Linux-Networking Digest #175, Volume #10 Thu, 11 Feb 99 06:13:50 EST
Contents:
Re: Cable Modem (Bob)
Please Help, ISP setup! (Prasanth)
RH5.0 does not recognize a 3Com 3c905B card (Senthil Kandasamy)
Re: smbclient & samba (Stephen Carville)
Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM ("Jim Ross")
ftp gets stuck in FIN_WAIT1 when running 2.2.1 (Sami Tikka)
Re: Qpopper error (Neil Rickert)
diald and ppp for two internet-providers (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Weinmann)
load balancing accross several routes... (MikeF)
Re: PPP hangs after lots of data ("Donald Harter Jr.")
Re: Networking/Cable Modem (sam)
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cable Modem
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 02:57:31 -0500
John Duncan wrote:
> I'm having difficulty connecting to the Inet. I've set up my network
> properties like this. IP = 24.0.188.x, Network Mask = 255.255.255.0,
> Gateway = 24.0.188.1, Broadcast = 24.0.188.255, and my DNS entries are
> correct. I'm using static instead of DHCP because my ISP @Home uses
> that here in the San Diego area. I've tried pinging
#! /bin/sh
PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin"
# for some cable modems--
OPT_USER_ID="-h jduncan1"
HOST_FULLNAME="machine.your.domain"
ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
if dhcpcd $OPT_USER_ID -d eth0 ; then
# assume my machine name is on the third line of /etc/hosts.sed, which is
a copy of /etc/hosts
echo 3 c '\' > /tmp/sed.tmp
echo $( echo -n $( grep "^IPADDR=" /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info ) | cut
-d= -f2 ) $HOST_FULLNAME >> /tmp/sed.tmp
sed -f /tmp/sed.tmp /etc/hosts.sed | cat - > /etc/hosts
rm /tmp/sed.tmp
echo -n "DHCP succeeded..."
logger "DHCP succeeded..."
fi
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From: Prasanth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.protocols.ppp,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Please Help, ISP setup!
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:04:32 +0800
Hi,
Let me explain the problem. Iam having linux slackware
distribution. My ISP has provided me with the
following information.
proxy server proxy.pacific.net.sg
WWW server www.pacific.net.sg
pop mail server name pacific.net.sg
I have managed to set up the PPP connection with ISP. Each time i
connect, the IP addrress of the remote is different.
Now i wan't to go to internet.I ping proxy.pacific.net.sg in win95
and got the ip address. Then i went to linux and configured netscape
proxy with this ip address and tried to connect. But it cannot. In linux
i cannot ping using name(eg proxy.pacific.net.sg)or configure netscape
with proxy name. I also found that in win95 enviornment, for each
session i have different ip address for proxy.pacific.net.sg. Also
please tell me what should i put in /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and
the /etc/HOSTNAME file, in this situation
Even after succsessfully setting up the PPP with ISP, I cannot go to
internet or read mails. PLEASE HELP ME TO SORT OUT THIS MESS.
Thanks,
Prasanth
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From: Senthil Kandasamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH5.0 does not recognize a 3Com 3c905B card
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:21:17 -0500
I could not get RH 5.0 to recognize a 3Com 3c905-B Ethernet Card.
Windows NT-4.0, loaded on the same machine easily recognizes the card.
The LDP says that this card is supported though .
Choosing the 3c90x option during installation does not help. The only
way to complete installation was to cancel and choose "No networking"
option.
Has any body else had any such problems with this particular card? I
Really need to get this system networked and running on linux within a
few days. Any help would be really appreciated
You can email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
Senthil Kandasamy
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From: Stephen Carville <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: smbclient & samba
Date: 10 Feb 1999 06:57:35 GMT
Ron wrote:
>
> new to linux
> installed redhat 5.2 v2.0.36 as default workstation class. Want to network
> with my win95 machine. All the networking hardware is in place and working
> (the machines recognize each other). The workstation installation didnt
> install SMB and samba, but a server class install would, however Im only
> using a 1 gig harddrive (to small for a server class install). Can I install
> SMB and samba in the workstation to get shared access between the 2
> machines, or do I need to get a bigger HD and do a server class install?
Just install the samba pkg off of the CD. It works fine with Win95.
--
Stephen Carville
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
====================================================
Management: The art of hiring intelligent, skilled individuals and then
ignoring their advice.
