Linux-Networking Digest #115, Volume #11 Tue, 11 May 99 15:13:50 EDT
Contents:
Re: /var/log/messages is filling up when on the internet ! ? ? (Clifford Kite)
Ethernet VERY slow from Linux to Windows? (Massimo Piccinetti)
Re: Intranet with Linux + Apache (nate)
Samba to OS/2 Warp Server (SUNI III Home Pages Wazoo)
Re: FTP server Questions(ftpd) (Desmond Coughlan)
Re: How do I change my FQDN in DNS? ("Dario Fernando Agudelo")
Re: Squid with news and chat servers ("Jan Johansson")
Re: AppleTalk alias problems (Markus)
Tape Backup software (Wolfgang Ganzert)
Where to Find the IP address of a Machine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
can't anybody help ?! (Eric Trimmer)
Re: Win98 And Samba ("Greg")
Cellular modem on Linux ? (Robert Jennings)
Re: Connect to Oracle from Linux ("Dennis S. Tepe")
Re: LAN to Internet (mist)
Problems with IPv4 Forwarding (Erik Norvelle)
Re: ifconfig ("Dave Ewart")
Re: Crossover cable for pc to pc network? (Sjoerd)
Re: Intranet with Linux + Apache ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Network to Internet (via PPP to ISP) ("Matthew L. Hebert")
ethernet transmit timeout problem ("������� �������")
[Newbie Question] Setting up a machine to allow Internet access over a network (Mark
Hymers)
connection to Prodigy ("DOMINICK P PETRACCA")
Re: RARP RARP RARP RARP (Wouter Liefting)
Re: Newbie firewall question ("Bernat Ginard Llad�")
ethertap compiled in kernel vs. module (Dan Reagan)
What's the difference between 3C905 and 3C905B, please? (Gary Gourley)
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: /var/log/messages is filling up when on the internet ! ? ?
Date: 11 May 1999 07:38:50 -0500
Matt Sartori ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I recently noticed that when I logged on and surfed the net my system would
: slow down and the harddrive would thrash about. After a bit of ps'ing and
: top'ing I noticed that my syslogd was hyperactive. I had a look at exactly
: what it was it was doing and discovered it was filling my drive (by writing
: to the messages log) with the same data that my browser was either parsing
: (html etc.) or saving as downloads. It had created a couple of .gz archives
: (I guess when the log got > a certain size). The output was from the kernel
: in the format otherwise known (for me) from hex-viewers, that is the hex
: numbers followed by their ascii equivalents :
: kernel : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
: etc...
Sounds like the pppd option "kdebug 7" is present. Just remove it.
: another thing that figured a lot in the message log was the following...
: chat[551] : Can't restore terminal parameters : input/output error.
Maybe one pppd session was started before another one had quite finished?
: and also
: kernel : ppp : write frame, count = 24
It's due to the kdebug too.
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From: Massimo Piccinetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet VERY slow from Linux to Windows?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 16:49:04 +0200
Hello,
i have a strange problem with 2 pc with Ethernet.
I use Windows98 on a pc with Celeron 333 128M with an economic Ethernet ISA Novel2000
card,
and Linux RedHat5.2 on a Pentium 150 64M with an economic Ethernet PCI Novel 2000 card.
Using FTP (and samba, Zannet NFS, and so on...) the data transfer from Windows to
Linux is
about 600K/sec, BUT the data transfer from Linux to Windows is about 7K/sec!!!
This is a great problem, because in some situations Windows98 freeze because of this.
Another problem: when i used the command "yes" with an emulator like Ewan, Windows95
freeze!!!
(i have not tried it with Windows 98). I am sure that the the problem is that such
command generates
bytes very fast, and probably Linux creates big datagrams. If i insert some delay in
the main loop
the command works well.
Maybe there are some problems with the TCP/IP implementation with Linux or Windows?
Someome can help me?
Thank you.
