Linux-Networking Digest #147, Volume #10 Mon, 8 Feb 99 15:13:49 EST
Contents:
Charter Cable VSP users Please Read. ("Damon C. Richardson")
User Limits ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Samba and Win for WG 3.11 (Douglas E. Mitton)
Re: Need help with home network (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Re: eth0+eth1+ route how to (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Re: eth0+eth1+ route how to (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Re: Ethernet-problem with 'route' (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Re: Dialin PPP Server and Windoze clients ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re:connecting to the internet using ppp!!! ("Richard Stevens")
Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM (Peter de Vries)
Re: limiting Web site access in Linux (Andre Riscalla)
Moderating newsgroups with inn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux here I come! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Non-IP Virtual Host with Apache (Mitch Cant)
PPP conection problems (Eduardo Mendes)
Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT cable
modem) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sendmail alternatives (Andre Riscalla)
Re: Linux here I come! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ip masquerading problem (sili)
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From: "Damon C. Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Charter Cable VSP users Please Read.
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:49:47 -0600
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Here is the Trip.
I have been hassling Charter Cable about there choice of Cable modems.
Up until a month ago they were trying to tell me that the VSP external
3com cable modem would probably be able to be used from Unix based
computers. Well after looking into the external versions. I made my
calls to 3com. Well the external will not be able to be used under
linux. The way it was explained to me. Is that they are only working
on the drivers for Win* and Macs.
So I called Charter again. Mainly just to have a official complaint
about there lack of support for anything other than Win*. This time I
got a little farther up the phone chain. I got transferred up what
seems to be 3 levels of management. I got a Mac user. Seems he's been
pissed about not being able to use the Pipeline service. ( hahaha )
Well what He told me is that the reason 3com is working on Mac drivers
is because they had pressure from Charter Pipeline users and Charter
Cable Mac users.
When I asked if he had heard of other *nix users. He said that "He has
not heard of any *nix user complaints." He also added that they were
not very happy with the 3com solution that Charter had gone with. and
that Charter was considering going to hardware similar to the hardware
that @home and TCI cable are using.
I'm paying 45 dollars a month to boot to Windows in order to download
Linux software. From the amount of e-mail I have gotten on this
subject. I would have to assume ( a ass of u and me ) that there are
more Linux users out there doing the same damn thing.
( Side note: It was suggested to me by a tech that I set up a win95
computer that I could run wingate on and then I could use my linux
computer's web browser. This really pissed me off. I used to have a
Linux 486DX33mhz with 4 meg of ram that had a ISDN modem in it. It did
a hell of allot more than let me use a web browser on another computer.
Like have 3 friends bring there computers over and play quake2 on the
net. Can you even install win95 on a 486DX33mhz with 4 meg of ram? )
Bottom Line is that people need to start calling the Pipeline Tech
support and ask to speak to the manager on duty. They then need to
explain that you are considering canceling there service unless they
have a *nix friendly solution to using Charter Pipeline. Even If you
don't have Charter Pipeline and are a Charter Cable I urge you to call
and tell them that you have no intention of using Charter Pipeline
unless they have a *nix friendly solution.
Seems like 3com is pawning these modems off on Charter because they have
a contract. It smells allot like a WinCable modem. But I don't think
3com is the one that should be targeted.
If you do decide to call:
1. Please be nice.
2. Asked to speak to a manager.
3. Inform him that you would like to make a official complaint.
Thank you for taking the out to reading this.
I hope it did not reek of the 'C' I got in ENG201 ( 8 years ago ) too
bad.
Phone numbers can be found at:
http://www.chartercom.com/express/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: User Limits
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 09:28:32 GMT
Hi,
I'm writing a program which connects to a server lots of times. I have
discovered that under Linux, the program can only connect about 240 times
before it stops creating sockets. I eventually tracked this down to the limit
on file descriptors from which I discovered the command 'limit'.
However, here I am stuck because I can't work out how to set the file
descriptors above 256. The command
limit descriptors 1024
fails with
limit: descriptors: Can't set limit
Even with -h, I can't seem to set the limit higher than 256.