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From: "Jim Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2 in RPM
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:57:13 -0500
Charles Stack wrote in message <78pr7u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>It's not that hard to compile a kernel. There is no advantage with
>>having someone else compile your kernel, because you won't gain any
>>advantages.
>
>
>The advantage you gain is an easy install process without 15 other steps.
>For a newbie or for multiple installations, this has its obvious time
saving
>advantages.
>
>But, the downside to any RPM is the fact that it is a precompiled binary.
>Like Forest Gump said (paraphrased and adapted), "RPMs are like a box of
>chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get...". Given that tainted
>source for common utilities has made its way on the net recently, I'd be
>very leary of any RPMs I download from even "respected" sites.
>
>Now, if you compile the kernel and build your own RPMs from known untainted
>source..that's a different story. That's why RPMs are signed by trusted
>entities. This is similar to M$'s Autosign technology. Basically, you
have
>a digitally signature of the RPMs contents that can be easily verified. Of
>course, you must trust the person that signed it...Alas...paranoria!
>
>Charles
If you happen to be a newby or just like me that doesn't program or
understand source, compiling from source has no advantages. I would then
and still do think rpm is the way to go.
I think if anything the tainted utilities highlight the importance of
backing up. I burn all my stuff and I suggest other people take steps to
protect your stuff since life can be cruel.
Jim
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From: Sami Tikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ftp gets stuck in FIN_WAIT1 when running 2.2.1
Date: 10 Feb 1999 08:16:12 +0200
Since I upgraded to 2.2.1 from 2.0.36, I have noticed that something
has changed in the TCP/IP stack:
When I'm uploading stuff to my ISP's web server with ftp, the file is
transferred but the ftp never returns. Netstat reveals the connection
being in FIN_WAIT1 state. I've waited it to clear for more than 10
minutes and I believe it is going to hang there forever.
Curiously, this does not happen if the file to transfer is very small,
like a couple of kilobytes...
The problem goes away if I boot with 2.0.36 kernel. I'm sorry but I
don't know what kind of TCP/IP stack the ISP's server is running.
--
Sami Tikka, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.iki.fi/sti/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Rickert)
Subject: Re: Qpopper error
Date: 9 Feb 1999 22:38:54 -0600
Joel Shellman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>The following error is showing up in /var/log/messages. What
>does it mean:
>Feb 9 21:53:08 tim popper[23650]: (v2.53) Unable to get
>canonical name of clien
>t, err = 2
It means that gethostbyaddr() failed. Somebody is reading mail from
a box that does not have a DNS name. This is very common, and not
worth worrying about.
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:10:17 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Weinmann
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux
Subject: diald and ppp for two internet-providers
Hello,
is it possible to setup diald for more than one internet providers? How
can I do this ?
Thanks for all suggestions.
Juregen
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From: MikeF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: load balancing accross several routes...
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 09:15:35 GMT
I have debian 2.0 setup as a ip masq box as one of it's net services on a
384-1500/128KBs up/down dsl line. I'm expecting my net requirements to require
a faster line within 6 months. When that happens, I want to add another dsl
line. Each dsl line will have it's own ip.
What I want to do is balance the two dsl lines. So if dsl0 is at full
bandwidth it'll use dsl1 instead.
Everyone I've asked doesn't know enough about linux networking to know if linux
will do this. The only thing that I can think of would be to have two routes
for IPs from 0.0.0.0-128.0.0.0 for dsl0 & 129.0.0.0-254.0.0.0 for dsl1. This
still won't address the balancing issue. If someone can give me a web site to
read, advice or even direct instructions I'd be thankful.
--
Mike Fedyk - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Webmaster for The Flag Day Festival.
http://www.flagday.com
Debian - Linux . . . The Ultimate Windows NT service pack. :)
http://www.debian.org
"People want to have the computing equivalents of truck or heavy equipment
operators without even bothering to learn how those machines work."
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From: "Donald Harter Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: PPP hangs after lots of data
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:57:22 -0500
Can you tell us what kind of modems the ISP used and what kind of server they
had that answered the modems? There may be another server connected to the one
that answers the modems with ppp.