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From: nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intranet with Linux + Apache
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:16:51 GMT
it has to do with the routing tables on the win98 boxes. they have a defult
route set up when they access the internet that uses the ppp connection.
you need to update the routing on the windoze boxes to use the ethernet
card as the route to addresses in 10.x.x.x
a login script off the NT domain controller can do it for all of them, if
you're in a NT domain :)
if you're not, you'll need to get creative as to how you'll do all of them,
that is, without actually sitting down in front of each machine..
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have setup a Linux server (ip: 10.0.0.1)with apache web server for our
> local lan intranet service(not connect to internet). Some of the client
> workstations (using Win98) do have their own modem to connect to
> internet. However, when they connect to internet using dialup ISP
> service, they cannot access our local intranet web server (10.0.0.1).
> Netscape seems interpret 10.0.0.1 as a "world" IP, so they cannot reach
> our intranet once they are connect to the "world".
>
> I need some helps to access both intranet & internet is this situation.
>
> Any ideas are welcome.
>
> Jonathan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: SUNI III Home Pages Wazoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba to OS/2 Warp Server
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:19:59 GMT
Has anyone done this that would care to offer me a few kind words of
wisdom? I have RedHat 5.2 and OS/2 WS 4 Advanced running a domain. I've
tried everything I know of and still no connection.
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From: Desmond Coughlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FTP server Questions(ftpd)
Date: 11 May 1999 08:47:33 +0200
Michael Tin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi, I am just starting an ftp site but I need to know a few basic
> things.
> I have a alpha 466 mhz with AlphaLinux(Red Hat 5.2). I just let Red Hat
> do all the configing. What I want to know is which file to edit to get a
> cool welcome message like "you are now logged into my ftp server, and if
> you biff up this system, I will track you down and kill you", well maybe
> not that exact welcome message, but something similar.
That would be the /home/ftp/welcome.msg
> Next question, is it possible to control the # of ftp users
> automatically? Like Serv-U FTP's max user limit?
I t-h-i-n-k it will be in ... lemme see ... /etc/ftpaccess.
> 3rd question: is it possible to have a ratio of UL/DL with the standard
> ftpd?
Can't help you with that one ... :-(
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From: "Dario Fernando Agudelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I change my FQDN in DNS?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:31:35 -0500
I use Slackware and configure my fqdn with netconfig, where I have to write
the name and domain separately which joined form the fqdn.
This is one part of the issue. The other part is dns server for your domain
which determine the name your machine is known to the word. Ideally the name
your machine is known itself would be the same dns knows. May be you have to
talk with the dns administrator.
Dario Agudelo
Wouter Liefting escribi� en mensaje <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>This may sound stupid, but aren�t you just looking for the hostname
command?
>"hostname <new fqdn>"
>
>You�ll have to tell your ISP or the organization that manages your DNS
domain that
>you changed the hostname of course.
>
>For permanent changes, also edit /etc/sysconfig/network (RH 5.2 and
possibly
>others).
>
>- Wouter.
>
>Dan Poynor wrote:
>
>> I can't find any of the named.conf, named.boot or named files on my
system.
>> I think that's because I'm just running a stand alone web, email and ftp
>> server and not a domain name server.
>>
>> It almost seems I need to set myself up as a DNS server and install the
>> Bind stuff just so I can change my FQDN.
>>
>> If there's any other ideas though I'd appreciate them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> DAN
>>
>> In article <XYnY2.847$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Curt"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Take a look at http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/DNS-HOWTO.html
>> >
>> > Then look in /etc/named.conf or /etc/named.boot if you're still using
bind4.
>> > It will direct you to the rest of the files, usually in /var/named .
>> >
>> >
>> > Dan Poynor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > > How do I change the fully qualified name in DNS for my Linux server?
I'm
>> > > using my co-located servers ISP as the name server and they say I
need to
>> > > change this on my server some how.
>> > >
>> > > Previously I had hired someone to setup my server initially while I'm
>> > > learning, but now need to change it and can't figure this out through
the
>> > > man pages or my books. I edited /etc/hosts but that doesn't seem to
change
>> > > my fqdn.
