Linux-Networking Digest #140, Volume #10 Sun, 7 Feb 99 18:13:42 EST
Contents:
IBM Etherjet adapter ("Bill Havey")
Re: SMC EtherEZ problems (Qkev)
Re: FTP Problem From Netscape (David Efflandt)
Re: R: Incorrect Password When Telneting (Vladymyr Iljyc Lenin)
Re: Netscape crashes on mailto: links ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ipmasqurading (Frank Adcock)
Re: FTP Problem From Netscape (Terrence Coccoli)
DEGPA-SA Gigabit card (Scott)
Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT cable
modem) (Stephen Carville)
Kernel 2.2.1 and Kppp (Johnny Stork)
Re: Diald disconnects after packets stop (Philboyd Studge)
Dual ethernet routing/firewall problem (Mark Paton)
DNS/BIND config utility? ("Scott Nelson")
ipautofw, 2.0.35 - potential problem? (Chris J/#6)
Re: virus of win95 in linux (Malay Shah)
Re: Apache - JServ - postgreSQL jdbc problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Studying for MCSE? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux here I come! ("Martin Cleaver")
Re: YCL Ethernet card and RedHat install (Mathew Lodge)
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From: "Bill Havey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBM Etherjet adapter
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:00:12 -0800
I have downloaded the IBM Etherjet driver file for Linux. (from IBM)
I have followed the directions to unzip the file onto a floppy disk.
The file is called etherjet.tgz
I have followed the README directions to tar the resulting file into Linux.
A series of messages appear including "... not in gzip format"
What do I do next?
Thanks to all.
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From: Qkev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMC EtherEZ problems
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:28:49 GMT
Ram Rajadhyaksha wrote:
> > Anybody out there having problems with an SMC EtherEZ card??? For some
> > reason, if I configure the address and IRQ, to any valid setting, I get
> > either an eth0 initialization delayed, or another error, that escapes me at
>
> Did you turn off Plug and Pray with the included software? I had an
> EtherEZ that would randomly choose new IRQs on power-on because of this.
You need the util from the SMC website called 'ezsetup'.
ezsetup -nopnp
or something like that turns off pnp, it's in the readme...
Once you configure the card as non-pnp and assign it a valid
IRQ and IO from the ezsetup program (dos), you should be ok
using the smc-ultra driver. However I had a problem, it would
not work on a certian IRQ/IO for reasons still unknown.. so keep
trying if it fails. :)
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From: David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP Problem From Netscape
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 18:45:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2/7/99, 12:13:07 PM, Terrence Coccoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>=20
wrote regarding FTP Problem From Netscape:
> I've tried to download several Linux goodies (WP 8 from Corel) but
> whenever I connect to the FTP site I see garbage on the web page=20
instead
> of a dialog asking me where to save the data.
> Does this mean that Netscape doesn't have a FTP plug-in that can=20
handle
> the download? If so, how do I get one ?
> Thanks !
A proper webserver would give you a Content-type: header, but a=20
regular ftp server likely does not.
Try right click on the link and save to disk. Otherwise netscape does=20
not know if you want to view a README file or download a file.
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From: Vladymyr Iljyc Lenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: R: Incorrect Password When Telneting
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:48:00 +0100
Onofrio CANNONE wrote:
>
> Try to modify /etc/securetty
>
> #<ADD> is a comment
>
> ttyS0
> ttyS1
> ttyp0
> ttyp1
> ..
> ..
> ...
>
> By Onofrio CANNONE
oh no?
do you realy mean that i think?
do you know, what means any entry in /etc/securetty file?
this contains ttys where root login is allowed via telnet rlogin or
directly at console or terminal
ttyx means console
ttySx means terminal on serial line
ttypx means pseudo terminal that creates rlogin or telnet
to Tom
at first you look if you have file /etc/nologin
if it's true, then remove it
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,ucd.comp.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Netscape crashes on mailto: links
Date: 7 Feb 1999 20:05:05 GMT
In alt.os.linux Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--> Hello internet,
--> I'm running Netscape Communicator 4.5 on a Redhat 5.1 machine. Everytime I
--> click on a mailto: link, netscape crashes and dies. I've met one other
--> person who experiences this problem.
--> Does anybody understand why Netscape is choking on the mailto links and
--> know how to fix this problem?
I've noticed the same problem and here's a workaround. Open a messenger window
then close it. For the rest of the session mailto links will then work. I
would have to assume that poor initialization was done when starting messenger
via the mailto link.
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From: Frank Adcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ipmasqurading
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 02:07:08 +1000
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> I can't seem to find the how-to on IPmasqurading would some one please
> give me a url.
