Linux-Networking Digest #32, Volume #11 Mon, 3 May 99 23:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Re: DNS hosting (Darren Greer)
eth0: mismatched read page pointers [#] vs [#] & unexpected TX-done interrupt,
lasttx=20 ("Joshua M Bertoulin")
Re: Mail server for multiple domain using a single IP address (Michael Balderas)
Olicom Token-Ring drivers for 2.2.6 kernel..Help please ("Daniel Ulfe Paredes")
ipchains and transparent proxy ("Garou")
Re: Netscape "Looking for..." (Darren Greer)
Re: pppd: 244000 not supported ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: Linux client can't see Internet (Lew Pitcher)
Re: pppd: 244000 not supported ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Re: Need recommendations on 10/100 NIC. (Luca Filipozzi)
Re: Valid IP addresses for home network ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NT Logon with Linux username (alphaomega)
Re: Netscape "Looking for..." ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
IP Load Balancing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ISP ("Christopher W. Dawley")
HELP: How to connect Linux box to IPX box? (Aspiring Linux User)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer)
Subject: Re: DNS hosting
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:55:42 GMT
-->According to the original post, he was looking for DNS hosting info. I
-->dunno where html, cgi-bin, etc entered into the picture. Anyhoo, I
-->understand that eskimo north has a serivce that will meet poster's
-->requirements... http://www.eskimo.com
Often times they go hand in hand....depending on the end-users needs
and wants. I took for granted that he may want both, which is
probably a bad assumption.
Darren
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From: "Joshua M Bertoulin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: eth0: mismatched read page pointers [#] vs [#] & unexpected TX-done
interrupt, lasttx=20
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 20:56:26 -0400
Please help! I am running RH Linux 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15) on a Hitachi
Visionbook Plus 4000 Series. I have a Linksys Combo PCMCIA EthernetCard
(EC2T) that is detected by the PCMCIA card services on boot. When the eth0
interface is brought up, I receive numerous errors on the console. They
are:
eth0: unexpected TX-done interrupt, lasttx=20.
eth0: mismatched read page pointers 2 vs 6e.
eth0: mismatched read page pointers 2 vs 64.
eth0: unexpected TX-done interrupt, lasttx=20.
eth0: mismatched read page pointers 4c vs 98.
eth0: unexpected TX-done interrupt, lasttx=20.
eth0: mismatched read page pointers 2 vs 74.
eth0: unexpected TX-done interrupt, lasttx=20.
eth0: unexpected TX-done interrupt, lasttx=20.
eth0: mismatched read page pointers 2 vs 6e.
eth0: unexpected TX-done interrupt, lasttx=20.
(continues...)
Can anyone tell me what these errors mean and what I can do to get rid of
them??? Thanks for any help you can provide!
Please reply via e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I am usually
not able to read the newsgroups.
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Joshua M Bertoulin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: mike*no*spam*@yourhelpdesk.com (Michael Balderas)
Subject: Re: Mail server for multiple domain using a single IP address
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:17:27 GMT
Depending on your version of Sendmail, you could compile a custom cf
file using the Virtual User Table as outlined here:
http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html
Mike
On Mon, 03 May 1999 16:26:57 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Your forgetting the most important part (and the answer to the question)
>
>since all three domains will be on one machine, the alias file will not
>distinguish the domains.
>
>So [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the same as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>To fix this, you will need to have multiple instances of sendmail for each
>domain and alias files.
>
>Unless there is a better way, this is how I do it!
>
>regards,
>
>matt
>
>
>
>In article
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>, mike*no*spam*@yourhelpdesk.com (Michael Balderas) wrote:
>
>> If you are administering DNS for your domain(s) then you would have to
>> create a Address record in one of your zone files and point an MX
>> record back to that Address. Then in every other zone you wanted to
>> have use that mail server address you can point a Cname record back to
>> the other i.p.
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> In the zone file you have the following for zone domain1.com
>>
>> mail.domain1.com. IN A 192.168.0.1
>> *.domain1.com. IN MX 10 mail.domain1.com.
>>
>> In the zone file for domain2.com:
>>
>> mail.domain2.com. CNAME mail.domain1.com.
>> *.domain2.com. IN MX 10 mail.domain2.com.
>>
>> In the zone file for domain3.com:
>> mail.domain3.com. CNAME mail.domain1.com.