>> > >
>> > > TIA,
>> > > DAN
>
>
>
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Squid with news and chat servers
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:44:37 +0200
http://www.rustcorp.com/linux/ipchains/HOWTO.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus)
Subject: Re: AppleTalk alias problems
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:54:04 GMT
In article <7fgjid$sis$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "bob cent"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I'm connected to my AppleTalk server running RedHat 5.2 and netatalk
> 1.4b2, I have noticed problems creating aliases (command-M) of files and
> folders on the server.
>
> Instead of creating one alias file, TWO files are formed! A file of
> filetype alias and a file of file type document are created. This only
> happens in Mac OS 7.X - it does not happen with OS8.X.
>
> Anybody else notice this? Is it a bug? Any work-arounds? Generally, how
> stable is NetATalk?
>
> Bob
> University of Washington
I experience this also. I just don't use Aliases. It might be possible to
use a Symbolic or Hard Link ( 'ln -s' or 'ln') on the files and the Mac
might use the file being pointed to.
There's also an alternative. Create a Self-mounting diskimage with
ShrinkWrap or DiskTools. Place the image file on the Appleshare volume. If
you double click it's alias on the Mac side, it will automatically try to
mount the Linux-Appleshare volume, then immediately mount the disk image.
You're drawbacks here are having 2 volumes mounted and possible data
corruption of disk image being written to. But, you can make copies of the
disk images and replace them back very quickly.
Later, Markus.
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Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:21:06 +0200
From: Wolfgang Ganzert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,hk.comp.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Tape Backup software
For the KDE window environment there is the kdat program. It allows
multiple tars on a single tape and has a GUI which is easy to use. On my
systems it does not run stable but maybe this is because I'm using KDE
1.0. Maybe with 1.1 the problem is fixed, I don't known.
Wolfgang
Ron Flory wrote:
> > I'm looking for a very easy & good DAT tape backup software.
> > Any idea?
>
> depends how fancy it needs to be. 'cat file.tar.gz > /dev/st0' works
> fine for me.
>
> ron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Where to Find the IP address of a Machine
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 12:26:02 GMT
Hi All,
I have redhat 5.2 running on my machine with two NICs, having two
different IP address. If give ifconfig -a command, it shows both the IP
address.
Now, Pls. can anybody tell me where it stores this IP address .?
Will it store in an simple text file..? in which file it stores..?
Thanks
Ravindra
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From: Eric Trimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't anybody help ?!
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:28:49 -0400
I have a dedicated dialup account to my internet provider. I keep the line
up by the use of a daemon that pings an address every few minutes. If the
ping fails the daemon runs my connect script. A few weeks ago I noticed that
my connection was down ! For some unknown reason the modem was not reacting
to the connect script. I did notice that on the modem the "OH" light was not
on but the "CD" and "TR" still were ! (When the modem receives a "SIGHUP" all
three lights should turn off.) And using "ifconfig" reports a connection
even thought there really isn't ! If I turned the modem off and back on the
connect script will again work.
I am totally baffled by this because this setup
has been working perfectly for the last couple of years. And this does not
happen every time the connection is killed. (but when it does the only cure
is to turn the modem off and back on)
I've replaced the modem thinking that could be the problem; but it wasn't. :(
Here is the message from my "messages" file the very first time this
happened. I should note that the "garbage" here has never appeared since;
only the "alarm" and "failed" messages kept appearing. Although during the
last few days not even those have appeared ! And the "Hangup (SIGHUP)" is
not appearing either !
Apr 16 17:34:53 et pppd[12170]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Apr 16 17:34:53 et pppd[12170]: Modem hangup
Apr 16 17:34:53 et pppd[12170]: Connection terminated.
Apr 16 17:34:53 et pppd[12170]: Exit.
