Linux-Networking Digest #986, Volume #9 Sun, 24 Jan 99 10:17:06 EST
Contents:
Setting up an ancient token ring network. (jymohqes)
Re: LINUX, 3COM ImpactIQ, ISDN, etc, etc, etc... (Mark Cooperstein)
Re: Samba over the internet ("Glen Parker")
Re: Do I need Samba ?? ("Steven J. Hathaway")
Re: rc.firewall.ipchains causes slow connections ("Glen Parker")
Re: Beginners question (Jordy Leduc)
Re: Beginners question (Jordy Leduc)
SLIP Oddities (James Dekorse)
Re: lan-question ("Eugene")
PPP Server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NetWorth Series 4000 help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Firewall or IPMasq or Both: Need Recommendation ("Steven J. Hathaway")
Printing (Greg Kettmann)
Re: Samba Setup (Scallica)
lan-question ("Moritz Schmitt")
Using ICQ via Squid proxy ("Martin Heupel")
Re: Printing ("Eugene")
Re: Diald and Dialmon ("Glen Parker")
PLEASE HELP ? (QCT)
Re: Redhat vs. Slackware (Luca Filipozzi)
Driver for Racal-Datacom NI6510SC-T2? (Stef)
Ether broke in Linux, still works in Win98?!? ("Christian G. Allred")
Re: Revenge of NT? (Mike Warnecke)
ppp help (Minh Giang)
Re: ISP Setup on Red Hat 5.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: jymohqes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Setting up an ancient token ring network.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:18:21 -0600
My school computer club just got a bunch of <gag> 386SX 's with an
averge speed of about 20 Mhz. They all have token ring boards and we
plan to network them together. Does anyone know what sort of minimmum
server we need? (No Xwindows, but we may want the server to dial in to
the net and allow the other computers to acess it. They will mostly be
used to play a MUSH and to do simple programming, filesharing etc.)
Right now we only have a 486 sx /25 and 16 meg of RAM and a 600 Mb
harddrive. Will this surfice? Or is the project doomed to failure? We
can afford to spend a couple of hundred dollars on new hardware, but our
budget is extremely limited. Right now were just hooking them together,
and have yet to install Linux. Does anyone have any ideas about what we
need to buy/install/do?
Thanx,
Jon Striley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Cooperstein)
Subject: Re: LINUX, 3COM ImpactIQ, ISDN, etc, etc, etc...
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:21:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Keith Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>OK, I am going to take the plunge into ISDN land. I want to be able to
>set up my Linux (2.0.30) box to have a connection to my ISP through a
>3COM ImpactIQ external TA (connected to a on-board serial port),
snip....
What exactly do you mean "on board serial port"? If you mean one of
the built in serial ports on a pentium class motherboard, then you shouldn't
have much problem, although you will be restricted to a 115K connection, which
is less then a 2B 128KB connection possible with ISDN using both channels.
If, you meant to say you were going to hook the TA to a serial card that has a
high speed UART (16750, 16650) such as the Byterunner, or Turbocom 920, then
you may run into some snafu's. Getting one of these boards is a good idea if
you want to get the most out of your TA, but get one with jumpers (not PnP) or
you'll have to deal with isapnp, which works, but is an extra headache. Also,
if you go this route, you'll need a newer kernel (2.1.xxx) in order to get
support for non-standard baud rates (up to 115K is standard, 230K and
above and support for UARTS with larger buffers such as the 16650 or 16750
is not standard in 2.0.xx). I use a Motorola BitSurfr PRO external TA with a
Turbocom 920 board. Since I was forced to use a "development" kernel
(2.1.130) in order to get the full serial support, I also had to deal with
using ipchains instead of ipfwadm for firewall support, which is better mind
you, but not as well supported since it's "newer".
From what I've read in this NG about the IQ and Linux, most of the
problems stem around not being able to get both B channels to work with ppp.
It does work, since I've read posts saying that it was "figured out" (although
what was done I can't say). All in all, it will be an experience. If you
havent done so yet, I suggest reading the NET-3, PPP and IPCHAINS HOWTO's.
