Linux-Networking Digest #957, Volume #10 Sat, 24 Apr 99 23:13:48 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can ping "localhost" but can't ping my own IP...why? (Pekka Savola)
module network problem? (jian fan)
Configuring MTU on eth0 at Boot (Jon)
Re: FLOPPY ("Rick")
Re: crappy phoneline/chat and minicom (James Lee)
Compressed PLIP? (Brian Hall)
Re: Can ping "localhost" but can't ping my own IP...why? ("Christian Hamel")
Re: VPN through Linux IP-Masquerade ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VPN through Linux IP-Masquerade (Luca Filipozzi)
Re: module network problem? ("Curt")
Re: [?]Dial in to my Linux box from the outside (Bill Unruh)
ETH0 problem: symbol for parameter io not found (B3 / AM)
FTP access for root (Afrasiab Ahmad)
Two NE2000 NICs (Shannon Appel)
Linux <--> Win95 networking: urgent guru-level help needed (Do-Hoon Kwon)
Re: Must replace Cisco with Linux in a hurry (Jim Richardson)
Re: DHCPCD on NT DHCP Server (Roger Plant)
Re: Linux - My honest opinion (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: RedHat root pings but users don't ("Kalle Svensson")
Re: Configuring MTU on eth0 at Boot ("Curt")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pekka Savola)
Subject: Re: Can ping "localhost" but can't ping my own IP...why?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:09:22 GMT
>> ifconfig 192.168.100.4 eth0
>> route add -net 192.168.100.0 eth0
>
>When I issue this command (route) , I get the following error message :
> SIOCADDRT: invalid argument
>Any idea what this mean?
Perhaps your IP address and/or netmask isn't configured properly.
Check with 'ifconfig' that eth0 really does have IP address
192.168.100.4 and netmask 255.255.255.0.
You can also specify netmask with route, so you might also want to try
route add -net 192.168.100.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
Pekka Savola pekkas at netcore dot fi
---
Across the nations the stories spread like spiderweb laid upon spiderweb,
and men and women planned the future, believing they knew truth. They
planned, and the Pattern absorbed their plans, weaving toward the future
foretold. -- Robert Jordan: The Path of Daggers
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From: jian fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: module network problem?
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 22:27:24 +0000
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I just painfully compiled a new kernel. But there's some problem like
this:
Apr 25 18:03:17 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
Apr 25 18:03:17 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
Apr 25 18:06:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
Apr 25 18:06:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
(from /var/log/messages)
I attached my .config file for compiling here in case. Help! thanks.
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name=".config"
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filename=".config"
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
# CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
CONFIG_KERNELD=y
#
# General setup
#
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_NET=y
# CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
CONFIG_PCI=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
CONFIG_M386=y
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
#
# Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
# CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ALIAS is not set
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_FORWARD is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ACCT is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
# CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_AX25 is not set
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
# CONFIG_SCSI is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_PLIP is not set
CONFIG_PPP=y
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
#
CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI=y
# CONFIG_AZTCD is not set
# CONFIG_GSCD is not set
CONFIG_SBPCD=y
# CONFIG_SBPCD2 is not set
# CONFIG_MCD is not set
# CONFIG_MCDX is not set
# CONFIG_OPTCD is not set
# CONFIG_CM206 is not set
# CONFIG_SJCD is not set
# CONFIG_CDI_INIT is not set
# CONFIG_CDU31A is not set
# CONFIG_CDU535 is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=m
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
CONFIG_SMB_WIN95=y
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_SYSV_FS=m
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
# CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_SB=m
CONFIG_SOUND_ADLIB=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812=m
CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set
#
# Additional low level sound drivers
#
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
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From: Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Configuring MTU on eth0 at Boot
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:17:30 GMT
I have a Redhat 5.2 (2.0.36-0.7) box set up as a file/print server
(Samba). My main box is running Win98. The two systems are connected
using a NetGear FB104 Starter Kit (FB310 NICs, aka Tulip), running at
100 Mbits/sec (well, sort of). Using Net.Medic (and just plain old
observation) I discovered that when I transferred files to the Linux box
the transfer just zipped right along (1-3 M/sec). Transfers from the
Linux box, however, were dismally slow (50-70 K/sec).