Apr 16 17:35:52 et pppd[20980]: pppd 2.3.4 started by root, uid 0
Apr 16 17:35:53 et chat[20981]: send (ATDT the number I dial goes here ^M)
Apr 16 17:35:54 et chat[20981]: expect (gin:)
Apr 16 17:35:54 et chat[20981]:
mOp|K^_{0^L|^XO^?^H^Hx87G4^GK@^?;^DCx^GL@<pqD;Cy^D3^F^?ht^D{0xHC^QGt^D:^@sDs;?3LKL0^GLp|^VO^L<4^O#^L^MO
.
.
.
.
Apr 16 17:35:54 et chat[20981]:
0^?^On^W^G8^C7y^C|^P{4?^K^NCH0p^?^O8s^@8^Nn;wg^C^_^K|w^A^K^A8G^K^Kp0~s^@]0tLDqwx<7^K^AwKCKowfO0s^F;^Dx^N`^GB
Apr 16 17:45:00 et chat[21015]:
^M"^OC^Op^?^Aw^P}K@\`^KDs3g^@Hs^?P@a/^GHnw^Ag^^8^KCGLv4L^V^Vx`O^@wCL^_^Avf<^@O^G^C^@aDOwv8pLfLDH{^D48^C<
Apr 16 17:45:40 et chat[21015]: alarm
Apr 16 17:45:40 et chat[21015]: Failed
Apr 16 17:45:41 et pppd[21014]: Exit.
Apr 16 17:47:54 et pppd[21027]: pppd 2.3.4 started by root, uid 0
Apr 16 17:47:55 et chat[21028]: send (ATDT the number I dial goes here ^M)
Apr 16 17:47:55 et chat[21028]: expect (gin:)
Apr 16 17:48:40 et chat[21028]: alarm
Apr 16 17:48:40 et chat[21028]: Failed
Apr 16 17:48:41 et pppd[21027]: Exit.
Does anyone know what is happening ?
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Eric Trimmer email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
of Web Address: http://et.trimmer.org
et.trimmer.org
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 And Samba
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:35:32 -0400
Take a look at this page.
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/
Greg.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<7h925m$p11$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>All,
>
Could anyone point me to a web page on how to setup up
>Samba to work with win 98. I am new at this so I need good directions.
>
>Thanks
>
>Dale Holloway
>
>
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From: Robert Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.cellular.gsm,alt.cellular,alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject: Cellular modem on Linux ?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:47:43 +0000
I am about to buy a new cellular phone but would like to learn of
experiences Linux users have had with cellular modems.
The official phone sites (e.g. www.nokia.com ) say windows is a
pre-requisite but this is not an option for me.
Do you get an AT prompt with a cellular modem or are they winmodems ?
I would also like to be able to manage the address book on the phone. Is
this done with AT commands or is proprietry software required ?
TIA
RJ
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From: "Dennis S. Tepe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Connect to Oracle from Linux
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 23:04:33 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I need to connect to a Oracle database (in a Sun box) from my Redhat Linux
> box. Please tell me what I need and where to get it. Thank you!
>
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I can connect with my Oracle DB using only minicom.
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LAN to Internet
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:42:00 +0100
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Matthew L. Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>Hi,
>
>I have posted numerous times, and haven't gotten a response, so I
>figured I would try yet again.
Probably because the question is very general. 8-/
>
>I am going to be running a LAN (Linux box serving Win95/98 clients all
>in Private Class C IP address space). The linux box will be used to
>connect to my ISP via PPP each time a client needs network access. How
>do I do this?
Set up the linux box to connect to your ISP. Read up on demand-dialing.
> What if another client has already caused the server to
>open a dialup session (i.e. can the two clients share the PPP connection
>that the server has established)?
Yes, but it will be slower, obviously, the more clients that use it.
> What services will I need to run?
>Firewalling?
Yes.
>IPmasq?
Yes. Though this depends on how you want it to work and whether or not
all the computers on the LAN have proper registered IP addresses or just
internal ones.
>DNS?
Would probably be handy.
> How about using the linux box to get our mail
>from the ISP regularly, and then have clients connect to it to get their
>individual mail?
You could certainly do that. Again how would depend on how your ISP
delivers mail, and how your users want to pick it up.