Mark
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From: "Glen Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba over the internet
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:25:56 -0800
>I have a Red Hat 5.1 machine running samba flawlessly thus far.
>However, I want to export a directory across the internet. Three main
>questions:
>1) Is there a quick and dirty method of making the directory mountable
>on another machine (win95) given both machines have a full time
>internet connection and real ip's. At this level I'm not concerned
>about security. I just want to get it running and see it work. ie.
>what else do I need to do/get/configure/??? The samba man pages don't
>mention doing this as far as I can see.
You shouldn't need to do anything special on the linux end, provided you
actually have access to the netbios ports and all that. On the Win98, you
*should* be able to connect by entering
\\<dns host name>\<share name>
in the explorer url box. If you can't use a domain name, you could also use
a raw IP address.
Oh wait, you'll most likely need to turn on password encryption on the samba
server (man smb.conf to get started). Win98 won't transmit clear-text
passwords I don't believe.
>2) What are the security issues with method 1) above and how might they
>be addressed?
>3) If samba won't what will and be readable to a win95 client without
>$$$added software?
Glen
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From: "Steven J. Hathaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Do I need Samba ??
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:02:09 -0800
Ed,
You do not need SAMBA unless you wish to share file system resources
or printer resources within the Windows Networking environment.
The protocols "ftp, telnet, http, smtp, ntp, nntp, nfs, pop3, imap"
do not depend on SAMBA.
- Steve Hathaway
Edd Stanley wrote:
>
> I would like to know if it is necessary for me to install Samba on my
> Linux box in order to connect it with my Windows95 machine on an
> ethernet??
>
> I only need to have ftp, telnet, and http connections to the Linux box.
> I just wanted to know if this is possible without having to install
> Samba
> because I have to do all of my installations by diskette (I have no CD
> ROM
> drive.)
>
> Thanks!!
> Edd
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From: "Glen Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rc.firewall.ipchains causes slow connections
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:08:10 -0800
>I am running the rc.firewall.ipchains script (a very cool contribution
Where do I get it? I'd like to take a look at it.
Glen
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From: Jordy Leduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Beginners question
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:06:56 -0500
Hello
Do you mean you cannot telnet at all or as the user root. By default the
user 'root' is not allowed to telnet. Remove the user 'root' from
/etc/ftpusers.
Jordy Leduc
Mundi wrote:
>
> I installed Linux RedHat 5.0 on a Compaq 486, it is part of a NT & AIX
> network. I can ping and ftp from WinNT or AIX but cannot telnet into
> Linux box.
> Why?
>
> Thanks
> Edmund
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From: Jordy Leduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Beginners question
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:06:30 -0500
Hello
Do you mean you cannot telent at all or as the user root. By default the
user 'root' is not allowed to telnet. Remove the user 'root' from
/etc/ftpusers.
Jordy Leduc
Mundi wrote:
>
> I installed Linux RedHat 5.0 on a Compaq 486, it is part of a NT & AIX
> network. I can ping and ftp from WinNT or AIX but cannot telnet into
> Linux box.
> Why?
>
> Thanks
> Edmund
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From: James Dekorse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SLIP Oddities
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:16:31 GMT
Hello,
I am once again at trying to get a P-t-P slip connec establlished.
What I have so far:
Null modem cable
2 linux boxes (established network connect through ethernet)
On both sides - slattach /dev/ttyS0 &
ifconfig sl0 ip.me.me.me pointopoint ip.you.you.you up
route add default sl0
Now what it does... On one box, i don't seem to be having a problem,
but when I try to ping the other side of the connection, the routing
tables are deleted as is the configuration information, slattach continues
to run however.
In other words...
Computers A and B. Configure both A and B. On A, ping B. B looses all
information. Re-configure both stations. On B, ping A - nothing, other
than ping just hangs and ifconfig shows Rx and Tx errors. The behavior is
not symmetrical.
Anyone have any ideas? Also, does anyone know where to find the latest
version of slattach?
Thanks for the help.
jim
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lan-question
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:18:54 GMT
first you have to decide *how* you want to network the computers. I suggest
getting 2 network cards (10baseT + 10base2 combo). Then go to
www.linux.org/help and read Ethernet howto.
