Linux-Networking Digest #774, Volume #10 Wed, 7 Apr 99 01:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Re: Unresolved modules (symbols) ("George Georgakis")
Dial Up NetWorkking (Newbie) ("KOC TIN Y. GO")
Re: IPMasq problems with Win98 ("Derek R. Pizzagoni")
Re: How to Determine dyn. IP Address in Boot Script (jeff kendall)
Re: linux firewall ("Hugo & Lyne")
Routing / IP Masquerading Question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to setup partition magic adding both Os e.g. SuSe 6.0 Linux and Ms winnt
together? (whywhys)
Local Mail Delivery With Smarthost (Frank Hahn)
Re: Frontpage 98 won't publish to Linux Server (Akira Yamanita)
Re: IPX and TCP/IP on same Linux machine (Akira Yamanita)
Re: cable modems? (K Lee)
packet sniffer for Linux ("Scott Blayney")
Re: does linux like WINS? (Murray Marien)
can I run X-windows thro serial port? ("Ng, Choon Hooi")
Re: How to setup partition magic adding both Os e.g. SuSe 6.0 Linux and ("KOC TIN
Y. GO")
Re: 3COM 3C509 ERROR: Boots @ IRQ 255 ("Information")
Re: USR/3COM I-MODEM (vaclav vyvoda)
Re: M$-Outlook using public folders with Linux-Server (vaclav vyvoda)
Re: Cable Modem Woes (Jason Lynch)
Re: screwy minicom connection (Jon-o Addleman)
Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card (Bill Anderson)
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From: "George Georgakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Unresolved modules (symbols)
Date: 6 Apr 1999 23:19:00 GMT
When you recompile the kernel, you should also rename the
/lib/modules/2.x.x directory to something else and
make modules
make modules_install
The recompiled kernel is looking for modules or has found modules which are
no longer valid. Moving the modules to another directory forces a fresh
/lib/modules/2.x.x directory to be created, one which is totally relevant
to your new kernel. I usually move my old modules directory to an .old
extension for backup purposes (for example, mv /lib/modules/2.0.32
/lib/modules/2.0.32.old)
George
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Walter L. Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Good morning
>
> In the process of trying to get my PPP working on my system, I
> recompiled the kernel to have built in PPP support. I kept having an
> error messages while uncompressing and booting to the new kernel. It
> would say something to the effect that there was nothing more to load
> and die right there and not load any further. I would therefore have to
> boot the old kernel.
>
> So what I did was before configuring and compiling a new kernel was I
> did a " make mrproper " which is said to do a through cleaning job.
> (this is the first time that I tried this command.) I now have a kernel
> that will boot with PPP support but I now have a bunch ( A LOT ) of
> unresolved modules (symbols) indicated during boot up.
>
> How do I solve the unresolved the unresolved modules or symbols?
>
> I am doing this on a 66mhz ,486 ,8mb ram, 1gb hd. I intend to use this
> machine as an E-mail machine for the wife. (running pine)
>
> Many greatful thanks in advance
>
> Walt in Utah
>
>
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From: "KOC TIN Y. GO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dial Up NetWorkking (Newbie)
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:06:43 -0500
Howdy,
I have AT&T WorldNet as an ISP and I having trouble connecting through Red
Hat Linux 5.2. I figured that the chat file is not setup up properly, but
I'm not so sure what to change. When I called through Minicom, it doesn't
say Logon but instead Please Sign On(I think). After I entered my username,
there is a line of garbage and I can't do anything. Any ideas? BTW, can
you e-mail me instead at [EMAIL PROTECTED] since I don't visit these
newsgroup that much(though I should). Thanks
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From: "Derek R. Pizzagoni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: IPMasq problems with Win98
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 09:19:51 -0700
I agree. 1500 would be the optimal. In fact, when I dial into work, that is
what I get with our Shiva LanRover.
With my ISP, I set up an MTU of 1500 in /etc/ppp/options, but the PPP
connection would not negotiate anything over 592, so I didn't have a choice.