>
> Thanks
> Ron
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From: Terrence Coccoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP Problem From Netscape
Date: 7 Feb 1999 19:41:22 GMT
David Efflandt wrote:
> On 2/7/99, 12:13:07 PM, Terrence Coccoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote regarding FTP Problem From Netscape:
>
> > I've tried to download several Linux goodies (WP 8 from Corel) but
> > whenever I connect to the FTP site I see garbage on the web page
> instead
> > of a dialog asking me where to save the data.
>
> > Does this mean that Netscape doesn't have a FTP plug-in that can
> handle
> > the download? If so, how do I get one ?
>
> > Thanks !
>
> A proper webserver would give you a Content-type: header, but a
> regular ftp server likely does not.
>
> Try right click on the link and save to disk. Otherwise netscape does
> not know if you want to view a README file or download a file.
Thanks for the fast response ! Works like a charm.
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From: Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DEGPA-SA Gigabit card
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 04:37:02 -0500
Can anyone point me to the Digital DEGPA-SA Gigabit card driver?
I head there is one...
thanks
Scott
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From: Stephen Carville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,linux.redhat.misc,linux.samba,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT
cable modem)
Date: 7 Feb 1999 21:40:03 GMT
Christian Aasland wrote:
>
> As stated, the switches are really expensive... not really sure a full switch
> is better than a hub for small networks, as switches only prevent collisions
> on busy nets.
I have found that, on small networks, a switch can dramatically improve
throughput if the server is on a 100 Mbps port and the rest of the nodes
are on 10 Mbps. I've seen such a switched setup (one server and 20 WS)
equal the performance of a shared 100 Mbps network with a similar geometry
and traffic.
With the cost of 10/100 switches dropping it is a practical solution for a
small office. I don't think the home user with less than four or five
machines will get any discernible advantage unless he is running some
bandwidth hungry client server apps. For surfing the net it is moot. Even
a full T1 is not going to saturate a 10Mbps ethernet.
--
Stephen Carville
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
====================================================
Management: The art of hiring intelligent, skilled individuals and then
ignoring their advice.
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From: Johnny Stork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.2.1 and Kppp
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 13:40:47 -0800
After upgrading to Kernel 2.2.1 in Caldera Linux 1.3 I am unable to make
a connection to my isp with kppp. It dials, seems to log me in and seems
to start ppp but then quits with a message saying the "pppd daemon quit
unexpectedly".
Any suggestions and how can I get all the diagnostics output I have seen
others post in their messages when trying to figure out what is going on
with pppd?
_______________________________________________________________
Johnny Stork, Msc Candidate
UNBC Psychology Program
Prince George, BC
Home Page: quarles.unbc.ca/psych/gradstudents/stork/johnny.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philboyd Studge)
Subject: Re: Diald disconnects after packets stop
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:04:56 GMT
try increasing the timeouts for each type of service listed in
/usr/lib/diald/standard.filter
here's a link to how mine is set up. I merged the standard.filter
into my diald.conf so I only have to mess with a single config file:
http://members.psesd.org/~slindell/rh52-2.html
On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 01:33:04 GMT, "Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
:::As soon as I leave a program that diald has connected for, it disconnects
:::and I have to wait for it to dial again when I try to ftp to a different
:::server. Any suggestions?
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From: Mark Paton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual ethernet routing/firewall problem
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 17:09:28 -0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am attempting to setup a firewall, and have read the Net-3 and Firewall
How-To's but am having a little problem which I believe is in the routing
table configuration as shown below. I cannot ping the outside world from
the internal test machine. (Firewall software is not enabled yet)
---> Firewall Machine:
IP: 129.100.90.1 (eth0 - connected to the world)
IP: 192.168.2.1 (eth1 - connected to the internal network)
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Iface
129.100.90.0 * 255.255.255.0 U eth0 (to outside)
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U eth1 (to internal)
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U lo
default 129.100.90.249 0.0.0.0 UG eth0
---> Internal Test Machine:
IP: 192.168.2.2 (eth0)
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Iface
192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U eth0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U lo
default 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG eth0
My installtion is SuSE linux 6.3 (I checked the kernal and it appears
IP forwarding is enabled). From the firewall I can ping both the
outside world and the internal test machine. The internal test machine
can ping the firewall (both of the ethernet cards) will not go to
the outside world! I think I am just missing a route add command in
the firewall to route packets to the outside ethernet card. Is this
true? What is the proper command I need to specify? Help please ...
Thanks for any info,
Mark Paton
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From: "Scott Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS/BIND config utility?
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 21:02:18 -0500
Is there a Linux DNS/BIND config utility? It sure is a bear to try to set
up a DNS server.
