a Micron docking station which has a DEC Tulip ethernet
> card inside. I have an ADSL hookup (full time internet connection with
> fixed IP address). Able to run all of my internet ops without problem
> using Windows 98 on the same hardware. Can't get it to wok with Linux.
> I have all of the necessary addresses entered in the Linuxconf file.
> I get all of the usual successful startup messages for Ethernet in the
> boot process. The Tulio driver for eth0 is loaded. My software tells
> me that the ethernet setup is active, but I can't get out onto the
> net. When I ping the localhost it works, but I can't get it to ping
> anything on the net. I can't ping the DNS, the gateway, or any other
> mahine on my home lan. All packets are dropped. I don't get nay
> errors, just nothing. Can't get anything else to work.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> To reply, delete the "xx"s in the email address.
Do you have the defaultroute option set for pppd?
That may be the problem.
Cheers!
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From: Christopher Quale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question re: NAT & ip-masq
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 21:56:39 -0800
Hello,
I am soon to get cable modem access and I am thinking about
how would be the best way to share the connection (between
two client machines via 10Mb ethernet). I know about ip
masquerading, but I have no experience with it.
Here are my questions:
1. The planned server is an aging 486 (DX250, 40 MB RAM, kernel
2.0.36). Is this machine fast enough to serve up the bandwith
to two other machines?
2. How well does ip-masq work w.r.t things like Real Audio/Video,
ICQ, etc...
3. How does ip-masq compare w/ things like NAT?
4. Are there other options?
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Chris
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From: Jordy Leduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Routing, Dialup, Will work?
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:16:27 -0500
Hello
Is this type of situation possible.
Windows machine (A), with valid static IP address connected to Linux box
(B) with valid static IP address, connected to Windows 95 machine (C)
with static valid IP address, with PPP dynamic IP connection to the
internet, Now, is it possible to setup the first machine (A) to use DNS
services from box (B) and box (B) will route the DNS request (IP) to
machine (C), and then forward it to the PPP connection on box (C). I can
ping all three points from box (A), I can ping box (B),(C), and the PPP
connection on box (C), but not to the outside. Do I need to set up a
route somewhere or is this even possible?..
Clear as mud......
Thanks
Jordy Leduc
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From: Dale Lakes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP masq - kernel problem
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 06:04:51 GMT
Run /sbin/lilo and see if that doesn't help matters.
Remigiusz Samborski wrote:
> I'm having a problem with setting my kernel(2.0.35) on linux for ip
> masq. It compiled fine with firewalling, forwarding and ipmasq options
> set, but when I tried to lunch it I got a message:
>
> Uncompressing kernel....
>
> Ran out of input data
>
> -- System halted --
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Or is my kernel source mixed up? And should
> I download a newer one?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> --
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Matthew Srebinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IPX problem
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 00:58:54 -0500
I have a RH 5.1 box that I recently switched from running on our in office
LAN to the university LAN, now it started giving me error messages on the
system console saying "IPX network name conflict 160, eth0 802.2 eth0
802.3" I assume this is because somehow this box got setup to run both
802.2 and 802.3 protocols on the same interface and the IPX name assigned to
the system is conflicting with each other. I configured it only to run one,
and I did a ipx_configure --auto_interface=off" to keep the system from
restarting the other, however when I reboot it defaults back to both being
on. I remember editing a config file a couple of months back that was
specific to IPX but I cannot find it again and can't find refrences to it in
the HOWTO's
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From: "Kenny Sylliboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: PPP in RH 5.2
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:05:54 -0400
Have you tried using minicom? At least with minicom, you can see what to
expect from your ISP, for example maybe it's looking for a 'username'
instead of 'login', Cause I can connect to the internet just by using the
network config in the control panel. I know a lots of new users don't like
to be told to read the manual or the how to's, but I found the PPP How to at
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/PPP-Tips/PPP-Tips-6.html very useful.
I read a lot of advice on how I had to edit the resolv.conf etc, but i just
reloaded Red hat today and followed my print out from Red Hat and was able
to connect on the first try without any extra editing.