- Derek
William Grinolds wrote:
> A better solution, unless you have a *REALLY* slow Internet connection, is
> to change the MTU on the Linux box to 1500. An MTU of 1500 is an Internet
> standard and should be used in all possible situations.
>
> Bill
>
> Derek R. Pizzagoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I had a similar problem, but it was with a dial-up, and not a cable
> connection.
> > Check your interface settings on your Linux box, and look for the MTU. If
> it is
> > not 1500, you may need to go into the registry and change the MTU on your
> Win98
> > box to match whatever it is.
> >
> > Once I did this, it worked just fine.
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From: jeff kendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to Determine dyn. IP Address in Boot Script
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 23:32:02 -0400
Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
>
> I would like to determine the IP address assigned via DHCP to
> my primary ethernet adapter when my machine is booting.
>
> The background for this is that I have my Internet connection
> via a cable modem, and I log into the providers network as
> part of the boot process. This already works. I also want to
> bring up my firewall ASAP after the network connection is
> established. Unfortunately at the time this should happen I
> don't have access to all the goodies in /usr/bin, so I'm
> stuck with what's available in /bin and /sbin. This means
> I can not use grep or awk or any of the other programs one
> would use to parse the ifconfig output or the dhcp files.
>
> Is there any /proc device that has the IP address of a given
> interface in a readable format? What would I have to do
> to write a program that would get the IP address from the
> kernel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl Heinz
> --
> Karl Heinz Kremer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.khk.net
Karl,
Here is a fragment of my firewall script that finds out your dynamically
assigned ip address. it echoes it back for you when you run the script:
== begin shell script ==
ISP_IP=`ifconfig eth0 |grep 'inet addr'| awk '{print $2}'|sed -e
"s/addr\://"`
echo $ISP_IP
== end shell script ==
1) now save the above script to a plain text file.
2a) if you are using netscape on linux, chmod the text file as follows:
chmod a+x myip.txt
2b) if you are viewing this in winDOS, save it to a text file then ftp
it
to your linux box in ascii mode, then chmod it as in 2a.
3) edit the file and strip out everything before and including "==begin
shell script =="
also strip out everything after "== end shell script ==" also change
eth0 to eth1 if
necessary
3a) if you have trouble editing in vi, use the graphical editor in
xwindows which
resembles notepad. vi is painful, but available on EVERY unix system.
i learned it
because i can use it telnetted in from win98 and use letter keys to move
around my
document even though my terminal emulation is shot to hell, i have a
working text editing
environment. emacs is just as good, but a steeper learning curve, and
not always available.
4) at the prompt type ./myip.txt
5) you should get your ip address
Also, you could just run ifconfig from the command line to see all kinds
of details
about your dhcp setup. i am assuming you need an environment variable
to pass
to another script, that's why i gave you this overkill method.
-jeff
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From: "Hugo & Lyne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux firewall
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 02:46:18 GMT
Thank everyone for your help
found my solution... did wrote a script but id didn t work....
i forgot to add a lin in rc.local to start my script.. newbie mistake
my next plan... config a dhcp server with my linux box..
thanx all
newbie hugo
Hugo & Lyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
mevO2.25951$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> hi i use red-hat 5.2 kernel 2.0.36
>
> i have a small lan at home and an ADSL internet connection.
>
> i have set up dns and internal ip config on my workstations, works fine.
on
> my linux box i have setup both my nics and can ping the internet fine, i
> also can ping the ip of my outside nic from my other workstations.
>
> the problem is that i cannot ping any outside ip from my other
workstations
> i have a connection timed out with ip addresses and nothing if i ping
names
> eg. www.xxx.xxx
>
> any ideas...
>
> thanx alot posted another messages and got great advice, linux community
is
> really cool
>
> hugo
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Routing / IP Masquerading Question
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:16:35 GMT
Hello fellow linux fans..
