Linux-Networking Digest #227, Volume #11 Fri, 21 May 99 13:13:42 EDT
Contents:
RedHat 5.2 install. SMB and FTP options dont work. ("Avnish Gupta")
RedHat 5.2 install. SMB and FTP options dont work. ("Avnish Gupta")
Wireless Bridge (Donald R. McGregor)
Re: PPP Help Please... (Roy)
Re: Diald dials but no PPP? (marco tephlant)
Re: 3C509B NIC Problem...try this .... (marco tephlant)
Re: NFS service not responding ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
samba makes filenames lowercase (Erik Lins)
Re: �como hago una red de 2 pc�s? ("OOOOO")
Re: routing problems with Redhat 5.2 (John Taylor)
M$ is scared (XonXoff)
Re: Firewall+DHCP (pump) Strange DHCP behavior HELP! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPP Problem: What does my ISP want? (Rand Simberg)
needing module for HP PC LAN Adapter NC/16 TP or equiv. (Michael Kutz)
Re: linux ADSL setup (pachell uptime and dsl quality) (bryan)
Lost my NIC (Chad Cunningham)
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From: "Avnish Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 5.2 install. SMB and FTP options dont work.
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:32:48 +0530
I am trying to install Red Hat Linux 5.2 using the following options:
SMB option:
I have shared the cdrom on a WIN98 machine giving read only access to
everyone. The IP address of this machine is 192.168.103.50. and the name is
xyz. After using supplemental disk and partitioning i configured my network
adapter. For network configuration i chose the following options:
IP Address: 192.168.103.144
Netmask: 255.255.255.0 (same as that of WIN98 machine)
Default Gateway: 192.168.103.144
Primary Nameserver: 192.168.103.144
Domain Name: pqr
Host Name: abc.pqr
Secondary Name Server: None
Tertiary Name Server: None
SMB Server Name: xyz
Share Volume: cdrom
Account Name: None
Password: None
After this configuration i get the message "I could not mount that directory
from the server". The only way to come out of this is Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Ping to Linux machine gives the following output:
Pinging 192.168.103.144 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.103.144:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
What could be wrong?
FTP option:
I have a WINNT 4.0 machine (Name: def, IP address 192.168.103.254, Subnet
Mask 255.255.255.0) which is a FTP server. Its cdrom is made a Virtual
Directory with name /cdrom. I have allowed read only anonymous access to
this.
After using supplemental disk and partitioning i configured my network
adapter. For network configuration i chose the following options this time:
IP Address: 192.168.103.135
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.103.135
Primary Nameserver: 192.168.103.135
Domain Name: pqr
Host Name: abc.pqr
Secondary Name Server: None
Tertiary Name Server: None
FTP Site Name: 192.168.103.254
Red Hat Directory: cdrom
i didnt choose the option "use non-anonymous FTP or a Proxy Server"
After this i was prompted for the list of packages to install and i chose
everything.
I got the message "I cannot get file
cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/setup-1.9.2-1.noarch.rpm: File not found on Server". When
i clicked OK i got the message "I m having trouble getting %s. Should i keep
trying?" I selected No. This time i got the message "I cannot get file
cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/filesystem-1.3.2-3.noarch.rpm: File not found on Server".
And so on. The only way to come out of this is Ctrl+Alt+Del.
When i used the follwing command "dir setup*.*" on my cdrom using my WINNT
4.0 machine i got the following list of files:
setup-1.9
setuptool-1.0-1
and the command "dir file*.*" gave me the following results:
file-3.25-2
filesystem-1.3
fileutils-3.16-10
When i use "ftp 192.168.103.254" from my WIN98 machine which i mentioned in
the SMB option i can login using the following information:
User: anonymous
Password: none
Here i can browse all my directories. I used the following command "cd
/cdrom/redhat/rpms" and it worked well. It also displays the list of rpm
packages using the command ls. But here also the same names are displayed
which i saw using the command "dir *.*" on my WINNT machine.