After tinkering around I found that if I set the MTU on eth0 to 576
(same as I have set on the Win box for better internet throughput) the
transfers improved considerably. That's all well and wonderful, but the
question is - How do I set up eth0 to default to MTU 576 during boot?
I've crawled all over the /etc/rc.d tree and haven't been able to find
anything there. And the things I have tried (i.e., /etc/conf.modules)
either have no effect or cause the system to hang during boot.
Of course, this might not be the complete problem, but I know that
changing the MTU helps. If I'm missing something here, or if someone
else has a better idea for fixing the throughput problem, your help
would be greatly appreciated.
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From: "Rick" <rashton*@*acay.com.au>
Subject: Re: FLOPPY
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:20:30 +1000
mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
if it is linux fs format
or
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
if it is msdos formatted.
*** S.B *** wrote in message <7fs1mn$c46$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>how can i use my floppy drive under REDHAT 5.2
>
>i tried : mount /mnt/floppy
>
>(but then i have a ERROR ,unknown FS)
>
>
>
>
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: crappy phoneline/chat and minicom
Date: 24 Apr 1999 18:21:29 -0500
to continue with my experiment, I now try to use ppp over minicom.
It is more successful in connecting than chat does, and
gets assigned an IP address.
But now it fails to recognize domain names. Thus, usual
things like telnet using host names don't work now.
And of course lynx http://xxx.xxx.xxx, etc too.
Clearly, it is not resolving the domain names. But this does work over
the previous ppp, so is ppp over minicom using /etc/resolv.conf in
order to know where this dns is? Or is there something else I need to
specify?
What is the problem?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Hall)
Subject: Compressed PLIP?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:31:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am setting up a plip connection to my laptop with a parallel laplink
cable. Is there a way to compress the data sent across the parallel link to
increase throughput? At the moment the laptop is running Win95 and
transferring data from a Win95 PC, but next time I reboot my Linux PC I
should have PLIP working. I realize that if I want to compress the stream I
will probably need to run Linux on the laptop also (waiting for the release
of RedHat 6.0 to install Linux on the laptop). Except for when I'm playing
games in Win95 on the laptop, it will be running Linux, so I'd be content
with a Linux-to-Linux compressed PLIP solution.
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From: "Christian Hamel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can ping "localhost" but can't ping my own IP...why?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:28:15 -0400
> You haven't set up routes properly or the device isn't configured
> properly.
>
> Try:
>
> ifconfig 192.168.100.4 eth0
> route add -net 192.168.100.0 eth0
When I issue this command (route) , I get the following error message :
SIOCADDRT: invalid argument
Any idea what this mean?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: VPN through Linux IP-Masquerade
Crossposted-To: athome.users-unix
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:01:58 GMT
In athome.users-unix David Peavey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But ever since I inserted the Linux box between my Win 95 machine
> and the internet, my VPN to my company (where I work during the
> day) doesn't work any more. It just sits there trying to log in
> and finally fails - saying something like the server is not
> resonding. I not talking about setting up a VPN TO my linux box
> - I need to connect my Microslop WIN95 machine to another machine
> (WIN NT I think) on the other side of the internet THROUGH the my
> IP firewall (aka Masquerade).
> Has anybody gotten a VPN to work through Linux Masquerading? Do
<snip>
I have setup several, with no problems. If you're using kernel 2.0.36, go
here for a kernel patch, and instructions:
ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/masquerade/ip_masq_vpn.html
Cheers!,
--
Richard Potter
Re/Max Team ideal Realty Inc.
Kingston, ON CANADA http://www.kingston-realestate.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Crossposted-To: athome.users-unix
Subject: Re: VPN through Linux IP-Masquerade
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 13:56:04 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Has anybody gotten a VPN to work through Linux Masquerading?
Check out this pseudo-HOWTO regarding Linux VPN Masquerade:
ftp://ftp.rubyriver.com/pub/jhardin/masquerade/ip_masq_vpn.html
--
Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Curt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: module network problem?
