Linux-Networking Digest #114, Volume #10 Fri, 5 Feb 99 03:13:56 EST
Contents:
IP Masquerade with ICQ (Josh Rusko)
Serial overruns/collisions (incoming only oddities) (Robert Logan)
Linux with Switched Fast Ethernet on a Proliant 6500 Xeon (Grimover)
Masquerading doesn't work under linux 2.2.1. (Ben)
Re: named addresses ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Treasure!!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Serial overruns/collisions (update!) (Robert Logan)
Re: DNS/Dynamic IP (EricM)
Re: DHCP to fixed IP (David Efflandt)
Re: Networking/Cable Modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: samba & swat (Jim Richardson)
Re: Dial-Up Server with VNC into WinNT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Packet Engines Gigabit Ethernet support for Linux, BSD, VIA PR ("tedm")
Re: OSR2 Networking ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Josh Rusko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP Masquerade with ICQ
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 05:25:31 GMT
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I finally got my cable modem, so now I have 3 PC's on a network at home,
sharing the cable connection. One is running Linux and it is the onc
connected. The other 2 are windoze. IP Masquerade works fine for just
about everything, except one thing on ICQ. File transfers from a PC
behind the masq TO a computer anywhere on the internet work, but file
transfers from a pc on the internet to a computer behind the masqerade
do not. in other words I can send but cannot recieve files. I know there
are IP Masq modules for use with IRC and RealAudio and other services,
is there one for ICQ? Or is there a way to get file transfers working?
thank you
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<font size=-1>I finally got my cable modem, so now I have 3 PC's on a network
at home, sharing the cable connection. One is running Linux and it is the
onc connected. The other 2 are windoze. IP Masquerade works fine for just
about everything, except one thing on ICQ. File transfers from a PC behind
the masq TO a computer anywhere on the internet work, but file transfers
from a pc on the internet to a computer behind the masqerade do not. in
other words I can send but cannot recieve files. I know there are IP Masq
modules for use with IRC and RealAudio and other services, is there one
for ICQ? Or is there a way to get file transfers working?</font>
<br><font size=-1>thank you</font></html>
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From: Robert Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serial overruns/collisions (incoming only oddities)
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 06:13:03 +0000
Ive been using Win98 in my Dell XPS R450 for ages now,
due to my inability to get linux to work with dial-up
connections properly (win98 is fine). As a long long
time
linux user (pl15f 0.99 was my startpoint), I have found
this galling, and thus decided to investigate heavily.
I have a 100k ASCII text file ive been using since my
1st 14.4k modem which has highlighted various speed
improvements of my connection over time. When I got
my new Dell and 56k modem (connecting to a 33k ISP),
I thought i would get a reasonable throughput. The
oddness begins.
>From PC to ISP
100k gzipped file (v fast)
100k text file (v fast)
>From ISP to PC
100k gzipped file (v fast)
100k text file (hangs - or very very slow - 0.15k/s)
Thus, any web browsing, telnetting, or whatever is
abysmally slow - text stuff just gets stuck. But
any uploads, or compressed data is fine!
The PC's connection is via CSLIP (PPP suffers the
same), with the port set at 115200, the IRQ is
not in conflict, indeed, I have been using the
same DIP script/cfgs (accounting for upgrades)
since my 1st kernel.
I began to tweak. 'irqtune' didnt help, 'hdparm'
with unmaskirq did nothing. MTU et al - nope.
My 'ifconfig' shows enormous serial overruns - but
this is a PII450, 2.0.36 kernel - why cant it keep
up with the port! and Im stuck! ifconfig for sl0 is
thus:
Link encap:VJ Serial Line IP
inet addr:146.X.X.X P-t-P:146.X.X.X
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MTU:552 Metric:1
RX packets:4385 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:3531
frame:0
compressed:0
TX packets:2509 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:2010
carrier:0
Collisions:99 compressed:0
My only guess is that the modem, when doing its
internal compression of 'text' data (which compresses
well) is falling over somehow - its connecting at
33.3k,
its external (not a winmodem) - and it works fine in
connecting to the same ISP etc etc under Win98.
bert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grimover)
Subject: Linux with Switched Fast Ethernet on a Proliant 6500 Xeon
Date: 5 Feb 1999 03:00:21 GMT
We have just set up Linux (Red Hat 5.2) on a Compaq Proliant 6500
quad-processor Xeon server with the Compaq Netelligent Intel Fast Ethernet
dual-port card in our firm's engineering lab. This was the best performing
card for NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition (our reference platform) on the Proliant
from our earlier tests, although we had to substitute the apparently compatible
Intel EtherExpress pro100 drivers (it was otherwise a smoother install than
either Solaris or SCO).