Hope you fix your PPP connection.
Kenny
>"A.G." wrote:
>
>> Is it only me, or is PPP setup in RedHat all screwed up?
>>
>> I tried using their graphical tool to configure PPP from "Control Panel",
>> then I tried linuxconfig to do the same. Alright, I got my modem to dial,
>> but I couldn't connect to any site. Couldn't even ping my ISP.
>>
>> Then I found out that I should have been using a different netmask for
the
>> IP address that my ISP assigns me, but there doesn't seem to be any way
to
>> define it using any interactive tools. So, all options exhausted I turned
to
>> Howto's and FAQs. =/
>>
>> They all talk about scripts that are non-existent in Redhat Linux file
>> system. Once I located needed scripts in docs to PPP, and copied them to
>> correct locations, and edited them, and changed file permissions around,
I
>> finally got connected (following Howto's instructions).
>>
>> However, the setup for ppp0 didn't change a bit in the linuxconfig or
>> "control panel". So I can't "activate" interface from there. Have to type
>> ppp-on. Not a big problem, but I would really like to know WHERE does
RedHat
>> Linux keep ITS configuratoin of ppp0??? Couldn't find it anywhere. :[
>>
>> Any ideas? File names?
>>
>> I am only a week into Linux, so I beg for your tolerance for my
ignorance.
>>
>> A.G.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Barrett)
Subject: How verify connection speed?
Date: 10 Jan 1999 06:07:20 GMT
Hello all,
I have a 28.8 modem and make connections to a >= 28.8 modem.
I am not able to achieve transfer rates that are any better than
what I would be able to do with a 14.4 modem, though. I suspect
that I have something misconfigured that is limiting my performance.
I am looking for help in
1) Figuring out how to measure the speed of a connection
that I do establish, and
2) knowing what system configurations/settings could be causing
the trouble.
If you can offer any advice on either 1) or 2), thank you.
Christian
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From: "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: PPP in RH 5.2 - "ifup ppp0" ??? (ppp0 netmask woes)
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 01:51:49 -0500
Thanx for your reply.
I located the scripts alright. I figured that the settings would be in a
file "ifcfg-ppp0". Sure enough, it seemed to contain all the data for ppp0 -
modem's port etc... Now, there was a line NETMASK="", so I thought - BINGO,
and filled in:
NETMASK="255.255.0.0" #just what I was looking for!!!
Alas, it didn't work. Upon dialing, the modem connected and stayed
connected, but I couldn't ping my server. And, of course, I knew the reason
why: ifconfig produced among other output for pp0: "Mask:255.255.255.0".
Alright, I read man for ppp and saw that it takes for parameter "netmask
1.2.3.4". And there is a line in ifcfg-ppp0:
PPPOPTIONS="".
So I filled in "netmask 255.255.0.0", and it didn't work again, of course.
Again, modem connects, but I can't ping anyone.
When activating ppp0 from Linuxconf, I noticed that it executes a line
"/sbin/ifup ppp0". What is the ppp0 argument? is it a file name? (I couldn't
find such file anywhere)
Maybe there is some other place I could modify the netmask setting? I am SO
TIRED of trying to configure the friggin' ppp, I can't tell you. Like I
said, I had it working by following HOWTO on one machine, but then I moved
my modem to the other machine and modified the scripts so that they were
exact copy of the ones on the first computer, but I can't get it working
there.
Now I swapped the modem back just to type this message!!!!
Please please please smbd help me modify the netmask setting!
>>Exactly my point. I *successfully* configured my ppp. But I did it through
>>the config files. And I have no clue where RedHat's Controll pannel OR
>>Linuxconfig write the data entered by me in the interactive mode. It is
>>still there, all the settings etc., but these are not the settings from
the
>>config files from HOWTO.
>You are in luck today. The scripts RH uses are in
>
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
>
>in all their glory..... The scripts in /usr/doc/ppp-xx.yyy
>are there for documentation purposes.
Thanx a lot,
A.G.
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