Linux-Networking Digest #30, Volume #10 Thu, 28 Jan 99 07:13:31 EST
Contents:
Re: IPX over PPP - need another route (Valentin Abramov)
Re: IPX/PPP Client Problem (Valentin Abramov)
SuSE Linux 6.0 & Routing ("Volker Kalthaus")
multihome on one ethernet card ? how? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IPX network collisions over Ethernet (Valentin Abramov)
Re: PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere (David Efflandt)
Linux and NAT - possible? (port forwarding) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
network card. (Haaino Beljaars)
Re: How to print on a Apple networkprinter? (Miguel Cruz)
Re: DOES LINUX SUCK ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Why do packets show up under loopback device and not eth0? (Darren Ford)
Re: Login as root with telnet (Miguel Cruz)
Re: DOES LINUX SUCK ("Keith Peterson")
Re: linux box as a router (fkeeney)
Re: multihome on one ethernet card ? how? (fkeeney)
SAMBA SHARING ("Hoser")
Re: Changing IP address (Fulko van Westrenen)
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Subject: Re: IPX over PPP - need another route
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Valentin Abramov)
Date: 28 Jan 1999 10:02:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>OK so far I have been able to set up a RedHat 5.2 ppp server. I can dial
>in with tcp/ip and ipx (thanks to
>http://www.tartu.customs.ee/linux/index.shtml, and Valentin Abramov).
>
>However my problem now is getting the ipx packets routed via the linux
>server to the network, esp. the novell servers. I have tried ipxripd,
>but I cant get it to compile under the libraries in RedHat 5.2.
>
I use Debian Linux and there is package ipxd.deb with ready to use binary. I
think analogious package is also for RedHat, then you don't have to compile
yourself.
>Is there another ipx routing dameon or another solution.
>
Without routing daemon you can't route. As I understand, lwared package has
routing daemons, IPX-HOWTO refers to anonymous ftp site klokan.sh.cvut.cz and
sunsite.unc.edu. May be it helps (I never tried it).
>I also need some info on getting SAMBA to work accross a ppp connection.
>As usual any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
What's the problem? I connect from home over ppp with Samba server without
problems.
regards,
Valentin Abramov
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Subject: Re: IPX/PPP Client Problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Valentin Abramov)
Date: 28 Jan 1999 10:09:42 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
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>I am trying to connect to the Novell network at my office from my home
>machine, which runs RH 5.1. I read the IPX-HOWTO, the PPP-HOWTO, and the
>pppd man page & configured /etc/ppp/options as follows:
>
>lock
>ipxcp-accept-network
>ipxcp-accept-remote
>ipxcp-accept-local
>ipx
>
>When I connect, I get the following:
>
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem
>at 115200
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of
>the University of California
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman kernel: PPP: version 2.2.0 (dynamic channel
>allocation)
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman kernel: PPP Dynamic channel allocation code
>copyright 1995 Caldera, Inc.
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman kernel: PPP line discipline registered.
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman kernel: registered device ppp0
>Jan 25 21:03:38 Rastaman pppd[2015]: pppd 2.3.3 started by root, uid 0
>Jan 25 21:03:57 Rastaman pppd[2015]: Serial connection established.
>Jan 25 21:03:58 Rastaman pppd[2015]: Using interface ppp0
>Jan 25 21:03:58 Rastaman pppd[2015]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
>Jan 25 21:04:00 Rastaman pppd[2015]: Remote message:
>Jan 25 21:04:00 Rastaman pppd[2015]: Received bad configure-ack: 01 06
>23 90 32 31 02 08 00 00 00 00 5d 6f
>Jan 25 21:04:00 Rastaman pppd[2015]: local IP address 146.18.37.227
>Jan 25 21:04:00 Rastaman pppd[2015]: remote IP address 146.18.37.193
>Jan 25 21:04:03 Rastaman pppd[2015]: Received bad configure-ack: 01 06
>23 90 32 31 02 08 00 00 00 00 5d 6f
>Jan 25 21:04:27 Rastaman last message repeated 8 times
>Jan 25 21:04:30 Rastaman pppd[2015]: IPXCP: timeout sending
>Config-Requests
>
>Needless to say, I get no IPX information at all in /proc/net. The
>network I am trying to reach uses 802.2 type frames, which may be the
>problem. The only way I know to set the frame type is the ipx_interface
>command, which doesn't work until after the ppp interface is up.
>
>I'm not very network literate, and am new to Linux, so I'm sure I'm
>missing something obvious.
>
>Any pointers will be welcome.