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:00:31 -0500
add the follwing to your /etc/conf.modules
alias net-pf-4 off # Forget IPX
alias net-pf-5 off # Forget AppleTalk
jian fan wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I just painfully compiled a new kernel. But there's some problem like
>this:
>
>Apr 25 18:03:17 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
>Apr 25 18:03:17 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
>Apr 25 18:06:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
>Apr 25 18:06:37 localhost modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
>(from /var/log/messages)
>
>I attached my .config file for compiling here in case. Help! thanks.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: [?]Dial in to my Linux box from the outside
Date: 24 Apr 1999 21:36:09 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David H.
Brown) writes:
>I've been trying to do this for about a week. I've got mgetty set up
>(I wanted to be able to do faxing, too, and it's working). I can
>dial in from another machine using a chat script, and the modem
>answers, I send the userid and password and it authenticates, but
>I don't get a pppd started (apparently). How do you get Auto_PPP
>to act? I suspect a problem in my dial-in chat script... or what's
>supposed to follow it (maybe it's not tickling the mgetty/login
>process at the host end to Auto_PPP).
If you want AutoPPP then end your chat script with
CONNECT '\d\c'
Do not end it with
CONNECT ''
or with
CONNECT ''
ogin: ....
Or you can do login authentication (not AutoPPP) in which case end your
script with
CONNECT ''
ogin: username
assword: password
'\d\d' /usr/sbin/pppd
with noauth as an option in /etc/ppp/options.
In anycase read the log files (eg /var/log/messages after you have put
daemon.* /var/log/messages
into /etc/syslog.conf and run killall -1 syslogd
>If I dial-in with minicom, it actually starts up a shell... but that's
>not what I want... I want a ppp connection.
>Also, I'm trying to assign fixed IP addresses to each end of the
>dialup connection, 192.168.1.1 to the host side, and 192.168.1.2
>to the dialin client. The systems already on the lan are
>192.168.0.x. And ultimately I'd like to be able to have the dial-up
>host also be able dial the ISP and masquerade for the dial-in client.
>Any clues would be appreciated (I've read the HOWTOs and manpages
>many times, but not scoring high on "reading comprehension").
>--
>Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: B3 / AM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: ETH0 problem: symbol for parameter io not found
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:59:05 -0400
all was going great, i felt like a genius. i had webadmin configured, i
setup Linuxconfig to run over http, Apache was all set, telnet and ftp
were working fine and i was in process of tweaking SAMBA to work, i
rebooted and BLAMMO, no more network. My 2 NICS seem to have lost there
setting or something and on boot i get the following:
next to eth0 : symbol for parameter io not found
eth0 delayed
if anyone has a solution, i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a
million
Brian
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Afrasiab Ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FTP access for root
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 21:58:40 -0400
I know it's a stupid idea, but I need to know how to enable ftp access so
it accepts root accounts. The reason for this is because, within our
intranet, I would like to mirror the server using fmirror.
Thanks in advance.
Afra
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shannon Appel)
Subject: Two NE2000 NICs
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 01:55:06 GMT
I've just installed two identical NICs on my Linux box.
Kernel: 2.0.35
Network Card: Bay Networks Netgear EA201c
Module: ne2000
Unfortunately, modprobe only seems to recognise one at a time. I have
two lines like this in my rc.modules:
modprobe ne io=0x340
modprobe ne io=0x320
Only the first one ever gets recognised. The cards are on different
IRQs (9 and 5 respectively), but whichever one gets brought up first
wins.
Ideas?
Shannon
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From: Do-Hoon Kwon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux <--> Win95 networking: urgent guru-level help needed
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:02:54 -0400
Hello, fellow Linuxers.
I need a guru-level (tm) networking help urgently. Here is the
situation.
My friend has a notebook running Win95 with nothing fancy. It
has a parallel port available. She wants to install something
with the installation file size of about 20MB stored on a
Zip disk.
I have a Win98/Linux-2.2.6 dual boot machine with a SCSI Zip
drive, but I cannot use Win98 and its "direct cable connection" or
whatever they call it to do the job because my numerial analysis
code on Linux has been running for 2 days and it's expected to
take 2 more days to finish. In short, I cannot afford to shut
down the machine!
My Linux have the parallel port and the PC style parallel
printer support as modules. I hope there's a way to do the
file transfer using the parallel port.
What should I do?