You can also network computers with a parallel or serial cable. I wouldn't
recommend that though, 'cause it's sloooow.
Moritz Schmitt wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello...
>
>I have a really simple question:
>
>What do I have to do if I want to build a little lan with just two
>linux-computers? It would be nice if anyone could tell me the generally
>steps.
>
>Thanks a lot
>
>Moritz
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPP Server
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:07:59 GMT
I am setting up a PPP server which my friends and I can dial into. My
problem is that I only have one phone line, and I would still like to be
able to receive normal calls when the server is not in use. I was
thinking that maybe I could set it up so if the phone rang once and then
hung up that would trigger my modem to receive incoming calls so that
the next call would be answered by the modem... Any ideas on how to do
this, or if this is possible at all? Does anyone have a better
solution?
Please respond to my email address as well as the newsgroup, as I don't
always get a chance to read the newsgroups...
Thanks.
Mike Grant
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Subject: NetWorth Series 4000 help
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:44:14 GMT
I need some help with a NetWorth Series 4000 Network Command Center and
thought I'd turn here for help.
What does the "Config" button do on the media expansion port?
What are the 3/4 modes?
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From: "Steven J. Hathaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Firewall or IPMasq or Both: Need Recommendation
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 15:26:10 -0800
Basic Network Diagram
Local Masqerade Remote
Network Firewall Network
NAT Relay
+-------+
Wkstn A ---->| | |
Wkstn B ---->|network| |Network
Wkstn C ---->|server |---(connection)---|Service
Wkstn D ---->| | |Provider
+-------+ |
If the "network server" is a Masquerade server, then all
workstations on the local network will look to the Network
Service Provider as coming from one IP address, that of the
Masquerade server.
If the "network server" is a Firewall without address
translation, then the firewall acts as a protocol filtering
router, allowing only specific traffic thru. The Network
Service Provider needs to know the IPs of your local network
(usually by block assignment of addresses) for you local use.
This block of IP addresses is a fixed assignment that the
Network Service Provider CAN NOT USE for auto-assignment
to dial-in clients.
If the "network server" is a NAT Relay, it provides Network
Address Translation between a private address space and a
public address space. This is useful if you wish to subscribe
to another network service provider without renumbering your
local network servers and workstations. You should give your
local network equipment addresses in the private address space,
and let the NAT Relay change them selectively to public addresses
in the global Internet. NAT Relay servers are often accompanied
with Firewall capabilities. You still need a block of static
addresses assigned by your Network Service Provider for your
use. And you NAT Relay becomes the router that your Network
Service Provider uses to gain access to selected workstations
within your local network.
The public address you assign to the Network Service Provider
side of a NAT Relay can be used by Masquerade services for those
workstations that are not mapped to a public address by the NAT Relay.
I'm not sure of the configuration requirements of all the parts,
but the capabilities of the above are available.
- Steven J. Hathaway
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From: Greg Kettmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Printing
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:23:40 -0500
I've read the Printing howto and the Printing Usage howto. They didn't
answer my basic questions and I wonder if someone could help. I've been
in computers for 20 years. In the DOS days it was the responsibility of
the application (such as WordPerfect) to know about the capabilities of
the printer. With OS/2 or WinDoze that duty fell upon the operating
system. The OS knows about the capabilities of the printer. The
application queries the OS and learns that it can do so and so fonts
and/or color, etc.
The Linux/Unix environment seems totally different. GhostScript seems
to be the prefered and output is sent as generic PostScript. Wonderful
idea but I don't know how something such as a word processor knows how
to format a document without knowing the capabilities of the printer.
In a network environment it's even a bit more convoluted. The
workstation and server print drivers should match in the DOS/Windows
environment.
My questions are:
1) How does an application (in Linux) know how to format a print job?
2) In a network environment (Samba on Linux, WinDoze Client) how does
it work? I understand the basic spooling mechanisms, that's pretty
standard. Can I let the WinCrap client format a job and let the Linux
spool handle sending it to the printer? In that case Linux doesn't care
anything about the printer.