Does anybody know if there is any way of setting this limit any higher than
256?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Rob.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Subject: Re: Samba and Win for WG 3.11
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 18:59:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OOPS!
Guess I should stop reading between the lines! I HAVE NOT done this
with Samba! TCP/IP networking only!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton) wrote:
>I use Win3.11 along with Winsock 2.0 and MASQ out through my Linux
>dialup PPP connection at home.
>
>All the same instructions apply (from the MASQ How-To and any other
>instructions you find) as for Win9x. The critical part (after Linux
>is all set up) is that the Win3.11 network card setup must have the
>gateway address set for the Linux gateway machine.
>
>I set this up at Christmas for my kids ... it has worked under Linux
>V2.0.36, my interim update to V2.1.132(?) and now with V2.2.1 (with
>ipchains).
>
>Good luck!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Subject: Re: Need help with home network
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:19:27 GMT
On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 03:35:04 GMT, "nate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for the responses, here's more:
>
>I've seen the ARP packets go out from only the one machine that the sniffer
>is loaded on, I see nothing from the other machine.
That figures. I mean, it fits with your description of the situation.
>Yes, both machines make the lights on the hub light up, and I don't have
>either of the cables stuck into the daisy-chain port.
I also suspect a cabling problem or a problem with the hub. From a
quick scan, your setup looks ok and if your machines make it to the
hub, it seems like they're transmitting alright as well. Can the hub
be configured?
I'm snipping what looks ok or I don't wish to comment in the
following.
> <!-- begin bipolar stats,
> RH5.2 on a P90 with an ISA SMC EtherEZ NIC -->
[lo ifconfig]
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:C0:09:94:C7
> inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0x250 Memory:c0000-c2000
Looks good. You might want to disable the broadcast and multicast
flags when you get networking done, unless you know you need them.
bipolar's routing table looks ok.
[bipolar cannot ping 192.168.1.254, can ping localhost (resolved to
127.0.0.1), can ping bipolar (expanded to bipolar.bellsouth.net,
resolved to 192.168.1.2)]
OK, the symptoms you describe.
><!-- begin skitzo stats,
> RH5.1 on i486 with a ISA SMC EtherEZ NIC -->
Routing table looks ok.
[skitzo can ping localhost (resolved to 127.0.0.1), can not ping
192.168.1.2]
>It all looks good to me, anyone see any problems?
Nope. I think it's either the cabling, the hub or the NIC
configuration. Cabling is unlikely because both machines' signals make
it to the hub. The same reason makes it seem that the NICs are
configured properly. It looks to me like the hub is not forwarding the
network packets correctly or maybe it isn't building up its arp cache
properly. AFAIK, a hub operates like a bridge, is in fact a multi-port
bridge and as such learns the MAC addresses available on its ports and
routes network packets by this knowledge. OTOH, I believe that they
(hubs) resort to broadcasts if an unknown destination MAC address is
used..
Have you tried connecting the machines directly by using a crossover
cable? That could offer a sign as to whether the hub is working
correctly or not.
Tobias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Subject: Re: eth0+eth1+ route how to
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:19:27 GMT
On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 06:45:51 -0800, Mitch Cant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>My linux box can see both networks... and my inside network can ping
>the IP addresses of both cards in the linux box (which indicates to me
>that things
>are almost working).... but I can't get any further...
You mean the machines on the inside network can't get outside?
>The external network has a subnet mask of
>
>255.255.192.0
Hmm.. Somewhat unusual, but shouldn't be a problem.
>but when I start trying to use the Linux box as a router I see another
>entry appear in
>the route table indicating a second route for 255.255.255.0
In which routing table, please? And a route for 255.255.255.0 doesn't
make much sense practically, that's most probably a netmask, not an
address.
>does this have something to do with my problem?
Could be. Could you post/email me more information concerning your
network topology, your NIC configurations and your routing table (i.e.
the output of 'ifconfig' and 'route -n' on the Linux box), please?