Do-Hoon Kwon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Must replace Cisco with Linux in a hurry
Date: 25 Apr 1999 01:55:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 17:15:07 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>In short: Can I hook a 56k DSU that seems to have a serial interface to a
>Linux box and use the Linux box as a router to replace my dead Cisco?
>
>
>
>In longer format:
>
>I have a Cisco 2501 that died the other day. I need to get something running
>in a hurry. I'd love to replace it with Linux, and show the people in higher
>places in my company how cool Linux is, and how cool I am. <G>
>
>Anyhow, I need to connect a linux box to an Adtran DSU 5600, which is a 56k
>DSU that seems to have a serial connection. The label above the db25 port on
>it is "EIA-232", which, when I looked it up, is short for Electronics
>Industry Association, or something like that, anyway, it's equivalent to
>RS-232.
>
>When I look at the pinout for this DSU and compare it to the pinout for an
>external modem, everything is the same except for two pins. Those two pins
>are:
>
>On the DSU:
>15 Transmit Clock (SCT)
>17 Receive Clock (SCR)
>
>On modems:
>20 DTR
>22 Ring detect
>
>Do I need to make a cable that uses SCT/SCR, possibly in replacement of
>DTR/Ring? What kind of software do I need to use?
>
>When querying the Cisco, it says that it's setup with PPP encapsulation to
>the outside world (thru the DSU), and the serial interface that the DSU is
>connected to has no IP address. I plugged the DSU into the linux box as if it
>were a modem, and ran pppd as if there was a modem connected to that port.
>The DSU lights up a few lights for a few seconds, during which pppd is still
>a running process. Then, after those mayb 5 or 10 seconds go by, the pppd
>process is terminated and the lights on the DSU go off.
>
>
>Please, any help would be appreciated, especially if you can tell me how to
>make it all work. I looked thru all the FAQs and HowTos on
>http://www.linux-howto.com and didn't find anything relevant, but if you know
>of a faq or howto that pertains to me, please, feel free to point me at it.
>
>
You have a synchronous DSU, it is possible that there is a setting for
async mode, check the manual (if you have it.) Other than that, it's a
hardware hack, and not easy to describe in a paragraph or two.
--
Jim Richardson
www.eskimo.com/~warlock
All hail Eris
"Linux, where do you want to go tomorrow?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Plant)
Subject: Re: DHCPCD on NT DHCP Server
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 13:21:03 GMT
On 23 Apr 1999 20:32:20 GMT, Christopher Cartwright
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Problem:
>
>I am able connect to a Linux box running as a DHCP server connecting no
>problem with clients running Linux Red Hat 5.2 and also Windows NT 4.0 WS,
>95, and 98. When trying exact same clients to connect to Windows NT 4.0
>Server, running SP 3 or 4. All clients except the Linux Redhat 5.2 client
>will connect. Is there any solution to getting a Linux client to connect
>to an NT DHCP server? I have followed all the how-to's and manual pages.
>I have tried the latest DHCP client software for Linux, and have also
>tried compiling kernals 2.2.5 and 2.2.6.
>
>Finally, Yes I need to connect to a Windows NT DHCP server and no I do
>not want to assign stattic IP addresses to my Linux boxes. Any input
>would be appreciated.
>
I have had some success with, but have not yet thoroughly tested the
following method:
1. Modify the dchpcd command in ifup.
Add
-h `/bin/hostname`
To the command line.
(This allows the NT server to show the name of the linux box, it's
probably not essential, but nice)
2. In /etc/hosts, add the line
0.0.0.0 Hostname Hostname.yourdomain
Regards
Roger
===========================================================
Roger Plant :-) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
===========================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Linux - My honest opinion
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 22:20:48 GMT
[Note FollowUp-Top: header]
"A. Feiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>This post does not intend to flame in anyway. It's just an honest opinion,
>so do not reply unless it's to the matter. No Gates sucks or Novell is dead
>please.
Please post such opinions in a Linux advocacy group.
>We have been testing Linux Redhat 5.2 for the last three months. We chose
>Redhat since it seemed to be the most widely acknowledge by large corps like
>IBM, Dell, etc. This is the 1st point:
>1. Linux has no place in the business world unless steadily supported by
>these giants. I heard that Compaq is coming out with Alpha for Linux. This
>is a very good start.