3) I have an IBM 4019 Laser Printer. There doesn't seem to be any
GhostScript support. Does this mean I can't use this printer? Case 1
is not as important but case two is. Linux is my server and I'd like to
share the IBM 4019 and an HP DJ 660C. Sharing and spooling seem pretty
straight forward the fundamentals of who/where the jobs get formatted
are where I'm confused.
Thanks for any help. I've also read the DOS/Windows to Linux Howto (or
whatever the specific name is). I'm thinking of starting a similar web
site. Any comments?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scallica)
Subject: Re: Samba Setup
Date: 23 Jan 1999 23:49:26 GMT
Here is my only share definition:
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
writable = yes
path = /home
readonly = no
create mode = 0750
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From: "Moritz Schmitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lan-question
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 23:24:40 -0000
Hello...
I have a really simple question:
What do I have to do if I want to build a little lan with just two
linux-computers? It would be nice if anyone could tell me the generally
steps.
Thanks a lot
Moritz
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From: "Martin Heupel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Using ICQ via Squid proxy
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:55:13 -0000
I need an example to configure my squid proxy server to use ICQ on a
windows 98 client. Any ideas?
Thanks
Martin
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:09:35 GMT
Greg Kettmann wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I've read the Printing howto and the Printing Usage howto. They didn't
>answer my basic questions and I wonder if someone could help. I've been
>in computers for 20 years. In the DOS days it was the responsibility of
>the application (such as WordPerfect) to know about the capabilities of
>the printer. With OS/2 or WinDoze that duty fell upon the operating
>system. The OS knows about the capabilities of the printer. The
>application queries the OS and learns that it can do so and so fonts
>and/or color, etc.
In Unix, the OS handles all the printing. DOS is Unix with all the limbs
removed.
>The Linux/Unix environment seems totally different. GhostScript seems
>to be the prefered and output is sent as generic PostScript. Wonderful
>idea but I don't know how something such as a word processor knows how
>to format a document without knowing the capabilities of the printer.
I don't think you understand what postscript is. Postscript is a *printer
language*. Word processor doesn't have to know the capabilities of the
printer. Postscript documents tell the printer how to print. Only high-end
printers actually understand postscript. The consumer-level printers are
brain-dead. Ghostscript is used to convert from postscript to something that
the printer can swallow (which wastes CPU cycles but saves money on the
printer production). You can think of postscript as an abstraction layer
between the application and the printer.
>In a network environment it's even a bit more convoluted. The
>workstation and server print drivers should match in the DOS/Windows
>environment.
Actually, all formatting / filtering is done on the computer from which you
print. The server only spools the data and sends it to the printer.
>My questions are:
>
>1) How does an application (in Linux) know how to format a print job?
see above
>2) In a network environment (Samba on Linux, WinDoze Client) how does
>it work? I understand the basic spooling mechanisms, that's pretty
>standard. Can I let the WinCrap client format a job and let the Linux
>spool handle sending it to the printer? In that case Linux doesn't care
>anything about the printer.
see above
>3) I have an IBM 4019 Laser Printer. There doesn't seem to be any
>GhostScript support. Does this mean I can't use this printer? Case 1
>is not as important but case two is. Linux is my server and I'd like to
>share the IBM 4019 and an HP DJ 660C. Sharing and spooling seem pretty
>straight forward the fundamentals of who/where the jobs get formatted
>are where I'm confused.
Look more thoroughly through the documentation. It may be supported via some
other driver. For example, I have Canon BJ-100 (BJ meaning Bubble Jet in
this context ;-) I'm using BJ-200 filter with it. If you look at
documentation it says that the filter bj200 works with BJ-200, BJ-210,
BJ-100, and a few others.
If it is not supported you can still share it with winblows workstations via
samba. In this case you have to set it up as a plain-text (ASCII) printer.
This is perhaps the weirdest setup -- clients can print to the printer but
the server can't. But oh, well, at least you will not be limited by the
availability of a ghostscript filter.
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From: "Glen Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Diald and Dialmon
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:17:52 -0800
>I have set up diald and dialmon, and both work perfectly, as does the
>ipfwad-ing to my win95/NT machines. But I have a problem, whenever I
>connect to the linux box by telnet from my Windows machines, diald
>starts to dial up my ISP. How can I stop this, I have already altered
>the filter file for diald, but that then stopped the telnet session
>from opening.