Tobias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Subject: Re: eth0+eth1+ route how to
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:19:27 GMT
On 5 Feb 1999 13:38:40 GMT, "toni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have a problem route table with two ethernets. can someone help me.
>thanks.
What's your problem?
Tobias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tobias Reckhard (jester))
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Ethernet-problem with 'route'
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:19:28 GMT
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:14:05 -0500, "OEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all -- been hanging around a while now and have gotten a decent amount of
>help from these groups. Recently, I had a problem with an Intel Etherexpress
>NIC, which even though listed as supported, found out it hand "unstable"
>drivers, so I popped in a Linsys Ether 16 Lan card -- which is fully
>supported as a Ne2000 nic.
>
>It looks like it's setup fine, but I cannot connect to ANYTHING!
>
>The situation--the card is setup and found at boot:
>kernel: NE*000 ehtercard probe at 0x300: 00 40 05 14 e9 86
>kernel: eht0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 11
>
>but, then I see:
>
>route: netmask doesn't match route address
>--I have no idea what this means or what's calling route to get this error.
>In /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 there are 2 lines for route:
>/sbin/route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK}
>/sbin/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
>
>running either from a command line gives no errors, nor changes anything.
Do you call them exactly as they appear above, i.e. with variable
names $NETWORK, $NETMASK and $GATEWAY? Or do you substitute the
appropriate values? I expect there is an error with these variables in
rc.inet1. Try inserting the line 'echo ${NETWORK} ; echo ${NETMASK} ;
echo ${GATEWAY}' before the commands you quote in rc.inet1. If the
output doesn't appear on the screen, append ' > /dev/stdout' to the
echo commands or pipe their output to a file and examine that. You
want to know what the content of those three variables is, so you can
reconstruct the exact route commands that are being executed.
>Is route being called from somewhere else too?
Dunno. grep for route in your boot directory. I don't know RHs boot
sequence since I use a SuSE system. Your documentation should tell you
what directories and files are accessed at bootup.
>Note also that:
>ifconfig also looks good (except RX and TX are always 0)
>netstat -rn output appears fine (3 lines, 1 lo, 2 eth0 - one is the gateway
>info)
You should still include the output of both these commands, even if
only to be told they're ok. It gives us a much better background on
your situation/setup.
>But, when I just run "route" from the command line, expecting output like
>the netstat -rn, I get only the first 2 lines (eht0, lo), then it hangs
>until a ctrl-c.
It's trying to resolve the IP addesses to names. Call 'route -n'
instead and it should give you the same output as 'netstat -rn'. Or
wait for a while until the DNS lookup times out.
>I'm pretty sure the card is okay under linux, since I dug up a ne2000 test
>utility called ne2k.c which I compiled an ran, and all looked fine.
>I'm not sure what info anyone would need, but the system is a 486-100, 16MB
>running (or trying to) RedHat 5.2 on /hdb with lilo for win98 on /hda. The
>ethernet card works 100% fine under win98.
>
>Thanks for any help. BTW, I'll be reading any followups, but if you have any
>guesses but don't want to look foolish infront of all these gurus, feel free
>to email me at the addy below.
Well, if the route isn't installed properly, no network packets are
going to get onto the wire, so you've probably found the problem
location. Now you need to find out what the actual command looks like
that's causing the error.
Tobias
PS: if you want to be sure of reaching me, you should email me as
well, as my ISPs news server feed is very incomplete.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dialin PPP Server and Windoze clients
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:23:26 GMT
Disable compression on the Win95 box. Linux doesn't use MS's software
compression system. It can however use the modem's compression
if enabled.
> using a Linux box all is well. When I dial in using a Windoze box it
> connects ok but if I initiate a FTP download the download speed is
> extermely slow. I have noticed that I have the following entries in
> /var/log/messages on my dialin server when the Windoze box has
> connected:
>
> [pppd] CCP terminated by peer
> [pppd] Compression disabled by peer
>
> I have compression enabled on the DIN entry on the Windoze box.
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From: "Richard Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re:connecting to the internet using ppp!!!