Pointless. The real reason why "giants" are supporting MS products isn't
the end user's interest, but simple licensing reasons.
>2. Companies like I work for cannot rely on one sharp admin, today here,
>tomorrow there. So if I have the budget, I prefer a recognized,
>well-documented OS, with a solid backbone (Microsoft, Novell, HP-UX etc.).
Pointless. Unless you bought the really expensive Resource Guides from MS,
NT is just a BlackBox like anything else. Neither NT nor Novell are
sufficiently documented. This is just standard FUD.
>3. Since we are in the business for living, our management was very
>interested to know whom we call when disaster strikes.
Sure. Ever tried contacting MS for support ? Give me a rest.
>We conducted a small
>"failure" test and called Redhat. Pleaseeee. These guys are way over our
>head, and do not really seem to be interested in helping. Tech support
>should always consider the fact that new users are calling. So you really
>should look into support more seriously.
If you don't know what you're doing, hire someone who does.
>We were impressed with the speed of file printing and sharing, plus WEB
>services. That's it. There is no serious collaboration system available, not
>even serious database.
Ridiculous. Either you don't know what you're talking about, or youre
trolling. Isn't Informix or Oracle a serious database ?
>If I am a small company (and I am) there is no appeal
>to my sense to integrate a very limited system.
>End user: this is where Linux sucks big time, and the people who work on it
>need to look at what Microsoft had done to the desktop. They turn it into a
>very accessible thing.
I don't think that the end user needs a server system.
>Although MS OS' are mediocre to badly limited to exclude NT (and do not go
>there unless you really know to work with NT), they are accessible. When you
>fire up 95/98 9crap, you can navigate within seconds.
Experience says differently.
>If you want to win the
>market, you have to win the desktop, if you want to win the desktop it has
>to be user friendly.
[...]
The end user doesn't need a server OS.
Michael
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From: "Kalle Svensson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat root pings but users don't
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:07:50 +0100
I believe the easiest way would be to enable the option "Allow users to
(de)activate interface" for ppp0. Then activate the interface as user.
/Kalle
> I have switched from slackware to RedHat 5.2.
> In slackware I wrote my own pppd/chat script... In redhat I use the
NetConfig
> program to start the ppp0 interface.
>
> root has not problems.. It can ping the internet. Use netscape and has
no
> problems. How ever when shutdown x-window and login as a user I can not
ping
> and the connection dies.
> So I wrote a pppd config that calls the same scripts as the NetConfig
program
> does. Now I login too a console and start pppd. then login too another
> console as a user and I am unable to ping.
>
> Is there something I'm missing with redhat that I need to set so that when
I
> start pppd every user gets the network interface?
>
> Thank you for any help.
> Damon C. Richardson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ( What's a man got left to fight for when he's bought his freedom )
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From: "Curt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring MTU on eth0 at Boot
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:09:53 -0500
I assume you are setting the MTU to 576 because you are having problems with
it your system determining the MTU size on its own. I can't imagine it
would improve your personal throughput, but I could see how it might improve
the overall performance of a shared link.
Regardless, in answer to your question:
add the following to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file
ifconfig eth0 mtu 576
Jon wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a Redhat 5.2 (2.0.36-0.7) box set up as a file/print server
>(Samba). My main box is running Win98. The two systems are connected
>using a NetGear FB104 Starter Kit (FB310 NICs, aka Tulip), running at
>100 Mbits/sec (well, sort of). Using Net.Medic (and just plain old
>observation) I discovered that when I transferred files to the Linux box
>the transfer just zipped right along (1-3 M/sec). Transfers from the
>Linux box, however, were dismally slow (50-70 K/sec).
>
>After tinkering around I found that if I set the MTU on eth0 to 576
>(same as I have set on the Win box for better internet throughput) the
>transfers improved considerably. That's all well and wonderful, but the
>question is - How do I set up eth0 to default to MTU 576 during boot?
>
>I've crawled all over the /etc/rc.d tree and haven't been able to find
>anything there. And the things I have tried (i.e., /etc/conf.modules)
>either have no effect or cause the system to hang during boot.
>
>Of course, this might not be the complete problem, but I know that
>changing the MTU helps. If I'm missing something here, or if someone
>else has a better idea for fixing the throughput problem, your help
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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