We want to do some network performance testing of Linux vs. NT 4.0 and Solaris
2.7 for Intel. The inital tests we're going to do will involve file
sharing/copying and RPC connections. Does anyone have any other suggestions on
ways to test the relative network and SMP performance of all three operating
systems? Web access? Anything else? Does anyone have any hard data on
relative network/application performance of NT 4 vs. Solaris 2.7 vs. Linux 2.1?
After our first round of testing, we're going to upgrade to the 2.2 Kernel and
possibly try some other apps (like DB2). We'll keep you posted.
Thanks
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From: Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Masquerading doesn't work under linux 2.2.1.
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 07:15:19 +0100
Hello all.
I send this hoping soemone could help me with IP masqerading with linux
2.2.1.
I've got an Eicon Diva ISDN card to connect. The network card linking to
the other box
is a DEC Tulip.
Under Linux 2.0.36, I can't dial with the ISDN card but the script
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 does
configure the ethernet card correctly. Here is the content of the
script:
#! /bin/sh
#
# rc.inet1 This shell script boots up the base INET system.
#
# Version: @(#)/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 1.01 05/27/93
#
HOSTNAME=`cat /etc/HOSTNAME`
# Attach the loopback device.
/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
# IF YOU HAVE AN ETHERNET CONNECTION, use these lines below to configure
the
# eth0 interface. If you're only using loopback or SLIP, don't include
the
# rest of the lines in this file.
# Edit for your setup.
IPADDR="192.168.1.4" # REPLACE with YOUR IP address!
NETMASK="255.255.255.0" # REPLACE with YOUR netmask!
NETWORK="192.168.1.0" # REPLACE with YOUR network address!
BROADCAST="192.168.1.255" # REPLACE with YOUR broadcast address, if you
# have one. If not, leave blank and edit below.
GATEWAY="" # REPLACE with YOUR gateway address!
# Uncomment the line below to configure your ethernet card.
/sbin/ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} broadcast ${BROADCAST} netmask ${NETMASK}
# If the line above is uncommented, the code below can also be
uncommented.
# It sees if the ethernet was properly initialized, and gives the admin
some
# hints about what to do if it wasn't.
if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then
cat << END
Your ethernet card was not initialized properly. Here are some reasons
why this
may have happened, and the solutions:
1. Your kernel does not contain support for your card. Including all
the
network drivers in a Linux kernel can make it too large to even boot,
and
sometimes including extra drivers can cause system hangs. To support
your
ethernet, either edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to load the support at
boottime,
or compile and install a kernel that contains support.
2. You don't have an ethernet card, in which case you should comment out
this
section of /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1. (Unless you don't mind seeing this
error...)
END
fi
# Uncomment these to set up your IP routing table.
/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK} eth0
if [ ! "$GATEWAY" = "" ]; then
/sbin/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1
fi
# End of rc.inet1
Under Linux 2.2.1 I _can_ dial with the ISDN card but the ethernet card
isn't configured
correctly. At boot time I got this:
Going multiuser...
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Try again
Your ethernet card was not initialized properly. Here are some reasons
why thismay have happened, and the solutions:
1. Your kernel does not contain support for your card. Including all
the
network drivers in a Linux kernel can make it too large to even boot,
and
sometimes including extra drivers can cause system hangs. To support
your
ethernet, either edit /etc/rc.d/rc.modules to load the support at
boottime,
or compile and install a kernel that contains support.
2. You don't have an ethernet card, in which case you should comment out
this
section of /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1. (Unless you don't mind seeing this
error...)
SIOCADDRT: Network is down
If someone can help...Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: named addresses
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 04:42:21 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking centauri wrote:
: In comp.os.linux.networking Joe Keane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Is there some way to tell `named' which addresses to listen on?
:> It appears to use whatever addresses are active when it starts up.
: Named actually listens on a "port" number, which is kind of like a
: subaddress for IP. Named will listenon all active interfaces, ethernet
Actually you can specify a IP/Interface for it to listen on. With the
listen-on directive.
So for example, in bind 8 you would use something like the following in
your named.conf
options {
//other options go here :)
listen-on { 127.0.0.1; 111.222.333.444; }
};
This would cause bind to only list on the loopback and 111.222.333.444
interfaces.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Treasure!!!