Nathan Kurz wrote:
> I've travelled a lot with this machine, and have never had a similar
> problem with any other ISP. I do not believe that other users have
> this problem with this ISP. But after trying everything I could think
> of, I recently I solved the problem by changing ISP's. Since then my
> connection has not hung once. But if I can help anyone solve this
> problem by reconnecting to the former ISP, I'm sure that I can
> recreate the problem at will.
>
> Hope this helps someone,
>
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From: sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Networking/Cable Modem
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 04:51:30 GMT
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> Ryan Speed wrote:
>
> > stormcaster wrote:
> >
> > > Sygate Rocks...Assign a PC as a gateway...That's all!
> > >
> > > http://www.sygate.com/sygate.htlml
> > >
> > > ------->
> > > 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]
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
>
Your network cannot access the network as your gateway does not know anything about it.
If you can connect linux to the cable modem ( on the motorola hit reset so that it
recognizes the new
NIC ) there is good soltuion using IP masquarading.
Install two NICS on you Linux. one to the modem the other to the hub. see the IP
masquarding how-to to spoof your internal
network IP addresses. That's it your network can use all IP based internet protocols .
The cable company will want to sell you
extra IP addresses for $ a month.
Linux will help you avoid this additional cost
Sathya
> > i found a relitively new but good homepage that describes a method for doing
> > exactly what you would like to do check it out at http://jaxon.ml.org
> > (sometimes it is tough to connect since ml.org is officially no longer offering
> > the service, i find connecting to http://207.236.110.214 works always)
> >
> > hope this helps you it sure helped me :)
>
> Ryan:
>
> I think your expectations may be foiled by your cablemodem provider. I am connected
>
> through GTE Americast cablemodem service and have found the following limitations:
>
> 1) Your contract for the service will probably explicitly prohibit sub nets.
>
> 2) Your provider probably won't provide a route back to the other computers on your
>
> network - even if you have valid/legal IP addresses for them. The alternative
>around
>
> this is to set up one of your computers as a router and find a provider like the
>ml.org
>
> group mentioned above who will route to your primary computer.
>
> 3) After your cablemodem has been installed and initialized - The first computer
>you start
>
> with the IP address assigned by your provider will connect to the cablemodem and
>will be
>
> the only one the cablemodem will talk to until you powercyle the cablemodem.
>It locks on
>
> to the MAC address of the ethernet card.
>
> I have had both Solaris and Linux up and running, but they require more skill than
>Windows to
>
> implement. If your primary objective for internet access is for WEB access with
>your browser
>
> from multiple computers - Best bet is to set up your primary computer with Solaris
>and then
>
> open a GUI based login from your Linux/Windows computers and run Netscape from
>there. The
>
> following script will work from another Solaris or Linux based computer:
>
> #!/bin/csh
> #
> # $HOME/bin/r_login
> # Initial coding 01/22/97 Jim Whitman
> # Last Update: 03/26/98 JLW
> #
> #
> # Begin MAIN
> #
> if ($#argv != 1) then
> /usr/bin/echo "USEAGE: r_login [hostname]^G"
> exit 0
> endif
> setenv ldisplay "`hostname`:0.0"
> setenv myname "`whoami`"
> /usr/openwin/bin/xhost +$1
> /usr/bin/rsh "$1" /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -geometry 132x25+90+0 -display "$ldisplay"
>-title "$1-$myname" -name "$1-$myname" -bg Sla
> teGray -fg white -sb -sl 256 -ls &
>
> Additionally - You need to have the same user account on both computers, an entry in
>the users
>
> .rhosts file for the remote computer, and share the home directory.
>
> To support this functionality from Windows you will need a third party X11 package
>for Windows.
>
> --
> Jim Whitman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Ryan Speed wrote:
<p>> stormcaster wrote:
<br>>
<br>> > Sygate Rocks...Assign a PC as a gateway...That's all!
<br>> >
<br>> > <a
href="http://www.sygate.com/sygate.htlml">http://www.sygate.com/sygate.htlml</a>
<br>> >
<br>> > ------->
<br>> > Steven D. Nakhla wrote in message ...
