Linux-Networking Digest #300, Volume #10 Thu, 25 Feb 99 07:14:07 EST
Contents:
leased line up to 2mbit ? (Ingo Wilmer)
PPP goes deaf under 2.2.x? (Paul D. Smith)
ipx_interface argument error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Auditing on my mailboxes on my linux mailserver ("Abrie Jordaan")
Re: Desktop Hub VS. Rackmount Hub (Chris Comley)
~~~Help with DHCP and DNS server~~~ ("Alvin")
Re: MS Explorer 4.0 for Unix Quote of the month ("Miguel Rodriguez")
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use? (Bruce W. Richards)
write/send to socket crashes process - How come? (Bjorn)
Vortex-Diag (setting up a 3Com Boomerang 3c59x driver) (Frank Krantz)
NIS: Linux Master -- SUN Slaves ("Hubertus Ga�")
Changing Port numbers on Netscape 4.07 (jazzhunter)
D-Link 530 TX e-cards (Lawrence Bacon)
Re: Please HELP me identify a FastEthernet Pci card (Evan Villeneuve)
Re: Multilink PPP in Linux with 2 x V90 = 105,333 bps? (Jason Clifford)
Plesae suggest V.35 sync card for Linux? (Mark)
Re: Machine name themes - what do you use? (Ali Bahrmal)
Re: How do I set up a dhcp Server?? (Erik Hensema)
Re: Win95 + Linux Dual Installation Possible? (David Delikat)
Port redirector or mapper ?? ("bspoh")
Re: D-Link 530 TX e-cards ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IRC , identd and firewalls ??? (Stan Smiley)
Re: IP Masq. Under 2.2.x ("Michael Harsch")
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From: Ingo Wilmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: leased line up to 2mbit ?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:17:29 +0100
hello out there,
i�m interressted in setting up a router with my linux box using a leased
line up to 2mbit, up till now i use a 128k dual isdn line wich works
fine. now i would like to know if there is any hardware (like the isdn
cards) supported by linux that could handle such lines. i�m not a
network guru, so my knowing of the existing hardware is not that big.
so, is there a way doing it with my linux or will i end with a cisco or
something like that.
thanks for your answers
ingo wilmer
zeitspringer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul D. Smith)
Subject: PPP goes deaf under 2.2.x?
Date: 25 Feb 1999 04:06:38 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ever since I upgraded to Linux 2.2.x kernel (I have a Debian hamm base
system--I went through all the recommended packages on the linuxhq site,
etc.) my PPP connections are going "deaf" in a most peculiar way.
First, I have ppp 2.3.5 (Debian package 2.3.5-2), Linux 2.2.2. I have a
internal Zoom 56k modem, ISA PnP, on COM2. Note everything worked with
the 2.0.x kernels. I'm using these options to pppd:
ttyS1 115200 crtscts
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/underdog'
:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ipcp-accept-remote
asyncmap 0
user psmith
noipdefault
noauth
defaultroute
I get logs like this when I connect:
Feb 25 03:43:49 ferret pppd[904]: Serial connection established.
Feb 25 03:43:50 ferret pppd[904]: Using interface ppp0
Feb 25 03:43:50 ferret pppd[904]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Feb 25 03:43:52 ferret kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module registered
Feb 25 03:43:55 ferret pppd[904]: local IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Feb 25 03:43:55 ferret pppd[904]: remote IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
I should mention that I have ppp, etc. compiled as a kernel module.
Now, weird things happen. Basically, my connection will proceed
normally, and I can use it normally for a while.
Then, at some random time, the connection will freeze up. _BUT_! It's
not totally frozen. I can do _some_ things over the connection. I can
ping, for example. Quite often I can rlogin or telnet to another host.
I can use client/server CVS, usually.
But, if I login to a remote system and try to invoke "emacs -nw", for
example, then try to read my mail... that session will hang. It will
sit for a long time and eventually it will give a "connection reset by
peer". It also hangs if I try to start less on a file, or cat a long
file. On the other hand, I can use "tail -15" or something, and that
usually works OK. Also, I usually can't successfully access pages via
Netscape. FTP's rarely work. It's almost like the connection works
fine as long as you're not trying to send lots of data, or something.
Once this happens, it will stay like this forever until I stop the
session and reconnect. I can have 5-10 terminals, all logged into the
remote host: they all work fine until I try to less a file or something
like that.
Really, really weird. And really, really annoying.
Does anyone have any hints or pointers? Should I play with the mtu or
mru params? Any interesting debugging options I should try? Etc.