You should make sure you have an entry in your /etc/hosts file (on the linux
box) for your Win98 box. The telnet service is most likely trying to do a
reverse DNS lookup against your connection, and since it can't find any
reference to it locally, tries to hit the internet for a lookup, causing
diald to do its thing. A valid hosts file should solve it.
>My ipfawd setup is:
>
>ipfwadm -F -p deny
>ipfwadm -F -a masquerade -W ppp0 -S 192.168.0.0/16 -D 0.0.0.0/0
>
>the ip addresses are:
>192.168.0.1 Win95
>192.168.0.2 WinNT
>192.168.0.3 Linux RedHat
>Matthew
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From: QCT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PLEASE HELP ?
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:51:53 -0500
dear friend,
First I am sorry because my message post in a wrong group. Because this
group is my lovely group and in hurry time I can not find which group
should I post my question.
My boss want me to make images file from desktop screens. Is there any
free software or any way convert any windows 95 screen into a image
file( jpg). I did this way, print out and scan that paper. But my Boss
don't like that way because it take so long to finish all the designs (
around 2 million images, and color printer is so slow).
Could some one have any idea please help me !
Thank you very much,
QCT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: Redhat vs. Slackware
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 16:54:20 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Greetings -
>
> I'm looking to set up a firewall/NAT linux box for my network, and need
> to pick a distribution.
> This is going to be a production box, and must be up at all times. I
> don't want something that I'll have to putz around with for weeks to get
>
> running and keep running.
>
> Any recommendation for a distribution? I'm guessing it'll be either
> Redhat or Slackware, my question is which which is more tried and tested
>
> - and more suitable for this application?
>
> Thanks,
> Iven Connary
>
>
>
>
You may wish to consider Debian. I consider it's package management and
installation program (dselect) to be superior to Red Hat's. Also, when
first installing it, it has several canned selections (like Workstation,
Full Development, etc.) that get you to a starting point very quickly.
Luca
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From: Stef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for Racal-Datacom NI6510SC-T2?
Date: 24 Jan 1999 01:40:16 +0100
Does any driver for the Racal-Datacom NI6510SC-T2 Ethernet adapter
exist? I tried the kernelmodule lance.o, but it did not recognise the
adapter.
Stef
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From: "Christian G. Allred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ether broke in Linux, still works in Win98?!?
Date: 24 Jan 1999 01:47:16 GMT
I have an ISA PnP ethernet card which up 'till a little while ago
was working in Linux, but no longer does so. I don't know what may
have changed to cause it to stop, but it won't work.
Although the card works just fine under Windows 98 (gets IP via DHCP,
can telnet, ftp, play StarCraft etc. just fine), under Linux it causes
the driver to output errors to the kernel, whether using dhcpcd or static
addresses. The errors are "ARP: called for own IP" (or similar), followed
by "eth0: Tx timed out. Lost interrupt? TSR=<number> ISR=<number>
t=<number>". This error I know comes from /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/8390.c
but I don't know what's causing it. The card gets properly configured
with isapnp, and the driver is loaded with the right io and irq. In fact,
the problem exists even if the card is set with jumpers.
So why does it work in Winblows 98 and not Linux? Any clues?
Email replies would be appreciated, though any help would be great.
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From: Mike Warnecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Revenge of NT?
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 15:29:56 +0000
I've got three machines running 3C509s and the driver must not be a module. I don't
know why, but in every case compiling the driver into the kernel works flawlessly.
Except when Windows does not reset the card. After using Windows you'll need to do a
cold boot.
Donald Becker explains this in one of his README files.
Paul wrote:
> Jason A Fletcher wrote:
> >
> > Got an odd kind of problem here, so I'll give a short version and a long
> > version.
> >
> > Short: re-installing RedHat 5.2 (Linux kernel 2.0.36) on a Dell P2 400
> > with 8 GB drive. The network card appears to be a 3Com 3c905B Cyclone.