I have an interesting problem that has baffled me for weeks with Linux. I
have a machine on the local lan running IP masquerading for all the lan
clients, which works fine. This linux box is connected to another network
that has an ISDN router on it and in turn the internet. I have a web server
on the local lan as well, that I want to make available to the internet. I
used ipportfw to redirect packets destined for the IP address of the external
ethernet card so the outside world could access the webserver on the private
lan. This works great, but now clients on the internal LAN cannot access the
web server if they type in its name, say www.xxx.com. The DNS will resolve
okay, but the packets appear to never get forwarded back to the actual web
server, so it doesn't work. I've even gone as far as to setup a seperate
machine doing the ip forwarding, but clients on the LAN cannot access the web
server by typing its name still. To make it worse, this webserver (Apache) is
doing ip-less virtual hosting so it needs the domain name to deliver the
right web page. Can anyone help me out here?
Thanks in advance,
Jake Kruse
UNIX/NT Network Admin.
Fox Capital Services, Inc.
P.S. Could you CC any replies to my email account as well? Thanks!
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From: whywhys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: How to setup partition magic adding both Os e.g. SuSe 6.0 Linux and Ms winnt
together?
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:02:59 +0800
All,
anyone can tell me how to setup partition magic onto both Os such
as Linux and winnt?? What step I should follow?? install winnt first
then install partition magic or install Linux and winnt then install
partition magic?? Should I install LiLo after
installing Linux ??
Thankx
YYs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Local Mail Delivery With Smarthost
Date: 7 Apr 1999 03:35:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a three computer network. One is a Linux machine, one is
a Solaris machine, and one is a Windows 95 machine. The Linux
machine has the modem and I run diald on it to bring up the
connection to my ISP. I am also running a pop server on the
Linux machine.
I use Eudora on the Windows 95 machine to mainly send out email
with. It typically goes to the Linux machine and is queued there
until my link comes up. From the /etc/ip-up script, I issue the
command "sendmail -q" to send out our mail.
I have also configured email on the Solaris machine to go to the
Linux machine and stay queued until the connection to my ISP comes
up.
My question is, how do I configure sendmail on the Linux machine
to not only store mail there, but to also send copies to the Solaris
machine?
Right now, when mail comes in, I run Eudora to pop the mail off the
Linux machine. I can also run fetchmail on the Solaris machine
periodically to grab email from the Linux machine.
Whenever I try and send local mail, everything goes to the Linux
machine. From there it tries to go out to my ISPs mail server.
I'm sure this is the result of having defined a Smarthost on the
Linux machine.
Is it possible to have both a Smarthost for all external mail to go
to and have local mail stay within my setup? Is the problem that I
have used my ISPs domain name also in my local network?
For example, my ISPs domain name is muscanet.com. In my /etc/hosts
files on both the Solaris and the Linux machine are set as follows:
192.168.100.10 homer.muscanet.com homer (Linux machine)
192.168.100.11 marge.muscanet.com marge (Windows 95 machine)
192.168.100.12 bart.muscanet.com bart (Solaris machine)
If I were to change my domain name to something else and just
masquerade as my ISPs domain name would that help?
The version of sendmail on the Linux machine is 8.9.3 and the
version on the Sun machine is 8.9.1. After searching through
http://www.dejanews.com, I'm beginning to think that delivering
local mail with a Smarthost defined is next to impossible.
Thanks for your help.
--
Frank Hahn
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Frontpage 98 won't publish to Linux Server
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 01:49:30 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a linux server (Redhat 5.2) with Apache.
>
> The apache server is using software name virtual servers.
>
> There is one big site in particular.
>
> When you try to publish using frontpage 98 to the site, it times out
> as reported by Frontpage. I have increased the ftp timeout to -t 7200
> with no sucess. the ftp daemon is the default one installed by redhat.
> All other sites publish just fine, although all other sites are small
> in comparison.
>
> It is not my choice to use frontpage.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Jose
> Texas A&M University
> Civil Engineering
Can you ftp to the site manually? Are you using ftp or the front page
extension? If you're using the extensions, you have to load server side
support for them.