Help.
--
===============================================================================
Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development
"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
===============================================================================
These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: ~g
Subject: ipx_interface argument error
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:59:02 GMT
We are installing a new Linux machine at work. I'm running into a curious
problem with the ipx protocol. When I type
ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.3
I get a socket: argument error message.
I know the complaint is about the 802.3 argument. I suspect that it is a
kernel/module problem, but I'm not sure. The IP is working like a charm.
This is running RH 5.2, Kernel 2.0.36-0.7. Help is appreciated.
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From: "Abrie Jordaan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Auditing on my mailboxes on my linux mailserver
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 23:10:29 +0200
I need a program to record the the following information on my linux
mailserver (normal linux box with pop and smtp functions) in a textfile :
1)The mailboxnames,
2)Next to the mailboxnames---, the size of each mailbox
3)The number of messages in each mailbox
can anybody tell me where i can get this program or any suggestions on
accomplishing the above.I am not very experienced with linux.
Your replies will be much appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Comley)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking
Subject: Re: Desktop Hub VS. Rackmount Hub
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:38:49 GMT
Er, no.
There are desktop hubs, un-managed rack-mount hubs, and managed
rack-mount hubs. Managed hubs are a LOT more expensive than either of
the unmanaged type, mainly I guess because they're a lot less used,
economies of scale and all that. We sell about 50 hubs a month, almost
all of them rack-mount, only one or two of them managed.
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 22:35:44 +1100, Steven Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Rackmount Hubs are usually for supporting SNMP with RMON probing
>
>Box wrote:
>
>> What is the difference between the two? Whya re rackmounts more expensive?
>
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From: "Alvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ~~~Help with DHCP and DNS server~~~
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:16:30 +0800
Hi,
Juz a question.
I've been setting up DHCP and DNS services on a linux box. However i 'm
encountering problems with dns.
Can the two services be on the same box?? For DNS services, do we need to
specifically include the IP addresses of the workstations. If thats the
case, would this not conflict with DHCP which dynamically allocates IP
addresses?
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From: "Miguel Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: MS Explorer 4.0 for Unix Quote of the month
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:11:37 -0800
>You will never 'hand-code' anything good nowadays or it will take you at
least
>a month or so (that's for one good 'page')
>
>
>PS I'm not at all a 'professional' but i know a thing or two about HTML
>
I am a professional web-designer and I can tell you that the majority of
most high-quality, professional design is done by hand. There are
situations where some kind of editor will help but they are the
rareity(sp?). Hand coding is the only way to truly ensure that the page
ends up looking exactly how you intended it to. I have never seen a WYSIWYG
editor that was truly What You See Is What You Get. More often it is What
You See Is What You Hope You Get. Plus most of the liscences on these
programs are outrageously expensive.
-Miguel Rodriguez
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce W. Richards)
Subject: Re: Machine name themes - what do you use?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 99 19:39:02 GMT
The x-ray crystallographers on campus started naming nodes after blender
speeds, corresponding somewhat to machine speed or quality. They have grate,
blend, chop, etc. It will be very interesting if they ever get up to
ice_crush or liquify.
I implemented a nerve cell theme: vesicle, axonal, neuron, sciatic,
kinesin, etc.
Bruce Richards
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
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From: Bjorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.programmer,utwente.os.linux
Subject: write/send to socket crashes process - How come?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:26:48 +0100
When I write/send to a (TCP/IP) socket the writing thread (and process)
crashes if the receiving system crashes. So if the receiving system
crashes,
receiving sockets are not closed correctly (I think). But this may not
be a reason
for the sender to crash.
The process crashes when it sends to a socket that the sender 'sees'
still as correct
but has a corresponding receive socket that is not correct anymore due
to a crash of
the receiving process. After the crash of the receiver, it is always the
second message
(write) to the socket that lets sender crash.
Is there a solution for the problem? I think the send() or write()
function should return
with -1 instead of letting the system crash.
Thanks in advance,
Bjorn Vrijkorte
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Krantz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Vortex-Diag (setting up a 3Com Boomerang 3c59x driver)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:39:15 GMT
I'm trying to install a 3c905b card using the 3c59x.o driver,
and I've been running into difficulty. When I try to do a modprobe, i
get the following message: Unknown 3Com PCI ethernet type 9055
detected: not configured...... init_module: Device or resource busy.
I tried to compile vortex-diag and get it to run, but it
doesn't seem to be working. Can someone tell me the specific steps
necessary to compile and run this program. Also, does anyone have any
other tips on how I can get this running?