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 19:32:18 -0000
Can anyone tell me if there is a program on redhat Linux that connects you
to the internet using the commands ppp-setup or ppp-go. My friend who runs
a slackware version of linux seems to do this but i havn't got a clue???
can anyone help me please???
rockyracoon
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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM
From: Peter de Vries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Jan 1999 07:16:55 +0100
Matt Kressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> According to the Kernel archives, Linus says he is nailing down bugs in
> 2.2 so he won't release 2.2.1 for another month. If you live in Windows
> world thats faster than the blink of an eye, but for us Linux weenies,
> its eternity... %)
Well, I'm actually running 2.2.1 right now. There's a patch (24 Kb) on
the kernel ftp-sites.
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From: Andre Riscalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: limiting Web site access in Linux
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:37:22 GMT
Yes there is a way. One solution is to build a proxy with Apache
(www.apache.org). This will give you the flexibility to limit and
control web access. There is a pretty good article on how to do this in
the last sys-Admin magazine, february issue (www.samag.com)
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I am in the process of setting up my first Linux machine (running RedHat
> 5.1). It will be used for Internet access by our employees to 2 specific Web
> sites (not in-house). My question is: is there any way that I can limit
> which Web sites may be visited? The fear by Administration is that folks will
> rummage about in all sorts of sordid Web sites on Company time, and they
> would like for me to eliminate that as much as possible.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
>
> Best Regards,
> Karen Clendenin
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Moderating newsgroups with inn
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:14:25 GMT
Just as the subject suggests, i'm trying to create a local moderated group on
my newserver. For some reason it does not work... I can create groups easy,
but not a moderated one, even with the proper line in the moderators file.
I've been trying to find some documentation that
could help me out, but to no avail. Any help/tips would be nice.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux here I come!
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:25:25 GMT
In article <36bcacc0$0$15581@newton>,
"Martin Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am preparing to start moving some of my home network over to Linux. I have
> three windows machines and want at least two of them to run RedHat., In the
> meantime I also had a DOS machine (486) with a BBS and had tried to install
> MS networking with an NE2000 card, but never manahed to get it to work. The
> machine has a 500 MB harddisk and B/W Hercules card (now that's old) but no
> CD-ROM, so I want to get it on the network as a trial for the rest and to
> learn a little about Linux.
>
> I have managed to install Monkey Linux from 5 floppies, and wonder if this
> is the way. I shall have to start from scratch (I don't even know how to
> edit a text file in Linux :-(.
Hmm. I wont start an emacs versus vi flame war here. Both are highly
customisable (read: complicated ??) editors, and it would be worth your while
learning how to use one eventually. However, to start with I'd recommend pico.
pico is a rather simple text editor/viewer, but is ample to get you started...
> I would like to use Monkey (or another mini)
> to connect the 486 to my Windows TCP/IP network so I can progress from there
> (then I will have access to cable Internet and a CD-ROM at least, as well as
> all the software waiting on my network machines...
>
> Is Monkey a good choice, or is maybe a cludgier choice better: just get the
> TCP/IP running. Is there a newbie's guide to something so simple? (All the
> HOWTOs I read assume I know how to edit a Linux text file...)
>
> Rgds
>
> Martin
>
>
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From: Mitch Cant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Non-IP Virtual Host with Apache
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 11:33:48 -0800
first, your www.second.com has to resolve to the same address
second, you have to change your virtual server setup in httpd.cond or
srm.conf...
mine is in /etc/httpd/conf
find where you see second.first.com and add www.second.com and any other
aliases for it.
m.
Matthew Genesi wrote:
> Im trying to set up two domains on an apache web server. Both domains will
> be using the same IP address. The way its working now the first domain
> works as (www.first.com) but the second one only works as
> (www.second.first.com). How can I get the second domain to work as
> (www.second.com)???
>
> Thanks.
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From: Eduardo Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP conection problems
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:40:59 -0200
Hi ... I�m with problems to connect with my provider using Linux and
kppp program.
