Linux-Networking Digest #927, Volume #10 Tue, 20 Apr 99 21:13:42 EDT
Contents:
Getting internet access through a linux box (Mogul 55)
Re: HDD Spindown - For a Year! (Stuart Lynne)
Re: HDD Spindown - For a Year! (James Youngman)
Re: Dual Processor ("nnnn")
Re: Network not set up correctly (MJ Ray)
Is this possible? ("Jeff Howard")
debugging ppp connection (Kenneth Steele)
Obscure MCA ethernet adapter (Steve Feehan)
NetGear 10/100 Ethernet Card and drivers (Brian Zamora)
Looking for balancing load between one PPP connection (francois)
Re: IP Masq and Diald ("K.A. Steensma")
Redirecting from one IP to another using ipchains (Steve Vertigan)
Re: Linux installation on Generic box (Alastair)
Psion ("Mark Fry")
Re: Getting internet access through a linux box ("K.A. Steensma")
Re: How do I install a Madge TR driver and where do I get it? ("Einar Storeng")
Re: Can I do this from a laptop? (Job Eisses)
Re: Linux ISP's in england (Bill Unruh)
Re: Apache-SSL, mod_ssl, and RedHat Secure Web Server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
linux-2.0.36 loses eth0 route after three weeks... (Ronald Cole)
Re: NIS woes (Thorsten Kukuk)
Re: PPP Default Route Problem (Bill Unruh)
Lilo and Multiple NIC (Brian Vicente)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mogul 55)
Subject: Getting internet access through a linux box
Date: 19 Apr 1999 21:44:13 GMT
i have a 3 computer network in my home. 1 linux box and 2 win 98 boxes. My
modem is on my linux box. What do i need to do so i can get internet access on
both win 98 computers through the linux box?
Thanks in advance
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: HDD Spindown - For a Year!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Lynne)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:55:07 GMT
In article <7fg0pb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Peavey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an application whereby I would like to use a Linux machine as a
>network gateway. This particular function requires a very high Mean time
>between failures (MTBF) - I.E. 10 years without failure. I would like to
>set it up to powered up, with the necessary things loaded, and then left ..
>possibly forever. I would like to be able to run the thing for upwards of a
>YEAR or so without needing the HDD. Basically, the only time that the HDD
>would be required is for boot up when power returns after a power failure.
>I would turn off all CRON functions that access the HDD. Any error or event
>logging could be buffered locally (for example in a ram drive) and then sent
>to a remote Monitor and Control system periodically (Say once per hour or
>once per day). As far as I can tell, I don't believe the software apps need
>the HDD once they're loaded.
>
>My questions are:
>1) Can Linux run without the primary HDD spinning? (I would imagine so
>since laptops can run Linux - but for how long?)
>2) If so, what are the implications of the swap file (could I replace it
>with a ram disk?), and
>3) how could the the proc file system be handled (another ram disk?)
>4) Is there a s/w application (or LINUX configuration) that spins down the
>HDD on command or after a timeout?
See http://edge.fireplug.net and http://www.linuxrouter.org for two similiar
router setups. Both will boot from various DOS formatted boot media. They setup
a RAM disk for running from. You will need a 486 or faster and 16MB of RAM.
For high MTBF I would suggest getting an 8 or 16MB FLASH IDE card. It looks
like an IDE drive to the system. But has zero moving parts.
--
Stuart Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 604-461-7532 <http://edge.fireplug.net>
PGP Fingerprint: 28 E2 A0 15 99 62 9A 00 88 EC A3 EE 2D 1C 15 68
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: HDD Spindown - For a Year!
Date: 20 Apr 1999 20:14:03 +0100
"David Peavey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1) Can Linux run without the primary HDD spinning? (I would imagine so
> since laptops can run Linux - but for how long?)
man hdpam
> 2) If so, what are the implications of the swap file (could I replace it
> with a ram disk?), and
You don't need a swap file if you have enough RAM.
> 3) how could the the proc file system be handled (another ram
> disk?)
It's virtual anyway. It's not attached to any block device. See
/etc/fstab.
> 4) Is there a s/w application (or LINUX configuration) that spins down the
> HDD on command or after a timeout?
See (1).
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
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From: "nnnn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual Processor
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:55:51 -0700
No. How do you build one ? Any documentation on the net ?
Tom Eastep wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>nnnn wrote:
>>
>> I have two servers I intend to set with Mandrake 5.3. In my initial
testing
>> I could not get Linux to see more then one processor. Any help ?