>
>--
>Joe Loyall
>
Take a look to
http://www.tartu.customs.ee/linux/index.shtml
There IPX over PPP, problems and patches are described in details.
Regards,
Valentin Abramov
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From: "Volker Kalthaus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SuSE Linux 6.0 & Routing
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:26:32 +0100
Hello all,
i installed Linux (SuSE Linux 6.0) for the first time. the box consists of 2
NICs. Both NICs have IP Adrs in different subnets of our class-c network.
i want to setup routing now, so i can ping client in the one subnet from the
other subnet, using the linux box as default router.
i guess im really to stupid to set up this working. I tried for hrs ,
without success yet.
can any1 help ?????
please reply to my mail adr.
thx in advance...
Volker Kalthaus
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: multihome on one ethernet card ? how?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:21:49 GMT
Hi,
I just wonder wonder if I can assign 2 IP address to one network card, and
route between them . if you have any idea or suggestion, please tell me.
The reason I am doing this is that I have 2 networks, both of them are
connected to one hub, and I need a router between them, since I have a linux
box which is also connected to that hub, why don't I just assign 2 IP address
to that box's card, each belong to one network, and them route between these
2 IP address ?
Just an idea. if doesn't work, I may have to buy 2 network card and work
hard to get the device driver work and then route between them, this sounds
like more work to me, and more costly.
Thanks!
Jinsong
Jinsong Hu
software engineer
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Subject: Re: IPX network collisions over Ethernet
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Valentin Abramov)
Date: 28 Jan 1999 10:27:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Hi,
>
>I am having a problem locating the source of an error on our network.
>The message I get is:
>
> IPX: Network number collision 4
> eth0 EtherII and eth0 802.2
>
>Has anyone any ideas as to locating this problem? I assume from the
>error that the 4 means an IPX network number and is not an error number.
>
Probably both frames are used in your network and you have in your
/etc/ipx.conf lines
IPX_AUTO_PRIMARY=on
IPX_AUTO_CONFIGURE=on
In case of Win mashines in network, there can be cofusing of Linux boxes.
Switch both auto-configurings off and configure ipx manually to any of both
frames.
Regards,
Valentin Abramov
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From: David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:34:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/27/99, 4:57:46 PM, "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding PPP connects but I don't get out anywhere:
> I am trying to setup PPP on my RedHat 5.1 system. The system dials,
> connects, and stays connected. IFCONFIG PPP0 shows my ip address from=
=20
my
> ISP.
> I have configured my /etc/reslove.conf and ROUTE shows my routes that =
I hard
> coded with my subnet and gateway....but still no luck. I cannot ping,=
=20
surf,
> etc.
> Any ideas?
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Jim Orfanakos
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/djo3
> ------------------------------------------------------
If you are just running a single machine, pppd uses defaultroute and=20
can ping the outside world by IP, it sounds like you just have a DNS=20
problem. Make sure you are not running named, routed or gated unless=20
properly configured and you know what they do. If you cannot spell=20
resolv.conf, I wonder if it has a typo in it. On a standalone machine=20
you should not have to set any routing.
If you are trying to connect a LAN to the internet, you need to set up=20
IP Masquerade or a proxy and either point machines on the LAN to your=20
ISP's DNS or to your own properly configured DNS (named). You also=20
should use -net routing for your LAN and delete any default route=20
other than the defaultroute option for pppd.
I manipulate resolve config, ipfwadm rules and ip-forward from=20
/etc/ip-up.local and ip-down.local, since I use the same modem for=20
dialin and dialout. When I am offline, resolv.conf simply contains=20
the word 'search' (w/o quotes). We have no DNS on our LAN (remote=20
mainframe and smtp/squid servers are accessed across frame relay by=20
IP).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux and NAT - possible? (port forwarding)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:54:10 GMT
Hello fellow Linux fans - I know this is possible - or at least it
should be - but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. I have a linux based
router on my network running IPmasq, which works great. I have a few
webservers and mailservers on the other side of the linux router that are
directly connected to the internet as well. Is it possible to do this for
more than one machine? In other words, all dns queries resolve to the same
host - my linux box, which in turn forwards the traffic to the appropriate
machine. I know how to do this with one host - just use ipportfw, but I'm
not sure how I'd do this for several computers running off the same port
(port 80, http, port 25, smtp, port 110, pop3) and so on. Does anyone have
any advice as to how I could do this?