In my script login i wrote :
expect login:
send my ID
expect Password:
send my password
expect granted
send ppp
(I saw that in a example of login script)
ok ... then I begin the connection, after i receive the Password, i send
mine and a message says " starting ppp session" and lots of trash became
to appear ... (I stay waiting granted, but i don�t know if that�s the
right thing to do !!!!) after some time ...
the connection falls and a message appears .... NO CARRIER !!!!
What is the problem ? Is the script login wrong ? Or what should i do
when the trash starts to appear ?
Please, i would like your help ...
Greatfull...
Eduardo.
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Crossposted-To: 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: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 02:55:07 GMT
whistler<blahblah>@twcny.rr.com (Paul E Larson) wrote:
> Ouch.... I bought my AutoSensing hub last week at Best Buy for $99.95 of
> course CompUSA had them for $129.95 two floors down. As for NIC's I like
> anything with the DEC Alpha chip, I wonder what Compaq has planned for it?
The Alpha is a CPU. Compaq still owns that portion of Digital Semiconductor.
Compaq sold off the networking and PCI bridge components to Intel. I doubt if
we'll see any more DEC 21x4x 'Tulip' based NICs since they are competition for
the Intel counterparts.
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From: Andre Riscalla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail alternatives
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:42:22 GMT
Yes. Try mini qmail (www.qmail.org) Easy to configure and easy to
maintain.
On 5 Feb 1999, Mario Moder wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I heard about severel alternatives for sendmail like smail etc. But i am
> looking for a mail-server which delivers mail from my computer (no
> network) to the mail server of my dialup internet provider. I have a
> working "offline" sendmail 8.8.8 here but for it's much to big and to
> complex. Only need a program that takes mail from my mailreader like mutt
> or pine, change the address from "moderm@localhost" to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
> put it in queue until the next connection and then send it to my
> provider's mail server. Is such a minimal mail server existing for Linux?
>
> Greetings and thanks,
> Mario
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux here I come!
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 10:26:01 GMT
In article <36bcacc0$0$15581@newton>,
"Martin Cleaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am preparing to start moving some of my home network over to Linux. I have
> three windows machines and want at least two of them to run RedHat., In the
> meantime I also had a DOS machine (486) with a BBS and had tried to install
> MS networking with an NE2000 card, but never manahed to get it to work. The
> machine has a 500 MB harddisk and B/W Hercules card (now that's old) but no
> CD-ROM, so I want to get it on the network as a trial for the rest and to
> learn a little about Linux.
>
> I have managed to install Monkey Linux from 5 floppies, and wonder if this
> is the way. I shall have to start from scratch (I don't even know how to
> edit a text file in Linux :-(.
Hmm. I wont start an emacs versus vi flame war here. Both are highly
customisable (read: complicated ??) editors, and it would be worth your while
learning how to use one eventually. However, to start with I'd recommend pico.
pico is a rather simple text editor/viewer, but is ample to get you started...
> I would like to use Monkey (or another mini)
> to connect the 486 to my Windows TCP/IP network so I can progress from there
> (then I will have access to cable Internet and a CD-ROM at least, as well as
> all the software waiting on my network machines...
>
> Is Monkey a good choice, or is maybe a cludgier choice better: just get the
> TCP/IP running. Is there a newbie's guide to something so simple? (All the
> HOWTOs I read assume I know how to edit a Linux text file...)
>
> Rgds
>
> Martin
>
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From: sili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ip masquerading problem
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 19:56:23 GMT
I have recently set up ip_masq and forwarding . Im running linux 2.0.36.
I have my cable modem going into my linux box and a 2nd nic going to my
Win pc. After reboot i am able to ping my Win pc from my linux box and
vice versa. I am also able to briefly surf the net from my Win pc
(loads about 3 pages) before it stops getting a response from the linux
box. I am still able to surf from the linux box, but now trying to ping
the win pc gets no response. Pinging 10.0.0.1 still receives a response.
Any ideas why the linux box is dropping the ip and not responding to
10.0.0.2?
Thanks for any help
Rick
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