>
>Have you built an SMP kernel? The standard RH kernels are UP.
>
>-Tom
>--
>Tom Eastep
>Compaq Computer Corporation
>Enterprise Computing Group
>Tandem Division
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MJ Ray)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Network not set up correctly
Date: 19 Apr 1999 23:56:05 GMT
Phil Hunt wrote:
>``ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1'', but unfortunately there is no ``ifconfig''
>program on my machine.
/sbin/ifconfig --- you should be root to do much with it.
--
MJR
Please use the address in the Reply-To line at the top, if set.
http://www.stu.uea.ac.uk/
http://stats.mth.uea.ac.uk/ http://www.anglian.lug.org.uk/
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From: "Jeff Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Is this possible?
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:59:15 -0500
Hi
Hopefully one of you guys can give me a clue here. I've been trying to
figure out a way to connect a laptop (running win95) to my linux box via a
parallel direct connect cable. My linux box is on a lan already and, due to
reasons too convoluted for me to even attempt to explain here, I cannot plug
the laptop directly into the lan (which would make life soooo much easier).
What I would like to be able to do is set up a plip-like link between the
linux box and the laptop (using Microsoft's DCC on the laptop, perhaps?) and
have the linux box act as a router for the laptop. I'm assuming that
microsoft uses some sort of PPP encapsulation for their Direct Cable Connect
stuff. I've looked high and low on the 'net today for any information about
how to do this and I've yet to come across anything I can really use. (I'd
really be in luck if I had a palm pilot :)) I suppose I can use the serial
ports if I have to, but I already have the parallel cable.
If anyone can offer a suggestion on how to pull this off I would very much
appreciate it!
Thanks!
Jeff
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From: Kenneth Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: debugging ppp connection
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 18:13:09 -0400
I am trying to set up ppp on redhat linux 5.2 toconnect to my isp.
I got off of a linux website a source for a program called quickPPP
which I was not able to compile but I basically followed the code to see
how it created the ppp files. Obviously I did something wrong but I
can't figure out how to debug this. what log/system files will tell me
what pppd is trying to do and what the remote side is passing back ????
After setting up the files using the quickPPP way of doing it. I saw
ppp-on in the /usr/docs/ppp-2.3.5/ppp directory. I modified it and move
it and the ppp-on-dialer file to /etc/ppp and tried it . also no luck.
If anyone has any pointers for a linux newbie or can just tell me how to
debug it myself I would appreciate it.
Thanks Ken
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From: Steve Feehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Obscure MCA ethernet adapter
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:41:10 -0500
I just found an IBM Adapter/A ehternet card. It's an MCA card and I've
been looking for a while to find an MCA ethernet adapter for an old PS/2
that I saved from the trash. Do linux drivers exist for this card? It
wasn't listed in the hardware compatibility of ethernet howto, but I
wasn't sure how up to date those are. Thanks in advance.
Steve
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From: Brian Zamora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NetGear 10/100 Ethernet Card and drivers
Date: 20 Apr 1999 23:32:28 GMT
I have a Pentium running Linux 5.1(I think I seem to be the only one
running 5.1) Anyways The Netgear310tx net card is timing out when I turn
on the computer. Basically it says timing out and I press ctrl-c to login.
Everything works fine but the netcard keeps timing out.
I have a new driver for it,tulip.c, but it didn't come with any
documentation. Shucks I don't know what to do with the file can anyone
help me out?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (francois)
Subject: Looking for balancing load between one PPP connection
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 09:22:01 GMT
Hello world !
Problem:
When I'm downloading http or ftp files and when I want to surf during
this time, it's very slow
e.g. ppp daemon did not dynamically adjust priority
So I read FAQS and HOWTOS without success.
Solution:
Looking for a kernel patch or proxy which can delay the TCPIP ACK send
by myself
Any idea or other solutions ?
Config i386 Redhat 5.2 Kernel 2.0.36
Thanks in advance
Francois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Geneva, Switzerland
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From: "K.A. Steensma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP Masq and Diald
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:10:36 GMT
Have you enabled the ip_masq? In '/etc/sysconfig/network' put
FORWARD_IPV4="yes".