<br>> > >I am interested in getting a cable modem internet connection through
the
<br>> > >local cable provider here in Baltimore, Comcast. However,
there is more
<br>> > >than one computer in the house, and if we want all of them to
be wired to
<br>> > >the cable modem, we need to setup a network. Here is my
question: What
<br>> > all
<br>> > >is involved in that? I'm a computer science major, so I've
got a pretty
<br>> > >decent understanding of the concpets, and all, but I've never
setup a
<br>> > >network. Here is what I *think* is involved, please
tell me if I'm right
<br>> > >or way off:
<br>> > >
<br>> > >We buy a hub which hooks into the cable modem. The modem
acts sort of as a
<br>> > >"server", to which each of the computers is connected as clients.
Network
<br>> > >cards (ethernet I believe) run into the hub connecting each of
the
<br>> > >computers.
<br>> > >
<br>> > >Is this right? Has anyone had experience with this type
of connection who
<br>> > >could lend me a hand with it? Instructions? Hardware/Software
<br>> > >reccomendations? Any help you can give would be REALLY appreciated!
<br>> > >
<br>> > >Also, I'm running Windows 98, Linux, and Solaris on my computer.
Can I use
<br>> > >the cable modem connection with Linux and Solaris?
<br>> > >
<br>> > >please reply to:
<br>> > >Steve Nakhla
<br>> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br>> > >
<br>> > >
<br>> > >
<br>>
<br> </blockquote>
Your network cannot access the network as your gateway does not know anything
about it.
<br>If you can connect linux to the cable modem ( on the motorola hit reset
so that it recognizes the new
<br>NIC ) there is good soltuion using IP masquarading.
<p>Install two NICS on you Linux. one to the modem the other to the hub.
see the IP masquarding how-to to spoof your internal network
IP addresses. That's it your network can use all IP based internet protocols
. The cable company will want to sell you extra IP addresses for $ a
month.
<br>Linux will help you avoid this additional cost
<p>Sathya
<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>> i found a relitively new but good homepage that
describes a method for doing
<br>> exactly what you would like to do check it out at <a
href="http://jaxon.ml.org">http://jaxon.ml.org</a>
<br>> (sometimes it is tough to connect since ml.org is officially no longer
offering
<br>> the service, i find connecting to <a
href="http://207.236.110.214">http://207.236.110.214</a>
works always)
<br>>
<br>> hope this helps you it sure helped me :)
<p>Ryan:
<p>I think your expectations may be foiled by your cablemodem provider.
I am connected
<p>through GTE Americast cablemodem service and have found the following
limitations:
<p>1) Your contract for the service will probably explicitly prohibit
sub nets.
<p>2) Your provider probably won't provide a route back to the other
computers on your
<p> network - even if you have valid/legal IP addresses
for them. The alternative around
<p> this is to set up one of your computers as a router
and find a provider like the ml.org
<p> group mentioned above who will route to your primary
computer.
<p>3) After your cablemodem has been installed and initialized -
The first computer you start
<p> with the IP address assigned by your provider will
connect to the cablemodem and will be
<p> the only one the cablemodem will talk to until
you powercyle the cablemodem. It locks on
<p> to the MAC address of the ethernet card.
<p>I have had both Solaris and Linux up and running, but they require more
skill than Windows to
<p>implement. If your primary objective for internet access is for
WEB access with your browser
<p>from multiple computers - Best bet is to set up your primary computer
with Solaris and then
<p>open a GUI based login from your Linux/Windows computers and run Netscape
from there. The
<p>following script will work from another Solaris or Linux based computer:
<p>#!/bin/csh
<br>#
<br># $HOME/bin/r_login
<br># Initial coding 01/22/97 Jim Whitman
<br># Last Update: 03/26/98 JLW
<br>#
<br>#
<br># Begin MAIN
<br>#
<br>if ($#argv != 1) then
<br> /usr/bin/echo "USEAGE: r_login [hostname]^G"
<br> exit 0
<br>endif
<br>setenv ldisplay "`hostname`:0.0"
<br>setenv myname "`whoami`"
<br>/usr/openwin/bin/xhost +$1
<br>/usr/bin/rsh "$1" /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -geometry 132x25+90+0 -display
"$ldisplay" -title "$1-$myname" -name "$1-$myname" -bg Sla
<br>teGray -fg white -sb -sl 256 -ls &
<p>Additionally - You need to have the same user account on both computers,
an entry in the users
<p>.rhosts file for the remote computer, and share the home directory.
<p>To support this functionality from Windows you will need a third party
X11 package for Windows.
<p>--
<br>Jim Whitman
<br>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</blockquote>
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