>> *.domain3.com. IN MX 10 mail.domain3.com.
>>
>> And so forth. Doing it this way allows the DNS to point many differnet
>> domains back to the same mail server i.p. Then it is just as simple to
>> configure the mail server for the multiple domains by adding all the
>> domain names the server will answer for in /etc/sendmail.cw file
>> (assuming your using sendmail for smtp).
>>
>> sendmail.cw
>> domain1.com
>> domain2.com
>> domain3.com
>>
>> Once you have the changes made, restart the sendmail process and the
>> server will now answer all SMTP requests for the domains you have
>> specified. After that it is a simple as modifying your /etc/aliases
>> file to configure who get's what email and your set.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Sat, 1 May 1999 16:40:53 +0800, "Alex Fong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Does anyone know any good solution to configure a Linux box as smtp/pop3
>> >mail server for multiple domain without using IP aliasing?
>> >
>> >My problem is I would create email address like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >in the same Linux box.
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >
>>
>>
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From: "Daniel Ulfe Paredes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Olicom Token-Ring drivers for 2.2.6 kernel..Help please
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 18:42:23 +0200
Hello. I Have a Olicom Token-Ring PCI card working fine in kerner 2.0.35.
Olicom Token-Ring support in this kernel was provided by download in Olicom
website making a
Patch in kernel source and "make" related utilities. I want to use this card
whit
2.2.6 kernell but in
make config i still haven't an option to compile Olicom TokenRing Adapter.
There is posible to compile this drivers like a module in 2.0.35 version and
after use this
in 2.2.6 kernel?. If this is not possible.... How can I patch source kernel
in order to incorporate
Olicom support???
BTW: I'm not have much experience using linux kernel modules option
Regards in advance...
Daniel Ulfe from Spain
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From: "Garou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ipchains and transparent proxy
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:26:59 -0700
Reply-To: "Garou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Help! :)
I have a internal network set up on 192.168.0.* and a linux box running
the 2.2.3 kernel addressed as 192.168.0.100. The linux box has a ppp-dialup
and a static ip of 206.43.48.26. My kernel "should" be configured
correctly, and I can see /proc/net/ipfwchains.
I read the howto and man pages, and think I know just enough to be
frustrated now. :( My dialup on the linux box works fine, but all the
other machines can't get out onto the Internet via ipchains. Here's what
I'm doing (by hand so far) to try and get things to work.
1) Set up chains
ipchains -N ppp-out
ipchains -A output -i ppp0 -j ppp-out
ipchains -N ppp-in
ipchains -A input -i ppp0 -j ppp-in
2) Drop incoming packets trying to look like my internal network
ipchains -A ppp-in -s 192.168.0.0/24 -l -j DENY
3) Set up transparent proxy and allow local packets
ipchains -A ppp-in -p TCP -s 0.0.0.0/0 -d 192.168.0.0/24 -j REDIRECT
ipchains -A input -i lo -j ACCEPT
Once this is done and verified with ipchains -L, I establish my ppp
connection, verify it with ifconfig, and ping my ISP's nameserver. Then I
go to a local machine, which has the linux box of 192.168.0.100 as a
gateway, and try to load a webpage. It doesn't work. :(
Can someone please help me? I'm assuming this is a fairly common setup and
use of ipchains. Once I'm done, I'd even make a website type mini-HOWTO.
:)
Thanks in advance,
Billy
--
Billy Hutton
Digital In-Site
509.962.3911
http://www.digitalin-site.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Greer)
Subject: Re: Netscape "Looking for..."
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 01:46:00 GMT
-->My resolve.conf is set up correctly. I've come to find out everything
-->is working correctly, my problem is domains. For example, if I want
-->to go to www.netscape.com, if I type www.netscape.com I get a DNS
-->error, but if I type www.netscape.com's ip address then it works. How
-->do I get Linux to recognize domain names?