Keith
"Sean M. Paus" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have setup IP Masquerading and dial on demand with Diald on my Linux
> box with great success. However, whenever I attempt to access the
> internet via my Win95 box, Diald does not appear to hear the request. I
> have set up both IP Masq and Diald as instructed in the Mini-HOWTOs and
> have looked for cross references between them on the Diald and IP Masq
> homepages with no success. All the IP Masq documentation seems to
> indicated that if Diald is installed and configured then requests from
> other machines on the network should be noticed and then dial the modem
> (IP Masq Mini-HOWTO: Section 4.6 IP Masquerade and Demand-Dial-Up).
>
> My Linux box:
> IP (LAN side): 10.0.0.1
> IP (ISP side): <dynamic>
> Kernel: 2.0.34
> Ipfwadm: 2.3
> Diald: 0.16.5
> Nameservers: <my ISPs nameservers>
>
> ipfwadm directives:
> ipfwadm -F -p deny
> ipfwadm -F -a masquerade -S 10.0.0.1/8 -D 0.0.0.0/0
> ipfwadm -F -a masquerade -S 10.0.0.2/8 -D 0.0.0.0/0
> ipfwadm -F -p masquerade
> All other setup on the Linux box for Diald is as per the Diald
> Mini-HOWTO (Last updated June 3rd, 1996)
>
> My Win95 box (using Microsoft TCP/IP):
> IP: 10.0.0.2
> Gateway: 10.0.0.1
> Nameservers: <my ISPs nameservers>
>
> As you can see above, I have instructed ipfwadm to masquerade both
> 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2. I did not see any documentation which warns
> against this. I also realize that it is more than likely not
> necessary. However, could this be part of my problem? Also, regarding
> the last ipfwadm directive, is it necessary to add the masquerade policy
> to ipfwadm? The IP Masquerade Mini-HOWTO was unclear. All it stated
> was that it shouldn't be the first directive sent to ipfwadm.
>
> I also noticed something in the Diald documentation concerning named and
> named to named translations. Should I configure named on my Linux box
> to forward DNS requests to my ISPs nameservers? Would this help with my
> Diald problem?
>
> Please let me know if more info is required on my part.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Vertigan)
Subject: Redirecting from one IP to another using ipchains
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 19:23:59 GMT
Is this possible? I've found how to redirect ports to a local address and
to masquerade but I can't find any examples of forwarding all traffice from,
say, 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.2 using ipchains.
On another note the reason I'm trying to do this is I'm changing the IP
address of a router which was forwarding (not masquerading) traffic for a
network. I still want clients that are set to point to the old IP as a
gateway to work so I aliases that IP to eth0:0 but it wouldn't forward. I
could ping it ok though. Any ideas?
--Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alastair)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,redhat.hardware.arch.intel,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.prog,comp.os.linux.m68k
Subject: Re: Linux installation on Generic box
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:10:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alex Balboa (HPTi|crimmins) <balboa> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
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>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Plain text please. That was a very badly formatted post.
>I am currently trying to install Redhat 5.2 Linux on the following
>system configuration:
>System board brand: Tyan ATX S16820 Tahoe 2 ATX (Pentium II PCI ATX)
>CPU: Pentium II 266 MHZ (dual) with 512 K of cache)
Followups set to : comp.os.linux.hardware
You could also try dejanews (http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml).
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Alastair
work : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
home : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Mark Fry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Psion
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 23:20:16 +0100
Hello,
Can someone help me with a problem. We would like to know if there are any
programs avalible for a psion 5 that would allow us to plug into a our samba
server and view who is connected to the network.
The second thing is do we know if there is USB support avaliable for hp
printers under linux.
Thanks for the help,
Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "K.A. Steensma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting internet access through a linux box
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:20:42 GMT
1) Get your linux box to connect to your ISP. You can get a good setup script at -
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/network/serial/ppp/pppsetup-2.11.tar.gz
2) Setup dial-on-demand. Go get the package (in RPM form)
diald-0.16.5-201.i386.rpm, and diald-config-0.16.5-201.i386.rpm. I would not
recommend the new 0.99 version.
3) Learn how to compile a Linux kernel from the source files. Get the HOW-TO on
the subject and make it work.
4) Impliment IP_MASQ within the kernel (by changing your compile options) and set
(in '/etc/sysconfig/network') to FORWARD_IPV4="yes". There is a good HOW-TO on the
subject.
Keith
Mogul 55 wrote:
> i have a 3 computer network in my home. 1 linux box and 2 win 98 boxes. My
> modem is on my linux box. What do i need to do so i can get internet access on
> both win 98 computers through the linux box?