Thanks in advance,
Jake Kruse
Network Administrator
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From: Haaino Beljaars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: network card.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:42:48 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I want to buy a network card in the near future. It must be a PCI card
with a UTP connection for a 10Mb network. Which card should I buy? So I
thought about a 3C900, but I can't find any module that corresponse with
that card. Which module should I use for a 3C900? Or should I buy an
other card?
I would like to hear an opinion...
Greeting,
Haaino
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Cruz)
Subject: Re: How to print on a Apple networkprinter?
Date: 27 Jan 1999 22:26:45 GMT
In article <78ah66$a0r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to do this very thing. I have Redhat5.1 and have installed
> netatalk+asun. Using the nbplkup tool, I am able to list all of the AppleTalk
> devices available on the network. Using, pap, I try to print a file from my
> Linux host to a LaserWriter IIg. But I receive errors from the printer itself.
> Once I have success printing to the printer from Linux, I plan to build a
> print-queue so I can print jobs from Windows 95, too. Any experiences will be
> valuable.
I am using Netatalk+asun to print to a whole lot of Apple LaserWriters (and
various workalikes from HP and others). Here's the general plan:
In /etc/printcap, an entry like this:
large:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/large:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:pl#63:pw#85:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:sf:\
:lf=/var/log/printer:\
:of=/usr/local/atalk/bin/pap:
/var/spool/lpd/large/.paprc holds the AppleTalk address for the printer. In
this case the printer is named "Large-Format" and is in a zone called "Art
Dept." Here's what it might look like:
Large-Format:LaserWriter@Art Dept.
/var/spool/lpd/large/.ppd is the PPD file for that printer. You can get it
from the printer manufacturer's web site in most cases. It's also probably
on one of the install disks.
Hopefully this will get you going. My lpd spool directory may be in a
different location from yours, so make sure you're putting things in the
right place.
miguel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:08:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Keith Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>>>No, Linux doesn't suck.
>>>You just have no idea what you're doing.
>>
>>Oh, I understand COLA now, if you have a problem with Windows it's the
>>operating system. if you have a problem with Linux it's the user.
>>
>>Logical.
>>
>>Sam
>
>
>This is news to you?
>
>While this belief is noticeably less prevalent in the linux development
>newsgroups, it's pretty widely held here on the advocacy group. I've started
>avoiding all threads with "Windows" in the topic, because they all repeat
>the same things ad nauseum.
>
>The fourteen-year-old "hey, I'm using linux, so I'm cool" advocates would
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A generally valid and well made point, but why did you have to spoil it with
the agist rhetoric that is also unfortunately so typical of this newsgroup.
Most people would understandably be unhappy if I posted something like: `The
black guy "hey, I'm using linux, I'm so cool" advocates', so why is replacing
an attitude that discriminates on the basis of race with one that
discriminates on the basis of age acceptable?
Maybe it's time some people realised that there are smart 14 year olds, and
there are also smart 80 year olds. There are also dumb people in both group.
No one age has a monopoly on intelligence, common sense, or any other mental
attribute. Don't tar all people of a certain age with the same brush.
>have you believe that Windows crashes ten times a day and BSOD's five times
>a day, that they've reinstalled Windows dozens of times on their machines,
>and that their linux boxes have been up two years and counting without a
>crash. Also, if there is a problem with linux, you're right - it MUST be the
>user, because the code, and all of the programmers involved in it, are
>perfect. Windows programmers are hopelessly flawed, you see.
>
>The other belief that is held is that if a person can't make Windows NT
>operate reliably on a 10-station network (which has been stated here often),
>it must be the OS.
>
>This statement occurs despite the fact that large organizations such as the
>one I work at have thousands of stations on a multiple domain NT network,
>and they have up-times in excess of 99%. Part of our organization is in the
>US (Duluth), most of it is in Canada, coming from the NorthWest Territories,
>down through Alberta, and east through to Lake Superior, joined by many
>types of links, from ethernet to 56k frame relay - and it all works. We can
>administer machines in Regina from Edmonton.
>
>If Joe can make it work in a 1000 station network, but Bob can't make it
>work on a 10 station network, the first thing to consider replacing is Bob.
>
>However, a post stating this is usually followed by a post like: "Typical
>Microsoft user - it doesn't work, so blame the administrator".
>
>Yet, if I said, "I can't make linux work as a server in a ten station
>network", I would instantly be denounced incompetent, before a single
>question had been asked.
>
>Note that certainly not all linux users suffer from that perception problem.
>But many do. Thankfully those that do are unlikely to be in positions where
>they can cause real damage.
>
>
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From: Darren Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why do packets show up under loopback device and not eth0?