Heh....that is what the info in resolv.conf does. The only thing I
can think of is that permisions on the resolv.conf file are wrong (And
I dont think that should even be an issue....just speculation), or
your DNS IP you entered is incorrect. Another possibility is that you
are using something like xisp and it has its own settings for DNS
addresses, and has not been set correctly. Otherwise, I really dont
know what could be your problem,
Darren
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: pppd: 244000 not supported
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:25:11 -0500
Clifford Kite wrote:
> Clifton T. Sharp Jr. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : The modem-to-modem protocols include handshaking procedures. If you were
> : to run your 56K modem at a DTE speed of 19200, you should be quite safe
> : becaues once your modem's input buffer gets to its high-water mark, the
> : modem tells the other modem to suspend until further notice. (Kind of a
> : waste of bandwidth at 19200, though.) Similarly, if you run DTE of 115200,
> : connect at 53333 and manage 4x compression (213333 BPS), the modem will
> : sense reaching its high-water mark and throttle the other modem.
>
> I have a picture like this in mind:
>
> 53kbaud rate Some higher rate pppd speed
> compressed uncompressed 115200 115200
> data data limit
> ISP ----------->modem------------------>UART-------->pppd
>
> I cheerfully admit that this could be wrong. But assuming that it's
> correct, and that the modem does not exercise flow control _after_
> decompression, then any rate greater than 115200 for the decompressed
> data into the UART would seem likely to cause a problem. If the UART
> itself exercises flow control then things would be OK, but I didn't think
> they were that sophisticated.
It's more like the higher-rate uncompressed data is a stage *inside* the
modem, where it's FIFO buffered. If the "sound to data conversion" part
gets more than 11520 bytes or so in a second, the modem's buffer only
sends the 11520 bytes to the UART and FIFO-queues the rest. In normal
operation, you won't be able to sustain that kind of compression for long,
and a time will come when the remainder in the FIFO plus what comes in
during one second will be 11520 bytes or less. But if somehow you manage
to continue it for long enough to get the FIFO queue 90% or so full (the
"high-water mark"), then the modem signals over the analog side of the
connection to the ISP side (conceptually *similar* to ^S/^Q terminal-type
signaling) and the ISP stops sending over the analog path until the modem
catches up (empties its FIFO to 10% or so, the "low-water mark"). Upon
catching up, the modem does the analog signaling thing that says "okay to
resume sending", and the ISP end does so if it has data to send (which it
probably does).
Yipe, what a wordy explanation. But you get the idea.
Caveats: I pretended for simplicity that 115200 bps -> 11520 bytes per second
(8 data, 1 start, 1 stop); since protocols from v.32 on up are synchronous
on the analog path, 8 bits into the modem yields ten bits (plus two bit
times between bytes? is that still done?) out. I also assumed from general
practice that they chose 90%/10% as high/low water marks, actual numbers
are at the discretion of whoever programmed the implementation and how
much memory he had to work with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: Linux client can't see Internet
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:46:06 GMT
On Mon, 03 May 1999 19:32:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Linux client can't completely see Internet - but MS-Windows95 client can.
>Problem - I have a Modem Server(Damien) running RedHat 5.2 which connects to
>my ISP through PPP with a dynamic IP address. With this setup I can
>successfully surf the web, email, ping, ftp, etc from my MS-Windows95 (Jori)
>client, which is connected to my home LAN using 10baseT. The addresses and
>machine names are as outlined in the diagram below. Jori can ping Damien by
>name as well as any other valid Internet host. My problem is that Darren (the
>Mandrake client) cannot successfully communicate with the Internet. When I
>ping Damien from Darren, there is no problem. When I attempt to ping my ISP
>from Darren (which I can do from Jori) I get the TCP/IP address of the ISP
>host machine, but no response. Using Netscape 4.5 as the browser, I get an
>error message on Darren saying that there is no route to my desired site.
>
>What settings on Darren (the Mandrake 5.3 client) do I need to check? The
>gateway is set for Damien's IP address.
>
> Modem Server Dual-boot Client
> (Damien.Home)
>___ ___________ __________
> )_ | | | | Jori.Home
> } | | | Win95 | 192.168.124.2
> ) ppp0 | | eth0 eth0 | |
>Inter }------------| RH 5.2 |---------------|-^-^-^-^-^|
>net _) | | | Mandrake | Darren.Home
> _) | | | 5.3 | 192.168.124.3
>___) |___________| |__________|
> dynamic 192.168.124.10
> IP
>
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Check the default route on Darren. It should point to Damien (192.168.124.10)
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: pppd: 244000 not supported
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:28:40 -0500
Rob van der Putten wrote:
> On 2 May 1999, Clifford Kite wrote:
> > Comments welcome.
>
> Ever heard of flow control?