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IPX and TCP/IP on same Linux machine
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 01:51:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> does anyone know if it is possible to configure Linux RedHat 5.2
> to use 2 network cards. One of the cards should use the TCP/IP protocol
> to commuicate with a NT server and the second network card should use
> the IPX protocol to access an Novell File Server. The NT server and
> the Novell Server are on separate networks.
>
> thanks in advance
> Ronnie Wengfelt
>
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Why not use both protocols on the same card?
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From: K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cable modems?
Date: 7 Apr 1999 02:39:25 GMT
I never checked out the below sites, but if you end up with dynamic ip
from your cable modem ISP, then you'll need to check out the
dhcp-MINI-howto at any of the LDP sites.
Steve
Greg Kettmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Robert Ziegler also has a great web site on this subject (MediaOne Cable
: Modems).
: HTTP://RLZ.NE.MEDIAONE.NET
: mbrown wrote:
: >
: > hello
: >
: > i was wondering if anyone had any experience with cable modems and setting
: > them up
: >
: > any help or just pointing to a faq would be great thanks
: >
: > keith
--
With Best,
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From: "Scott Blayney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: packet sniffer for Linux
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 16:28:03 GMT
I have a problem with one of my RAS devices (3Com SuperStack II RAS 1500).
When a user dials in they can't access anything beyond the RAS device. Our
AS/400 is the router. What I can't tell is whether the packets are getting
blocked at the RAS device, or by the AS/400. The only way I can think of to
find out is to use a packet sniffer. We run NT only here, but if I could
get a packet sniffer for free it might be the way for Linux to make a debut
here.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Scott Blayney
Systems Engineer
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From: Murray Marien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: does linux like WINS?
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:46:41 -0600
I found an answer to that with my NT4 WINS/DHCP/DNS combination. You want WINS to
supply DNS with NetBIOS names especially if you use DHCP. I'm not sure if the
solution is the same with NT 3.51 but I used the DNS manager on NT4 SP4 to create
a zone (my domain) and add a WINS line to the DOM file (WINNT\SYSTEM32\DNS\*.dns
file in NT4). One book I read said that all you have to do is add $WINS on the
first line after the SOA record. However, the DMS manager adds more.
At any rate, once this was added, my linux box responded to pings using its
HOSTNAME. It could also find (ping by HOSTNAME) the win95/98/NT systems that used
DHCP. The IP address can change between boots.
The NT4 isn't a PDC/BDC. It's just a standalone server with the DNS service
turned on.
Murray
Shirley Fowler wrote:
> > my bigger concern is that the linux box (192.168.34.6) does not seem to be
> > querying the WINS database on my NT3.51 server (192.168.34.1) correctly. i
> > cannot ping the workstations by name, only by ip address.
>
> Since ping does not use WINS to resolve names into ip numbers, this
> does not prove that your linux system is not accessing WINS.
>
> If you cannot ping your workstations by name, perhaps you need a
> DNS server somewhere
>
> > wins server = 192.168.34.1
> > name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
> >
> > but it doesn't seem to be working properly. ...
> > Should I consider setting up my linux box as the WINS or DNS caching
> > server for my network?
>
> What is actually going wrong? Yes, you should.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> <http://www.leedsnet.com/> The public information service for and about Leeds
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From: "Ng, Choon Hooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can I run X-windows thro serial port?
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:18:05 +0800
Hi,
I just managed to connect my laptop to my RH linux thro serial port
(com1). My laptop doesnt have a nic, that's why I have to use the serial
port. It works great as far as using it as a text-terminal, but can I
run X-windows thro the serial port? If yes, how do I do it?
Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
ch
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From: "KOC TIN Y. GO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,hk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: How to setup partition magic adding both Os e.g. SuSe 6.0 Linux and
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 23:14:50 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Howdy,
What version of PM do you have? If you have 4.0 you can use Boot
Magic to boot any os you want. First use Partition Magic to create
partitions for whatever os you want. For example, Windows NT requires a
FAT partition that is under the 2.1 gig of the hard drive in order to
boot. Make that partition active. Reboot, and make sure you have a
boot disk and install NT. Now you have the option of installing Boot
Magic to Win98 or NT. You should install it to the OS you're going to
use more. Now, for the other OS, again make a partition for it, make an
entry in Boot Magic, reboot, and make sure you have a boot disk in your
floppy drive. If you want to install a CD-ROM Linux and if your
computer supports this (check the bios) then you can just place the
cd-rom in your drive (This does not require the floopy. A word of
caution is that you should install LILO to the partition, NOT the master
boot record.
whywhys wrote:
>
> All,
> anyone can tell me how to setup partition magic onto both Os such
> as Linux and winnt?? What step I should follow?? install winnt first
> then install partition magic or install Linux and winnt then install
> partition magic?? Should I install LiLo after
> installing Linux ??
>
> Thankx
> YYs
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From: "Information" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3COM 3C509 ERROR: Boots @ IRQ 255
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 22:05:06 -0600
Did you try to disable PnP onboard the card via the utils on the floppy of
3com, down them, and disable it. Set up all of the good stuff, and have
fun. I Had a friend that help me with my 3c509b, adn it works like a charm,
but I am sure this is the problem. Slack 3.6, 3.0.35
Deon wrote in message ...
>Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 boots up with 3COM 3C509 @ IRQ=255 and of course
>doesn't activate the card.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (vaclav vyvoda)
Subject: Re: USR/3COM I-MODEM
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 04:20:11 GMT
I have an external Courier I-modem and do believe that the internal modem
acts as a normal cua device. Therefore you should be able to use the
internal I-modem as any other serial device.
Vas
On Randy Prakken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I want to set up a Linux box at work which supports dial-in from home using both
: 56k and ISDN.
: Seems like I would need an internal I-modem - true?
: I don't see any signs of Linux support anywhere for internal I-modem - true?
: Any other options to I-modem?
: Any info at all greatly appreciated.
: Best regards
: Randy
: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ndg.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (vaclav vyvoda)
Subject: Re: M$-Outlook using public folders with Linux-Server
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 04:24:30 GMT
I've been looking for a suitable solution myself, but the only thing I
have been able to find so far is Lotus Domino. However, that won't be
release until later this year.
If anybody knows of a MS Mail and/or Exchange port project, then please let
me know.
Thank you,
Vas
On Stefan Beckert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hello,
: I'm not sure if I'm in the right group but maybe anybody knows a
: solution. I have to support a PC-network using Win95 PC's and a NT Small
: Business Server. We have to use Outlook on the clients. To support
: public folders we run the Exchange-Server 5.0 on the Server. I think you
: know why we want to kick-off this xxx SBS and run Linux on the Server.
: But we don't know a programm that gives Linux / samba the functions that
: Exchange (public folders for Outlook) gives in an NT-Network. Who knows
: a solution running on Linux? We can't install a 2nd. Server for running
: NT / Exchange.
: Stefan Beckert
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From: Jason Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Cable Modem Woes
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 04:22:14 GMT
No dice on the 'route add default gw 24.2.221.1', getting anything to
work. I can ping myself but eveything else just hangs. I'm using RH 5.1
in case your curious. here is what I got when I typed 'route -n'
Kernal IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
24.2.221.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 1 eth0
127.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 2 lo
0.0.0.0 24.2.221.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 2 eth0
Jason
Ron Watkins wrote:
>
> I don't have your original numbers in front of me here. Those numbers look
> correct to me for a standard network setup -- I have forgotten if you had a
> different netmask. Were you told to use 255.255.255.0?
>
> Pending that answer, here's some things you can try.
>
> Before you do anything else, type 'route' in an Xterm or something and save
> the results -- you may need to post them.