>
> Thanks in advance
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Einar Storeng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I install a Madge TR driver and where do I get it?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 22:04:04 +0200
Contact madge by mail and they wil provide you with one.
They curently only have one suported card thats madge bm II card type pci
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> How do I install a Madge TR driver and where do I get it for Redhat
> 5.1?
>
> Thanks.
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From: Job Eisses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I do this from a laptop?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 00:26:45 +0200
Ng, Choon Hooi wrote:
>
> I am trying to network my laptop, but not sure if I can do this. Okay,
> this is what I want to do.
>
> Desktop: 486 8Meg, running RH 5.1, with 3Com 10BT NIC installed
> Laptop, Pentium120 8Meg, running Win95, with no NIC.
>
> I want to be able to share files stored in the desktop from the laptop,
> perhaps something like the Samba. I did try connect the desktop from my
> laptop thro a null modem cable. Works great as far as using it as a text
> terminal. But what I really want to do is, the laptop is to run Win95,
> but able to get/share some files located in the destop running Linux,
> and maybe run some x-windows applications. Yes, I know I can just buy a
> pcmcia nic and stick it in, but I am considering other alternatives at
> the moment.
>
> Any idea how can I do this? Any help is appreciated.
I have done this, with "dialup networking" on the laptop, and pppd
on the linux box; the hardest part was to tell win95 that there was
no modem on the com port; i ended up writing a script that waited for
"AT" from the laptop, and echoed "OK" back to it, wait for ATDT5555,
echo "CONNECT38400" etcetera, and then ran pppd. The connection ran
well on 115200 bps, i did not actually try samba but used the linux
box as firewall to my cable modem, and winsock ftp to linux ran
fine too. Samba should work ok, but browsing (network neighbourhood)
may be more difficult, the point-to-point connection is a non-broadcast
medium.
Anyway - have a good time -job
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Linux ISP's in england
Date: 21 Apr 1999 00:47:45 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> garryy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Cavey0001 wrote:
>> I have just installed Red Hat Linux on my P.C and I am currently looking to
>> change from AOL to a free ISP but of the ones I have tried none support Linux.
>> Can anyone help me with a web site or phone number. Or do I need a Linux
>> friendly ISP at all?
No you do not. All ISPs will support Linux in that you can use Linux to
connect to them. They may not know it and may not know how to do so, but
that is their problem. You do not need them to know.
Eg, follow the protocol in
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
to get ppp up and running with them ( and in the process find out more
than they probably know about what they actually use to log people on)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Apache-SSL, mod_ssl, and RedHat Secure Web Server
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:33:06 GMT
In article <DYYS2.30$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jordan Krushen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> S P Arif Sahari Wibowo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I also want to know which one better, Apache-SSL or mod_ssl? I found
> > arguments for using mod_ssl, but nothing for Apache-SSL.
> Seriously though, I found ApacheSSL's implementation to be horrible. It
> feels (to me) like a quick hack someone did to patch Apache. mod_ssl (while
> based on ApacheSSL, originally) is a very well laid out module, has the
> *best* documentation I've seen for a module (www.engelschall.org has great
> docs not just on the module, but on SSL in general), and overall just comes
> across as the better of the two. I've played with both, and I'll never
> consider using ApacheSSL when mod_ssl is an option.
Okay, I've been pushing the claim that they're different names for the same
thing, which is apparently wrong.
Just what the hell *is* ApacheSSL if it's not Apache with mod_ssl enabled?
I've never heard that name used in any other context.
-Bill Clark
Systems Architect
ISP Channel
http://locale.ispchannel.com/
>
> J.
>
>
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linux-2.0.36 loses eth0 route after three weeks...
Date: 20 Apr 1999 12:55:54 -0700
The machine running 2.0.36 is my masquerading firewall (slackware-3.4
based with security fixes). It is connected to my internal network
(192.168.1.x). After being up for quite a while, the kernel appears
to lose the route to the internal network. I can go to the console
and re-add the route and everything is peachy-keen again.
Has anyone seen this before?
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Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
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From: Thorsten Kukuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIS woes
Date: 19 Apr 1999 20:44:38 GMT
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need a bit of advise on NIS.
> I have some Intergraph CLIX machines and some
> old IPC and IPX suns. These all seem to be OK
> with their NIS setups.