I think Clifford's missing piece of data is knowing *where* the flow
control is taking place. Hopefully my blathering answer shows him it's
in the analog ISP<-->modem path. But even at that, simple flow control
won't help when the modem gets its 53,000 bits in one second, decompresses
it and ends up with 233,333 bits to push through a 115,200 bps connection.
So it's really "flow control and FIFO buffering".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.win98.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking
Subject: Re: Need recommendations on 10/100 NIC.
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 19:29:54 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> the FooL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Ok, I'm currently looking at purchasing a 3Com 10/100 3C905B-Combo.
> >
> >I'm looking for one with both a BNC and a TP connector.
> >I have the 3Com 3C590 right now with the AUI/RJ45/BNC connection
> >and of course, looked into their 3C905B card as well.
> >
> >Now, I found that SMC had the Etherpower 10/100 card that
> >offers the BNC/RJ45 connectors, and is a lot cheaper, but
> >I'm not sure about their performance/quality of if they
> >are dependable at all.
> >
> >I saw Intel had a 10Mbps card, but could not find a 10/100
> >card that offered the AUI/RJ45/BNC that the 10Mbps did.
> >
> >So, the qualifications I'm looking for are
> >1. Great performance under Linux, Win98, and WinNT
> >2. Great driver support for Linux, Win98, and WinNT
> >3. RJ45 and BNC connectors.
> >
> I guess the question is why? Coax only goes to 10 that I have seen.
> You can get a combo 10 nic for $20. A name brand 10/100 for $75 of
> course with no coax.
standard cable a.k.a. speed connecter
10Base2 - coax thinnet 10Mbps BNC
10Base5 - coax thicknet 10Mbps AUI
10BaseT - CAT3 Ethernet 10Mbps RJ45
100BaseT- CAT5 FastEthernet 100Mbps RJ45
My recommendation: stick with RJ45 cards and CAT5 cabling (supports
10BaseT and 100BaseT). Don't bother with BNC or with AUI based stuff.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Valid IP addresses for home network
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 02:22:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi) wrote:
> Aren't they required to do so by IANA and/or ARIN? Check out
> http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2050.txt . Although it mentions "dial-up"
> and not cable/adsl, I think most ISP's are applying the current best
> practice to semi-permanent connections.
That's what I thought as well, but I got the impression from some other
thread a while back that some ISPs were issuing dynamic IP addresses to
people with xDSL.
In fact, I could have sworn you took part in that thread... it was one of the
ones where I went into a rant about how dynamic IP addresses are evil [yeah, I
know, that doesn't help narrow it down :)].
> I think most people can live with 192.168.x/24. I don't know many home
> users who will have a need for more that 253 IP addresses.
Yes, but why *bother* is the question I'm asking. Sure, most people don't
need many IP addresses, but if you've ever exhausted the entire 192.168/16
network [I have... mostly because previous network admins practiced *very*
poor subnetting on a world-wide VPN] you'll realize that renumbering is _not_
a fun thing to do.
It takes zero effort to use the 10/8 network rather than 192.168/16 [or
192.168.x/24], and it all but guarantees that you'll *never* have to do a
renumbering, no matter how bad your subnetting is.
...and by the way, how come nobody ever seems to even acknowledge the
existence of the 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 private network any longer? I
mean, sure, it's a pain in the ass to write in standard notation
["172.16/9"?!], but that's no reason to discriminate against it. :)
-Bill Clark
Systems Architect
ISP Channel
http://locale.ispchannel.com/
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From: alphaomega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.rehat.misc,redhat.networking.general
Subject: NT Logon with Linux username
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 02:26:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All....
At the University we have many Windows NT 4.0 Workstation and we would like
to make it to validate username and password using Linux RedHat 5.2 as
account manager, and each time that the user logon in the NT Workstation, it
would mount it's home directory stored in the Linux Box. I know that in order
to setup this, NFS and NIS is involved, but I couldn't make it....
Does anyone know another way to do this?
Thanks
Ruben Cheng
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Valencia - Venezuela
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape "Looking for..."
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:37:27 -0500
Stagga wrote:
> My resolve.conf is set up correctly.
Computers are harder on misspellings than any newsgroup spelling flamer
could be. Considering you have no DNS, did you really call it
resolve.conf
^
? Because resolver is looking for
resolv.conf
^
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IP Load Balancing
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:58:46 GMT
Hi there Linux GURU's,
i have a small problem, and i think you could help me with that.