>
> Then try 'route add default gw 1.2.3.4', where 1.2.3.4 is the name of your
> gateway. Then try pinging some names and numbers and see what you get. If
> it's working, then we need to modify your installation to set up that default
> route for you. Tell us what distro you're using and someone will probably
> know how :-)
>
> If the route add default gw line doesn't work, post the original results from
> the route command and let us noodle about it a bit. :-)
>
> I had a linux box that mysteriously dropped its default route about 5 minutes
> after booting up, and I never did figure out what the problem was. I just
> logged in and added the route after every reboot -- it was a bit of a pain,
> but I rebooted it so infrequently that it was workable.
>
> <<RON>>
>
> Jason Lynch wrote:
> >
> > Right now I'm using a different ethernet card than they gave me and have
> > been using it win98 & NT since I got it a few monthes ago. I called and
> > asked beforehand and they said it would work fine.
> >
> > ifconfig eth0 reseults:
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:3A:95:1B
> > inet addr:24.2.221.82 Bcast:24.2.221.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0
> > TX packets:0 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0
> > Interrupt:10 Base address:0xb000
> >
> > Ron Watkins wrote:
> > >
> > > For testing the network, don't worry too much about the names. The names are
> > > a layer grafted on over the numbers. If you can ping and traceroute to remote
> > > numbers, you're fine -- to get the names working you just configure DNS.
> > >
> > > I understand many cable providers bind the service to a specific network
> > > card. You may need to use the card they gave you. I'd check that first
> > > thing.
> > >
> > > To get the network operational, all you really MUST have is the correct IP
> > > address and gateway. The network mask is just for broadcasts, and USUALLY
> > > will not interfere with your ability to connect. (in some cases it can but
> > > not often.) You have to have the correct DNS number to get the friendly names
> > > instead of numbers, but it isn't required for numbers-only operation.
> > >
> > > Try using 'ifconfig eth0' when logged in as root. That will tell you your
> > > network configuration. You might copy and paste the output and let us take a
> > > look at it.
> > >
> > > <<RON>>
> > >
> > > > Well after it boots up I pinged myself at 24.2.211.13 and it responded
> > > > but it never ended. It went on and on and on. If I hadn't of killed it,
> > > > I'm not sure if it would have stopped.
> > >
> > > It wouldn't. Unix ping goes on forever. Windows ping defaults to 4
> > > repetitions. (if you want forever in Windows, use ping -t.)
> > >
> > > > I next tried to ping my default
> > > > gateway but it failed completly. Any help, hints, suggestions would be
> > > > helpful and greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Again, check to be sure you are using the same card that they gave you. If
> > > not, call them and ask them if you can use a different ethernet card.
> > >
> > > I really do not understand why they do that -- it is such a hassle for the end
> > > user. :(
> > >
> > > <<RON>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon-o Addleman)
Subject: Re: screwy minicom connection
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 17:18:48 GMT
Once upon a 5 Apr 1999 22:44:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Qozmoe)
wrote:
>i'm trying to make a terminal connection to my school's VMS computer using
>minicom. i dial up the number, hear the connection being made, and minicom
>begins to display some characters from the school. it occasionally gets to the
>login prompt, but it always always hangs up after about a minute or less. i've
>tried this same connection using hyperterm in win95 and it connects fine nearly
>every time. can anyone think of any reason why this is happening??
>qozmo
I don't know specifically what might cause that problem, but it
probably has something to do with the modem's init string. Try to find
out exactly what it is in hyperterm, and use the exact same string in
minicom. It should fix the problem.
--
Jon-o Addleman
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From: Bill Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 17:05:27 +0000
Jon Slater wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a fast PCI Ethernet card for Linux?
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jon D. Slater QualComm Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
> Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
> Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
Sure can. I reccomend a fast NIC card over a slow one any day! :-)
Seriously, I use a SYMBIOS combination wide-scsi and 10/100 that runs
great for me.
AFAIK, there is but the one, IIRC, it is an 875.
Saves on PCI slots, too ;-)
--
Bill Anderson Linux Administrator
MCS-Boise (ARC) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My opinions are just that; _my_ opinions.
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