Date: 5 Feb 1999 03:37:26 GMT
Jon Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, I found a bunch of Cubix (Cubicks?) cards. Basically, 7 cards
> holding 14 processors (total), with keyboard, mouse, and serial card
> connections. Does anyone know what they can be used for? I am just
> curious to see if I can make a 14 processor (486/33) machine and run
> Linux on it.
Cubix makes a PC-on-a-card which fits into a carrier box so that it act
as serveral computers without needing individual cases. In essence, you
have 14 486/33 computers. Quite a find!
--
Charles Rutledge | Liberty is a tenuous gift. Hard to win, easy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | to give away, and no will protect it for you.
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From: Robert Logan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Serial overruns/collisions (update!)
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 06:41:05 +0000
Robert Logan wrote:
> From PC to ISP
> 100k gzipped file (v fast)
> 100k text file (v fast)
> From ISP to PC
> 100k gzipped file (v fast)
> 100k text file (hangs - or very very slow - 0.15k/s)
> The PC's connection is via CSLIP (PPP suffers the
> same), with the port set at 115200, the IRQ is
> not in conflict, indeed, I have been using the
> same DIP script/cfgs (accounting for upgrades)
> since my 1st kernel.
I tried again - with the port set at 38400 and
then 57600 - both seem to work fine (although
overruns at 57600 were evident). But at 115200
its appalling. Is this a serial port problem?
bert
--
=======================================================
Linux - reaches the parts other beers fail to reach.
WWW: http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~rl
WWW: http://www.ccsr.cms.dmu.ac.uk/
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From: EricM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS/Dynamic IP
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 21:10:32 -0500
You can always look at TZO.COM as well.
TZO offers the best in Dynamic DNS flexibilty, reliability and services.
TZO also offers a unique Mail Store and Forward service that offers mail protection
and SMTP port Relaying
you can get more info at http://www.tzo.com
-Eric
Luca Filipozzi wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > Hello ALL,
> >
> > What I am trying to do is setup a webserver that is accessable from the
> > outside, but i connect to the internet via ppp and get a different ip
> > each time i connect. Rather than having a second web page that points
> > to the current ip, i am looking for a work-around. I have read
> > Dynamic-IP hacks HOWTO and got some good ideas from there on how to
> > update the /etc/hosts file and keepalive. However this still requires
> > that i some how know the current ip address. Also I could use ml.org I
> > know but is there anyother way... So i have looked into DNS, but it
> > seems to me that you need a static ip for that too. {by the way I have a
> > DNS server setup ala the DNS-HOWTO with the linux.bogus domain name and
> > a static ip address, do you also need to register a domain and how can
> > you do it without having to pay for it{i thought that DNS was like
> > creating your own domain name?} Has anyone figured out a work-around
> > already. Let me know if you need more info.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Navi
> >
> Check out www.nols.com. They offer dynamic dns services for **cheap**
> (around $20/yr). You can either be subdomain off of nols.com or they will
> serve as primary and secondary DNS for your own registered domain.
>
> There are others as well:
> www.dyndns.org (free if subdomain)
> www.dynip.com (over $100/yr; no linux client (doh!))
> www.ez-ip.net (don't know)
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Luca
> --
> Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--
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TZO Internet Naming System
Get TZO and Make a Name for Yourself!
http://www.tzo.com
Your Source for CableModem and xDSL Information
http://www.CableModemInfo.Com
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From: David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCP to fixed IP
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 07:02:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2/2/99, 3:07:14 PM, "Bob Stickel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote=20
regarding DHCP to fixed IP:
> I have connected RH5.1 to our wan using dhcp with a 3c509. At some=20
point,
> I'll install Samba and a few other items...what I need to do now is=20
change
> from a dhcp assigned ip to the static ip that I will use with this=20
box. I
> have the default gateway ip, dns ip, etc. but haven't figured out why =
I
> can't use them after I change the values for network config. As long=20
as I
> leave dhcp enabled, I'm good on the network but if I change to the=20
addresses
> for fixing the ip, I'm dead....
> All suggestions are welcome.
> Thanks
> Bob
The things you are trying to set manually are automatically set by=20
dhcp. If you want something different, do it in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. =20
For example, I add net specific routes and gateway and remove the=20
default route (so I can use defaultroute for pppd).