Thanks
Frank
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From: "Hubertus Ga�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIS: Linux Master -- SUN Slaves
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:19:53 +0100
Hello,
we're running a Linux (SuSE 5.3) NIS Master server and a couple of SUN
NIS Slave servers. Everything works fine, except of the hosts.byaddr.
Those files (hosts.byaddr.dir and hosts.byaddr.pag) have the permission
600 on the slave servers, where all the other files (e.g.
hosts.byname.*) have the permission 644.
On a client that binds to one of the NIS slave servers I get (of
course) :
sun8<gass>% ypcat -k hosts.byaddr
no such map in server's domain
Does anyone have an idea why the permissions are different for the
hosts.byaddr files when they are transfered from the Master server and
how the problem can be solved?
Thanx in advance
Hubertus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jazzhunter)
Subject: Changing Port numbers on Netscape 4.07
Date: 24 Feb 1999 12:54:07 -0600
Hi. I'm running Netscape Communicator 4.07 on RedHat 5.2 (Kernel
2.1-something) as a CLIENT in a Windows NT network. I need to change
the port numbers for HTTP, FTP, and NNTP on Netscape so that it can
access the Net via a Wingate 3 Proxy server that is running on the
Windows NT machine that is connected to a Cable Modem. How do I do
this?
The local network between the Linux box and the Windows clients
and server is working fine. The only DNS server on the network is
AtHome's, (the Internet provider.)
Thanks ..
Steve Williams ...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lawrence Bacon)
Subject: D-Link 530 TX e-cards
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:37:44 -04-59
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm considering buying two D-link 530 TX e-cards, has anybody had problems
with this hardware ?
They are supposed to be 100% ne-2000 compatible.
All replies welcome
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Evan Villeneuve)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Please HELP me identify a FastEthernet Pci card
Date: 25 Feb 1999 06:22:47 GMT
If you have the money, go buy yourself a nice 3Com card. You'll save
yourself a LOT of trouble.
As for your card, there is a driver for almost every piece of hardware in
existence (even those old, stale ISA cards from long ago) on this site
... hmm, which is listed on my NETSCAPE (on my Win98 partition, of which
I haven't gotten a driver to mount it yet ...) bookmark file. Sorry.
Chessnik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've got a FastEthernet Pci PnP 32 bit card.It works ok with w95.
: I'm using it to access internet thru a cable modem.
: I installed redhat 5.0 but I cannot config the card.
: It's made in Taiwan by VIA Technologies and the model is SN5100TX.
: I was not able to find a single reference on the Internet about this company
: or about the model of the card.
: Would really appreciate any help.
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Multilink PPP in Linux with 2 x V90 = 105,333 bps?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:18:40 +0000
On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Doodle wrote:
> My ISP is using some beta patch made available to them by 3com. This
> patch on their end supports Win98's Multilink PPP connections. I want
> to know if anybody has managed to get Linux to make use of two V.90
> modems to get faster downloads.
As I understand it only Livingston Portmasters are compatible with Linux
EQL - this information is old though so I may be wrong.
I suspect that the best bet is for you to speak to your ISP and ask them
whether they support Linux EQL connections.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Plesae suggest V.35 sync card for Linux?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 19:06:59 +0800
I would setup a Linux box as a router to connect through V.35 device.
Please suggest me any V.35 board good with Linux driver. I heard about
COSA and SRP. Is there any other else?
Any information would be very appreciated
mark @ chevalier.net
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From: Ali Bahrmal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Machine name themes - what do you use?
Date: 22 Feb 1999 23:58:32 GMT
Fyrefiend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Of my four machines two are named out of The Hitchhikers Guide to The
> Galaxy (Zaphod and Ford), one from The Dragon Lance novels (Raistlin), and
> one from Neuromancer (Wintermute)
In my college we have some *old*
(Compaq 286, S/2 30, PS/1) which act as essentially telnet terminals to the
university mail system, and are called;
zaphod-beebblebrox
arthur-dent
ford-prefect
slartibarfast
margaretha (I think)
(actually there are 6/7 machines so I've undoutably forgotten a few!)
(there are a couple I can't remember)
It's cool to login and see last host being one of the above.
As a side note some of the college servers are called george, and augustus.
After Bishop George Augustus Selwyn (which the college was founded in memory
of).
ttfn, Ali (annoyed he has to use Win95 atm)
btw My laptop is quango, a PS/2 is diablo (it will be painted bright red and
run FreeBSD, and a box next to me doing little apart from being a
comfortable mouse mat called shylock. At home I've got ophelia, polonius,
and portia - gotta love Shakespeare!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erik Hensema)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: How do I set up a dhcp Server??