We have a 2 Mbps dedicated Internet Connection.
I would like to be able to limit a ip-address / ip-range to a certain
bandwith.
Is this possible without buying a piece of hardware. ?? (costs: Fl 20.000,--)
I believe Linux can do anything,
so i think it can also do load-balancing.
Thanks for your help
Grtz
Erik
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From: "Christopher W. Dawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ISP
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 22:36:29 -0400
I want to become familiar with Linux and use it to start up an ISP of my
own. I am going to build the computer out of computer parts that I purchase
to build computers with. It is going to be a clone system. I am going to
have about a 13GB Hard Drive in it and have about 500MB partitioned for
Linux system files. I will install Linux Redhat 5.1 and try to figure my
way around the system and eventually start up an ISP when I get it working
right. I need to start building the computer and installing Linux on it and
become familiar with it first. I want to build the system with intentions
of turning it into an ISP. When I start the ISP, I am interested in putting
up Modem Banks for people to dial into. I know there is Digicom Modem Banks
but can't quite find their website. Do you know of any other modem banks on
the market that I can use? Please let me know if you have any tips for me
on starting my ISP.
Thanks,
Chris Dawley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aspiring Linux User)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP: How to connect Linux box to IPX box?
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:58:54 GMT
Howdy, I am trying to figure out how to connect a dedicated Linux
laptop to a desktop using Win98 w/ IPX/SPX protocol. The purpose here
is for filesharing, as the laptop does not have a CD, so I need to
install via network from the desktop.
Before I get flamed for not RTFM'ing, I've read the basic install
texts for Debian (I'm using Debian 2.1) as well as a number of other
texts, FAQs, and HOW-TOs from the Linux Documentation Project site. I
admit that I only perused the basic install texts and hadn't touched
on the more advanced stuff, but there are just TONS of doc files (too
much is just as bad as none at all), and I don't know where to start
and look. Thus, I'm hoping to get a shortcut tip from those who know.
Info:
Celeron 450 desktop using Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B NIC. OS is
Win98. Bounded protocol is IPX/SPX (w/ NetBIOS support). TCP/IP is
bounded to the dial-up modem, and can be installed for the Intel NIC
if that's what's needed for filesharing.
Compaq Armada 1130T laptop using Intel EtherExpress Mobile 16 100.
1.4-gig HD, 32M RAM. I've partitioned the HD and installed the core
7-disk Debian files onto there.
Experience: I'm handy with all computer hardware & software under the
MS environments (DOS, Win9x, NT). I've finished intro courses in C &
C++ and want to get more serious about learning programming on my own,
and also want to get away from the Microsoft Windows environment at
least for now. I know some rudimentary Unix commands, but not enough
to get around.
Questions:
1) Partitioning: I'm planning to use the laptop as a dedicated
programming box and also to explore the Linux environment (I don't
want to use my desktop, as I may screw up and hose my system with my
programming). Also would want basic connectivity to my desktop and to
PCMCIA devices. I have 1.4 gig of HD space. Can anyone recommend a
suitable partitioning scheme? I have no concept of how the Unix
filesystem is purposed. Right now, I have a 50 meg root partition and
a 50-meg swap partition, with a big empty space in between the two.
2) PCMCIA support: I need to get PCMCIA support along with driver
support for my PCMCIA modem and NIC (USRobotics 33.6) and the Intel
EExpress Mobile 100 NIC). How do I go about doing this? I checked on
the Intel & 3COM sites, and they have no explicit Linux support.
3) Networking: Once I get PCMCIA and my NIC working, I would like to
link to my desktop for filesharing, and for Internet sharing later. A
possible Catch-22 is that I need to enable support before installing
the bulk of the Debian package, as I would rather not having to chop
the files up into floppy-sized chunks if at all possible. Please
point me to a how-to or FAQ to do this.
I've been using Microsoft stuff for a long time, and I am tired of
being force-fed bloated software that I don't want to touch (e.g. IE
5.0). Linux is the most promising route. I'm not stupid, but I do
need some help in getting started. Thanks much in advance.
P.S.: I would appreciate it much if you can carbon copy a response to
my e-mail address as above, just in case I miss it in the newsgroup.
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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