(I hate to say it, but that is one thing that's pretty easy on NT, despite
being a little flaky.)
Scott Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: ipautofw, 2.0.35 - potential problem?
Date: 7 Feb 1999 22:01:42 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hiya,
I've traced a problem I've been having recently down to ipautofw. Background
follows:
Every now and then, TCP outgoing connections 'hung', their state being
reported as SYN_SENT or SYN_RECV in netstat. This usually happened after
the machine had not long been switched on, and usually not long after PPP
had came up. After several abortive attempts at tracing the problem, I
dragged tcpdump out to help trace the problem.
The problem came down to this: If the source port of a connection is one
within an ipautofw range, then any reply sent by the kernel to the connection
will be redirected.
Example: Consider you were using ipautofw as follows:
ipautofw -A -r tcp 2000 2100 -h 192.168.1.23
After a boot, Linux starts numbering ports from 1024, incrementing each
time a new connection is initiated. After 75 connections, the source port
ends up within the range given by ipautofw (ie, 2000 -> 2100). So the next
101 attempts will fail, as all their packets will get redirected to the
machine 192.168.1.23. This is what I could work out from the tcpdump trace.
This also explains why the problems occoured shortly after ppp came up -
there was more TCP activity from my machine :)
Flushing the ipautofw stack with ipautofw -F allowed me to use these ports
again.
Is this a known bug, a fixed bug, or something potentially new? Can anyone
confirm or deny that this is the case? I'm currently trying to work out
how to fix it (if I can get my head round the networking code in the
kernel...)
Kernel is 2.0.35.
TIA,
Chris...
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From: Malay Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: virus of win95 in linux
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:49:46 GMT
No, a win95 virus won't affect the linux filesystem, because the method
of file allocation and access is totally different. However, if there is
an infected file on the linux system, it won't infect the machine, until
it is downloaded and run on a Windows machine.
Tarcus wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miles5) writes:
>
> > I would like to know that, if a virus that will affect the win95
> > executable files, then, will the virus affect Linux system if the
> > virus is put into a Linux system??
>
> Nope, the virus needs Win95's ways of starting programs and the
> environment that win95 supplies in order to survive. Linux will not
> support a virus for win95, although if they share the hard disc, it's
> possible that the virus could trash the disc, erasing linux at the
> same time as win95.
>
> Best thing to do to protect yourself against viruses is to delete the
> win95 partition ;-)
>
> --
> From the keyboard of Tarcus himself, running Linux in the UK.
> -- There are no facts, only opinions --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Apache - JServ - postgreSQL jdbc problem
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:42:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Pete (Linux)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hava postgreSQL RDBMS running, as well as Apache
> 3.3(?) and Jserve 1.0.
> I have written a java test program using the
> postgres JDBC driver to access the DB,
> everythings fine. When I try to use the JDBC
> driver in a servlet, I get the Exception that it
> can't find the driver class.
I don't know about JServ 1.0, but in 0.9.11, I have a
line like the following in httpd.conf:
ServletClassPath /usr/local/share/java/postgresql.jar
Sverre.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc;
Subject: Studying for MCSE?
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:10:48 GMT
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From: "Martin Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux here I come!
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:30:25 +0100
Duncan McIntyre wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>I haven't tried Monkey Linux, but I know that muLinux works great - and it
fits
>>on one floppy!
>http://www4.pisoft.it/~andreoli/mulinux.html
>
>Have fun.
I fear I may... the docs say:
muLinux is not intended for the newbie, who wouldn't be very happy with its
spartan interface, but for the Linux fan in general, the curious person who
wants to look inside scripts to understand why a sendmail of only 1216 bytes
is really able to deliver mail with the correct return-address. Moreover, a
portable Linux would be ideal in a number of situations: maintenance in
different places, as a demonstration, or just to see it booting at times,
for no particular reason.
:-(
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From: Mathew Lodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: YCL Ethernet card and RedHat install
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 13:19:24 -0800
Seth Bagley wrote:
[Ethernet woes]
> When I select a device driver, and have it do an autoprobe, it comes
> back and says it could find no such device. I don't know what the
> manual settings would be. If someone could give me a clue on those,
> that would be great too. Thanks.
I had the same problem with an el-cheapo Ethernet card.
Is your Ethernet card configured for Plug'n'Play? If so, you need to
find out what IRQ and IO addresses it is using. I did this by booting
the "SETUP" disk of my PC (a Compaq Presario) and reviewing the ISA
Plug'n'Play section, where it listed the Ethernet card and gave me the
settings.
I then booted Linux, configured the ethernet interface with those
settings, rebooted and everything worked properly.
Cheers,
Mathew
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