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:04:23 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thomas Russ wrote:
>Hi,
>
>is there anybody, who can help on this issue how I can set up a dhcp
>server on linux. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Just download the server, install it, read the docs, and you're ready. It's
quite simple.
(don't forget to set the route to 255.255.255.255!).
--
Erik Hensema ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: David Delikat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Win95 + Linux Dual Installation Possible?
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:01:10 -0600
Slimbo wrote:
>
> Howdy,
> I have my system setup with win95 on primary amster and Linux on
> primary slave. I use loadlin instead of lilo. With loadlin I can launch it from
> an icon from the desktop, boot into a dos prompt and launch it, or press F5 to
> start previous version of dos and have it launch Linux. It's just my opion, but
> I like lodlin much better :)
> Bye for now,
> Slimbo
yes I used lodlin for a while too, and if you have to go back and forth
it is great, as long as you don't mind booting win* before getting into
linux
-dav
--
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Consultant: Internet, Database, Business Systems
Unix/Linux, Windows95/NT
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://cfm.to/david-delikat
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From: "bspoh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Port redirector or mapper ??
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 18:41:22 +0800
Hi,
Do anyone out there know of any software that can redirect a call to a
local com port to the com port of the Linux server ??
I mean someting like the mapping the local com port to the server com
port so that I can hook up one modem to the LINUX server instead of hooking
up a modem to every workstation.
Or do LINUX itself is able to do that with certain daemons ?? Hmm.. ?
Please enlighten me on this...
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: D-Link 530 TX e-cards
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:42:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Lawrence Bacon wrote:
> >
> > I'm considering buying two D-link 530 TX e-cards, has anybody had problems
> > with this hardware ?
> > They are supposed to be 100% ne-2000 compatible.
> >
> > All replies welcome
>
> I just bought two of these. These are not supported out-of-the-box by
> Redhat 5.2. You must compile a via-rhine driver into the kernel,
> otherwise no major probs.
>
> Jarod
>
I'm having problems getting a D-LINK DE 660 PCMCIA card to work with
RedHat 5.2. Would I also have to compile this via-rhine driver into the
kernel??? If yes, what is the via-rhine driver???
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stan Smiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IRC , identd and firewalls ???
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 08:38:31 -0700
Auth was running but getting screened out, I ran your filter rules and
identd is working fine now! Any you are right about the annoying identd
timeouts.
Thanks again!
ss
"Robert L. Ziegler" wrote:
>
> Stan Smiley wrote:
>
> Is there some way I can get the identd requests from the IRC server
> back to my masqueraded client?
>
> I'm not sure you'd want this to happen.
>
> can I run an identd (Unix auth service I think, tcp port
> 113)on the firewall to get around this?
>
> Yes. identd can be enabled in /etc/inetd.conf.
>
> There is some disagreement over whether or not to enable identd because
> of the information it gives out, but it is not a security risk per se.
> Some people insist on running it just as a matter or courtesy. The
> service is usually called when you send email, for example.
>
> One thing you don't want to do is to "deny" the incoming messages to the
> AUTH port, because that results in annoying timeout waits for you. If
> you don't want them, you should either reject them, or else leave the
> port open but not enable the identd service.
>
> To enable the port in the firewall, you'd need some rules something like this:
>
> # AUTH server (113)
> # -----------------
>
> ipfwadm -I -a accept -P tcp -W $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE \
> -S $ANYWHERE $UNPRIVPORTS \
> -D $IPADDR 113
>
> ipfwadm -O -a accept -P tcp -k -W $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE \
> -S $IPADDR 113 \
> -D $ANYWHERE $UNPRIVPORTS
>
>
> # AUTH client (113)
> # -----------------
>
> ipfwadm -I -a accept -P tcp -k -W $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE \
> -S $ANYWHERE 113 \
> -D $IPADDR $UNPRIVPORTS
>
> ipfwadm -O -a accept -P tcp -W $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE \
> -S $IPADDR $UNPRIVPORTS \
> -D $ANYWHERE 113
>
> Bob
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From: "Michael Harsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP Masq. Under 2.2.x
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:50:35 -0700
Nevermind.
Michael Harsch wrote in message <7b22fr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Why might my IP masqerading have stopped working when I switched to the 2.2
>kernel from 2.0.36? PPP works fine.
>
>
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