I think you'd probably get better answers if you set up as much as you
can by yourself and then come to the group when/if you come across a
specific problem. Pretty much everything you've asked about here is
covered in at least some depth by the relevant how-tos and
documentation.
--
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From: Erik Norvelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with IPv4 Forwarding
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:07:36 -0700
Howdy:
I am trying to set up a NAT box so that I can set up a "virtual" web server. So
far I have got my two ethernet cards installed and configured, one with a
"real" IP address (eth0), and one with a 198.16.2.x address (eth1). I have IP
forwarding turned on in the kernel, I have the /proc filesystem enabled, and in
my /etc/sysconfig/network script, I have "FORWARD_IPV4" set to "Yes".
However, when I use ipfwadm to try to set up a routing policy (by using
"ipfwadm -F -a accept", or even just "ipfwadm -F -l" to list policies), I get
the error "Cannot open file /proc/net/ip_forward".
I have yet to find any postings on Deja or anywhere else relating to this error
message. Any suggestions would be helpful.
TKA,
Erik Norvelle
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From: "Dave Ewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ifconfig
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:57:16 +0100
ANTHONY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Any body can tell me what's the reason whenever I issue the ifconfig
> command (ifconfig eth0 ipaddress) it hangs ?
I had this happen when the IP address wasn't reachable (I had mistyped it).
The command doesn't seem to time out.
Dave.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sjoerd)
Subject: Re: Crossover cable for pc to pc network?
Date: 11 May 1999 16:36:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 May 1999 17:36:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm attempting my first home network. I have an older i486 box (isa
>only) and a newer i686 box with isa and pci slots available. I am about
>to purchase a Netgear 10/100 fast Ethernet PCI FA310TX card for the
>i686 box. I am looking for a net card for the i486 (isa) 10BaseT10.
>
>Would there be any problem connecting a isa Ethernet to a pci Ethernet
>card?
Nope.
>My question is: Do I have to use a hub to wire these machines together
>or can I just wire the Ethernet cards directly together? I was reading
>somewhere that if I wire them directly together I have to either make a
>crossover cable or purchase one. Is this correct?
Yes you've to buy or get or make a cross cable yourself. You can't use
a standard utp cable to connect 2 ethernet cards with each other.
Sjoerd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Intranet with Linux + Apache
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:23:20 GMT
Thanks all of your replies! We don't have NT Domain, but I got the
point.
Thanks alots.
Jonathan
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From: "Matthew L. Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network to Internet (via PPP to ISP)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:06:14 -0400
Hi all,
I am going to be setting up a client/server network using a linux box
(RedHat 6.0). There are going to be about 6 nodes (Win95/98 machines)
that will need access to the internet.
I plan to use the private class C space (192.168.1.x) addresses for the
nodes (linux box on 192.168.1.1 sound ok?).
I would like to set the network up so that each node goes through the
server for net access. Of course, I'm using PPP to get to my ISP, so
I'll need some sort of way to do this. When a node wants 'net access,
can the server open a PPP connection from it to the ISP on demand? Will
it automatically hang up after a period of inactivity? What if one node
has already opened a connection? Will the server allow both nodes to use
the connection simultaneously?
Also, I'm wan the server to be able to pull POP3 mail off the ISP mail
server, and allow client machines (running netscape messenger or eudora)
to access their mail through accounts on our server, while outgoing mail
should go to the server for delivery to our ISP.
Sorry about being a bit long-winded, but I have a lot of questions.
Can someone give me an overview of how I should set this up, or point me
in the right direction?
Thanks,
Matt
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From: "������� �������" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ethernet transmit timeout problem
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 22:58:06 +0300
Hi every one
Recently i have configured a Linux Box with two Micronet (rtl8139) netcards
This box works as a Forwarding machine with IP MSQ, having my intranet
straight to internet via LAN
Also the same box works as DNS, PROXY (squid), WWW (Apache) & Samba
server
Everything works fine without any serious problems, but one annoying syptom:
some times without any particular reason the macine gives the following
message
<< ethernet transmit timeout on eth0 (or) eth1 >>....
when this occurs everything that has to do with networking in my intranet
stops until i rebbot the box
I have alredy try to work the box stopping all the above srvices one by one
but still nothing happened
Can anybody give me a direction or a solution that has to do with my
problem?