> [snip]
>
> Ok, you have a 3Com 905B. THIS CARD IS PCI SO IGNORE THE PREVIOUS RESPONDANT'S
> SUGGESTION TO USE ISAPNPTOOLS. My best friend has one of these. First thing you
> need to do is run "ifconfig" at the command prompt, and you should see somewhere
> in there:
>
> ....
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C8:47:43:A4
> ....
>
> I don't have it exactly in front of me, but it should be quite similar. Now, the
> hex numbers "00:80:C8:47:43:A4" are the card's MAC, or hardware, address. If yours
> says "ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff" then you need to turn off the computer and YOU NEED TO
> UNPLUG THE COMPUTER FROM THE WALL for at least 10 seconds (this was advice that I
> got from Donald Becker, the author of the driver for your card). This will
> completely reset the card, and when you boot up the computer next time it should
> show the correct MAC address, and the card should work. Windows puts the card in a
> 1/2 sleep mode that the Linux driver doesn't quite understand. The newest
> development 3c59x drivers (yes, the driver is called "3c59x") fixes this.
>
> Now, if Linux detects the correct MAC address of the card, but you still can't get
> it to ping anything (use IP numbers since DNS could have problems of it's own,
> Yahoo's IP is 204.71.200.72), take a look at the LEDs on the back of the card. If
> you are connected to a 100Mbps network and the LEDs say that the card is set for
> 10Mbps, then you need to go to
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html and get the latest
> DEVELOPMENT version of the 3c59X.c driver, copy it to /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/
> and then recompile your kernel (If you have never done this then read the
> Kernel-Howto at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO).
>
> If you have gotten this far and it still doesn't work or something else went
> wrong, I have a few more tricks up my sleve.
>
> Paul Laufer
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From: Minh Giang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp help
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 21:51:32 -0500
Hi,
I'm having trouble connect to our ISP using RedHat 5.2 Linux using
pppd.
here are my setup:
# /etc/resolv.conf
search fast.net
nameserver 198.69.204.2
nameserver 198.69.204.7
#/etc/ppp/options
connect /etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
115200
crtscts
asyncmap 0
defaultroute
modem
lock
noipdefault
#/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
#!/bin/sh
exec chat -V
TIMEOUT 10 \
ABORT "\nBUSY\R" \
ABORT "\nNO ANSWER\r" \
ABORT "\nNO CARRIER\r" \
ABORT "\nNO DIAL TONE\r" \
ABORT "\nRING\r\n\r\n\RING\r" \
'' AT \
TIMEOUT 35 \
OK ATDT9540300 \
CONNECT ''
#/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
myusername * my_password
my message log:
.....localhost pppd[536]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
.....localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at 115200
.....localhost pppd[536]: Serial connection established
.....localhost pppd[536]: Using interface ppp0
.....localhost pppd[536]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
.....localhost pppd[536]: Connection terminated
.....localhost pppd[536]: Exit.
What's wrong???? please help a very frustrated man
--mpg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ISP Setup on Red Hat 5.1
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 02:51:05 GMT
In article <7871kb$jsg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"N. Sunder Rajan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have PPP setup on Red Hat 5.1 and have my modem working.
> I cannot connect to one of my ISPs to the internet using PPP in Linux.
>
> If anyone has the ISP dialup from Linux, can you
> please send me the steps to configure ISP connection in Linux .
>
> I tried ISP-Howto procedure, but did'nt help.
Hmmm. Maybe you should read it more than once ;-)
OK first you need a ppp acount; so put something in
the /etc/passwd file that looks like this -
ppp:*:601:51:My PPP:/tmp:/etc/ppp/<pppstart>
where the account ppp has no password (can't login), has a UID
of 601, a GIS of 51, a description string, a home directory of
/tmp (no files are created and a startup script of /etc/ppp/<pppstart>
where <pppstart is the name of your connect script.
the connect script will look like
#!/bin/sh
stty -echo
exec pppd -detach silent modem crtscts
then you need to set up a chat_file (somewhere your user account can see).
similar to;
ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' "" ATZ OK ATDT0081000 CONNECT "" login ppp word:
my_password
This text should be stored in a file with permissions granted to the user.
(call it above_file for a moment)
Then invoke chat with the command;
chat -f above_file
Try that.
Mark
>
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