> Background NFO:
> domainname is " miles-elk "
> Node name " miepa7 " Linux machine address 192.122.250.28
> node name " miles " is the server and it's ip address is
> 192.122.250.1
> All machines are behind a firewall
> Host File Contents:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
> 192.122.250.1 miles.elk.bayer.com miles
> 192.122.250.28 miepa7.elk.bayer.com miepa7
> 192.122.250.101 se01.elk.bayer.com se01
> 192.122.250.102 se02.elk.bayer.com se02
>>Command " nslookup " works and finds all these nodes
>>Command " ypbind " as it was run and complaints that follow ...
> # ypbind -d
> cleared entry for domain miles-elk: server 0.0.0.0, port 0
> parsing config file
> Trying entry: domain miles-elk server miles
> parsed domain miles-elk server miles
> bindto_server: domain miles-elk, host miles
> add_server() domain: miles-elk, host: miles.elk.bayer.com, nobroadcast,
> slot: 0
> Answer from 192.122.250.1 on illegal port
Read the manual page for ypbind:
-broken_server
lets ypbind accept answers from servers running on
an illegal port number. This should usually be
avoided, but is required on Solaris 2.4 (there
should be a patch for Solaris which fixes this bro�
ken behaviour.)
Thorsten
> -------------------------- end of complaints -----------
> Everything else ( Linux wise ) seems to be OK :-)
> This is a FIRST INSTALL and First outing with Linux.
> System is an older Intergraph TD-40 Dual 166 with
> 1GB disk devoted to Linux and 96 Mb ram, onboard aui networking
> Matrox Millenium Video card and 21" NEC FG
> All seems well, save NIS.
> Have you checked the errata?:
> http://www.redhat.com/errata? To the best of my patience
> Have you checked to insure that your hardware is compatible?
> http://www.redhat.com/hardware/
> This is not ( IMHO ) a HW problem.
> Have you changed/added hardware to your system?:
> New install, nothing changed
> -------------------------------------------
> ALL the above was submitted to Red Hat but I was referred to
> this that and the other sources of info naad received no help re my
> problem.
> NIS is NOT an installation issue, so they say :-(
> I am assuming that I NEED NIS functioning to get authentication for
> the Samba facilities.
> This being my first foray into Linux I feel a bit naked as I always had
> the support of Intergraph or other os provider to help with problems
> when I've encountered unix "situations" in the past.
> Thanks in advance to any and all
> bob
> Bob Neitzke219-262-7023
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> BTW
> I've been to http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/NIS-HOWTO.html
> and been less than excited.
--
Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SuSE GmbH Schanzaeckerstr. 10 90443 Nuernberg
Linux is like a Vorlon. It is incredibly powerful, gives terse,
cryptic answers and has a lot of things going on in the background.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PPP Default Route Problem
Date: 21 Apr 1999 00:51:07 GMT
In <_k7T2.1748$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bill V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I can successfully log in to my ISP using RH5.2 minicom and can ping the
>server. When I run route -n, I see only 1 ppp0 connection I see 2 eth0
>lines). The PPP howto says I should see 2 ppp connections, and that my
>'default route' is set incorrectly. The howto mentions a configuration
>file, but not 'which' file. I think I'm supposed to change a line in this
>file to 'add default net'. Does anyone know the name of this file.
>I read similar problem that said it was solved by adding 'route add default
>ppp0' to their ppp-on file. Would this work for me?
Redhat (and maybe other distributions) assume that if you have an eth0,
that you want it to be your default. A bad assumption. you should set up
explicit routes to all of the machines or subnets on your eth0 link, and
reserve the default for the ppp0 connection.
At worst, add
route del default
to the end of the rc.local file (/etc/rc.d/rc.local in RedHat)
to get rid of the default route to your ethernet.
Then run pppd with the defaultroute option (eg in /etc/ppp/options)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Vicente)
Subject: Lilo and Multiple NIC
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 23:40:59 GMT
I've been dying to get both my cards to be visible after boot-up.
If I pass the argument as specified in "Multiple Card How-To" from the
boot prompt all is well.
However I havethe same thing in the lilo.conf but it never works.
I've tried the following:
edited lilo.conf
ran lilo
reboot
no dice
reboot
pass the following: new ether=0,0,eth1 ( where new is the name of
kernel)
cards there and pingagle and telnet etc
Is the placement of the : append="ether,0,0,eth1 ether,0,0,eth2"
position specific?
I placed it under the in image parameters as well as in teh heading
area of lilo.conf
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