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:23:52 GMT
I am having trouble getting my 2 machine network setup. When I ping the
other machine why does the packet count go up for the local loopback
device instead of eth0?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miguel Cruz)
Subject: Re: Login as root with telnet
Date: 27 Jan 1999 22:33:41 GMT
Chris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> this perhaps a display limitation of incomplete vt100 emulation on the
>> part of Windoze?
>
> I would imagine so.
>
> To test it, log into the console of your box, then telnet to localhost
> and see if top works.
Nope, I've had this problem with 'top' too from time to time. I really don't
think it has anything to do with the emulation, because I can 'su' and then
it will work fine.
miguel
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From: "Keith Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: DOES LINUX SUCK
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:38:06 -0700
>>No, Linux doesn't suck.
>>You just have no idea what you're doing.
>
>Oh, I understand COLA now, if you have a problem with Windows it's the
>operating system. if you have a problem with Linux it's the user.
>
>Logical.
>
>Sam
This is news to you?
While this belief is noticeably less prevalent in the linux development
newsgroups, it's pretty widely held here on the advocacy group. I've started
avoiding all threads with "Windows" in the topic, because they all repeat
the same things ad nauseum.
The fourteen-year-old "hey, I'm using linux, so I'm cool" advocates would
have you believe that Windows crashes ten times a day and BSOD's five times
a day, that they've reinstalled Windows dozens of times on their machines,
and that their linux boxes have been up two years and counting without a
crash. Also, if there is a problem with linux, you're right - it MUST be the
user, because the code, and all of the programmers involved in it, are
perfect. Windows programmers are hopelessly flawed, you see.
The other belief that is held is that if a person can't make Windows NT
operate reliably on a 10-station network (which has been stated here often),
it must be the OS.
This statement occurs despite the fact that large organizations such as the
one I work at have thousands of stations on a multiple domain NT network,
and they have up-times in excess of 99%. Part of our organization is in the
US (Duluth), most of it is in Canada, coming from the NorthWest Territories,
down through Alberta, and east through to Lake Superior, joined by many
types of links, from ethernet to 56k frame relay - and it all works. We can
administer machines in Regina from Edmonton.
If Joe can make it work in a 1000 station network, but Bob can't make it
work on a 10 station network, the first thing to consider replacing is Bob.
However, a post stating this is usually followed by a post like: "Typical
Microsoft user - it doesn't work, so blame the administrator".
Yet, if I said, "I can't make linux work as a server in a ten station
network", I would instantly be denounced incompetent, before a single
question had been asked.
Note that certainly not all linux users suffer from that perception problem.
But many do. Thankfully those that do are unlikely to be in positions where
they can cause real damage.
------------------------------
From: fkeeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux box as a router
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:36:29 -0800
Guido Dolci wrote:
> I need to set up a linux box as a router beetween two different
> networks.
> For example, I have a 10.20.30.0 nework and a 20.30.40.0 network and I
> need that servers on first network can talk to servers of the second one
> directly.
> How can I set up a linux box for it?
Add a second network card then add the appropriate "route add .." statements
to one of your rc. files.
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From: fkeeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: multihome on one ethernet card ? how?
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:33:35 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> connected to one hub, and I need a router between them, since I have a linux
> box which is also connected to that hub, why don't I just assign 2 IP address
> to that box's card, each belong to one network, and them route between these
> 2 IP address ?
> Just an idea. if doesn't work, I may have to buy 2 network card and work
> hard to get the device driver work and then route between them,
Local routing is a bad idea and poor network design.
I strongly suggest adding a second card.
Frank
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From: "Hoser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SAMBA SHARING
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:06:14 -0600
I have A 3 computer network running off of a redhat 5.1 host. Everything
is running fine in all my machines, but I need to share My linux box. All
my machines show up in Network Neighborhood of my NT machine, except for my
linux box. any suggestions?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fulko van Westrenen)
Subject: Re: Changing IP address
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:26:13 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:17:49 -0700, Shane S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>Hi there,
>
>I was wondering if someone could help me out.
>Our Linux admin bailed out. We are changing our network IP address.
>I was wondering what are the files I need to edit to change the IP address,
>subnet mask, Gateway IP address, and
The short answer is rtfm: the net3-howto
The long answer is:
in /etc/rc.d or in /etc/init.d will be script that does:
ifconfig eth0 IPADDR netmask NETMASK broadcast BROADCAST
# for configuring you network interface
route add -net NETWORK
# to add your local network
route add default gw GATEWAY metric 1
# to tell the system your gataway
>DNS enteries?
>
in /etc/resolv.conf
Succes,
Fulko
>Many thanks
>Shane
>
>
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