Thanks in advance
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Hymers)
Subject: [Newbie Question] Setting up a machine to allow Internet access over a network
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:21:16 GMT
I have just started using Redhat Linux 5.2 on a spare 486 I have. I
use Freeserve for my Internet connection and have a small network of
two other Win95 machines using the basic sharing setup of Win95. I
want to know whether it is possible to set up my Linux box to act as
both a proxy server which will dial into my ISP when a request for
such an external page is made from one of the network machines and
whether I can download all of the e-mail from my account
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and have it stored on the Linux machine
under the relevant user name (mark, simon etc... [e.g
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mail going to user mark].
Rather a lot there I know but any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Mark
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From: "DOMINICK P PETRACCA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: connection to Prodigy
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:18:24 -0400
I am trying to connect my RedHat 5.2 machine to Prodigy. When I dial up, it
is asking me for a Port Password. I called prodigy and all they could tell
me was to not use PPP, but to use the "regular" way. Does anyone know what
I can do or what they mean?
Thanks
Dominick
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From: Wouter Liefting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RARP RARP RARP RARP
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:23:18 +0200
Jon wrote:
> Whever wrote the Net-Bootings howto missed a simple paragraph.
Hey, he�s volunteering too... Perhaps you write the paragraph and sent it
to him (her?) for inclusion after this?
> If your kernal doesnt have RARP support how do you add it ?????????
By selecting it at compile time. However, from the remaining of your mail
I assume you will want to write a RARP server, and as far as I know, you
don�t need kernel support for that. Only if you need a RARP client do you
need to recompile your kernel.
> I've looked high and low for three days for a RARP module and some
> instructions for non-unix Gurus
> All I want to do is add RARP support to my RedHat 5.2 System so I can
> boot my sun :-)
You need a RARP server for that. I�m not sure, but perhaps there is a
regular rpm for that. I searched on www.redhat.com on RARP and found a
lot of applicable documentation, so I guess that�s where you should look.
>
>
> Any ideas.
>
> Please mail me
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Bernat Ginard Llad�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie firewall question
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:26:42 +0100
DB7654321 wrote:
> I am new to Linux and networking and wondered if I need a firewall? I have 3
> (1 Linux, 2 Win95) computers that I would like to share one internet
> connection. I have read that you need to seperate your private network and the
> internet. Is a firewall really needed in my situation? If so can anyone
> suggest any good reading about the subject?
> David Bell
>
What you need is IP-Masquerade to connect the private network to Internet
and there is a howto about it.
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Bernat Ginard Llad�
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Reagan)
Subject: ethertap compiled in kernel vs. module
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:31:29 GMT
Hi there,
I'm starting to use an application that makes use of the ethertap
device. My current problem/question is about running multiple
instances of ethertap.
After some futzing around in DejaNews and general archive
searching I seem to be able to get multiple instances running
fine when the ethertap device is compiled as a module.
My preference, however, is to compile the device into the kernel
and use it that way. Unfortunately I haven't had any success
getting more than the first instance of the device to run (using
2.2.6 and 2.2.7) when it is compiled in.
Is there something that I'm missing? Do I just have to run it as
a module for now? Is this a known limitation or is the limitation
in me?
Thanks for any assistance.
Dan Reagan
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From: Gary Gourley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What's the difference between 3C905 and 3C905B, please?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 16:25:13 +0800
Hi,
What is the difference between 3C905 TX and 3C905B TX?
Hardware bug fixes or performance boost?
A shop tries to sell a 3C905 card to me in a bargain price
...
B or not(to) B, please? I have checked the 3Com webpage but
no information on the difference.
Thanks
-gary
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