But if you are trying to set a static IP for the machine, then set=20
everything else you need and DON'T use dhcpcd in netconf.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.solaris.x86,comp.dcom.modems.cable,sdnet.cablemodems
Subject: Re: Networking/Cable Modem
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 06:53:20 GMT
Try UMAX UGate Plus. That is a cablemodem sharing device using NAT not
proxy. Very easy to use. Since no software or driver need to be
installed, it supports PC, MAC, SGI ...etc. as long as you have TCP/IP
protocol installed in your computer. I set it up in one minute.
Actually, it only needs the fixed IP info and let its DHCP take care
of others.
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:15:30 -0500, "Rahul Bhalla"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have the same set up at my house, that you are talking about works like a
>charm, need more info. email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>Steven D. Nakhla wrote in message ...
>>I am interested in getting a cable modem internet connection through the
>>local cable provider here in Baltimore, Comcast. However, there is more
>>than one computer in the house, and if we want all of them to be wired to
>>the cable modem, we need to setup a network. Here is my question: What
>all
>>is involved in that? I'm a computer science major, so I've got a pretty
>>decent understanding of the concpets, and all, but I've never setup a
>>network. Here is what I *think* is involved, please tell me if I'm right
>>or way off:
>>
>>We buy a hub which hooks into the cable modem. The modem acts sort of as a
>>"server", to which each of the computers is connected as clients. Network
>>cards (ethernet I believe) run into the hub connecting each of the
>>computers.
>>
>>Is this right? Has anyone had experience with this type of connection who
>>could lend me a hand with it? Instructions? Hardware/Software
>>reccomendations? Any help you can give would be REALLY appreciated!
>>
>>Also, I'm running Windows 98, Linux, and Solaris on my computer. Can I use
>>the cable modem connection with Linux and Solaris?
>>
>>please reply to:
>>Steve Nakhla
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Subject: Re: samba & swat
Date: 5 Feb 1999 02:54:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3 Feb 1999 06:09:15 GMT,
dhan, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>samba & swat (Samba Web Administration Tool)
>
>I installed samba 2.0 and swat.
>
>I tried to setup samba by 'http://localhost:901/'.
>I got the "username" and "password" prompt.
>
>What should I put the username and password?
>
>
>
root, unless you have another user configured to be able to change smb.conf
--
Jim Richardson
Anarchist, pagan and proud of it
WWW.eskimo.com/~warlock
Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dial-Up Server with VNC into WinNT
Date: 5 Feb 1999 03:59:05 GMT
Stephan February <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to setup a dialup Linux server with dynamic/static
> ip-addressing for a Class B TCP/IP network, which would act as a gateway
> into a WinNT LAN. I then intend running VNC servers on the Win95
> workstations. As you can see, I am trying to emulate a Citrix/Metaframe
> setup(without the money :-). I have had innumerable problems with NT RAS
> in the past. Apart from the fact that it is slow, it just totally bombs
> out half the time.
I am doing this right now with clients accessing a Win NT Terminal
Server. Just setup PPP to accept dial-in connections and give you users
an account on the dial-in server that will run a login script to
automatically start PPP when then they connect. You will probably need
to use the scripting tool on Windows Dial-Up Networking to handle the
login/password stuff. Check out PPP-HOWTO.
--
Charles Rutledge | Liberty is a tenuous gift. Hard to win, easy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | to give away, and no will protect it for you.
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From: "tedm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Packet Engines Gigabit Ethernet support for Linux, BSD, VIA PR
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:56:34 -0800
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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For Packet Engines
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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ETHERNET NIC DRIVERS SUPPORTING
LINUX, VIA AND BSD FOR GIGABIT ETHERNET
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OSR2 Networking
Date: 5 Feb 1999 04:08:58 GMT
Bill Weedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to remote mount a Win95 OSR2
> disk from Linux? I think it was a big mistake converting my
> Win95 disks to OSR2. I used to be able to do backups from
> Linux, and look at my Win95 files from the road.
The only thing really different in OSR2 in the FAT32 filesystem. To
mount a Win95 share, you have to turn on the "share files" feature in the
Win95 network properties (which will install the File and Print Service
for Windows 95). Then share the directory you want in Windows Explorer.
(If you add a "$" to the end of the share name -- i.e. myshare$ -- the
share will be hidden in the network browser.)
On Linux, you need to be sure that SMB filesystem support is installed in
the kernel or is a loadable module. Then you the smbclient package to
mount the Win95 share. You might also want to install Samba, which will
allow you to share Linux filesystems as WinNT-style shares.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | to give away, and no will protect it for you.
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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