Pinging my Linux machine from my WINNT machine gives the following result:
Pinging 192.168.103.135 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
What could be wrong?
I am not a regular visitor to newsgroups so please cc at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanx in advance.
Avnish Gupta
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From: "Avnish Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 5.2 install. SMB and FTP options dont work.
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 19:34:07 +0530
I am trying to install Red Hat Linux 5.2 using the following options:
SMB option:
I have shared the cdrom on a WIN98 machine giving read only access to
everyone. The IP address of this machine is 192.168.103.50. and the name is
xyz. After using supplemental disk and partitioning i configured my network
adapter. For network configuration i chose the following options:
IP Address: 192.168.103.144
Netmask: 255.255.255.0 (same as that of WIN98 machine)
Default Gateway: 192.168.103.144
Primary Nameserver: 192.168.103.144
Domain Name: pqr
Host Name: abc.pqr
Secondary Name Server: None
Tertiary Name Server: None
SMB Server Name: xyz
Share Volume: cdrom
Account Name: None
Password: None
After this configuration i get the message "I could not mount that directory
from the server". The only way to come out of this is Ctrl+Alt+Del.
Ping to Linux machine gives the following output:
Pinging 192.168.103.144 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.144: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.103.144:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
What could be wrong?
FTP option:
I have a WINNT 4.0 machine (Name: def, IP address 192.168.103.254, Subnet
Mask 255.255.255.0) which is a FTP server. Its cdrom is made a Virtual
Directory with name /cdrom. I have allowed read only anonymous access to
this.
After using supplemental disk and partitioning i configured my network
adapter. For network configuration i chose the following options this time:
IP Address: 192.168.103.135
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.103.135
Primary Nameserver: 192.168.103.135
Domain Name: pqr
Host Name: abc.pqr
Secondary Name Server: None
Tertiary Name Server: None
FTP Site Name: 192.168.103.254
Red Hat Directory: cdrom
i didnt choose the option "use non-anonymous FTP or a Proxy Server"
After this i was prompted for the list of packages to install and i chose
everything.
I got the message "I cannot get file
cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/setup-1.9.2-1.noarch.rpm: File not found on Server". When
i clicked OK i got the message "I m having trouble getting %s. Should i keep
trying?" I selected No. This time i got the message "I cannot get file
cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/filesystem-1.3.2-3.noarch.rpm: File not found on Server".
And so on. The only way to come out of this is Ctrl+Alt+Del.
When i used the follwing command "dir setup*.*" on my cdrom using my WINNT
4.0 machine i got the following list of files:
setup-1.9
setuptool-1.0-1
and the command "dir file*.*" gave me the following results:
file-3.25-2
filesystem-1.3
fileutils-3.16-10
When i use "ftp 192.168.103.254" from my WIN98 machine which i mentioned in
the SMB option i can login using the following information:
User: anonymous
Password: none
Here i can browse all my directories. I used the following command "cd
/cdrom/redhat/rpms" and it worked well. It also displays the list of rpm
packages using the command ls. But here also the same names are displayed
which i saw using the command "dir *.*" on my WINNT machine.
Pinging my Linux machine from my WINNT machine gives the following result:
Pinging 192.168.103.135 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.103.135: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
What could be wrong?
I am not a regular visitor to newsgroups so please cc at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanx in advance.
Avnish Gupta
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald R. McGregor)
Subject: Wireless Bridge
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 21:12:23 GMT
A student dumped the following problem on my desk:
There's a libereto hand-held running linux with a WaveLAN wireless
adaptor, and a linux box with another wireless adaptor and a
standard ethernet card connected to the world.
+----------+ +----+ +-------+
|Libereto |-------------| PC |-------|Da Net |
+----------+ +----+ +-------+
The PC and the Libereto communicate via the wavelan card
in each. The PC is dual-homed with both a wireless and
standard PCMCIA ethernet card. All the machines have IP
numbers on the same network, x.x.7.x.
The Libereto and the PC can ping back and forth, but of
course the Libereto can't get to anything beyond the
wireless interface on the PC. The ARP lookups will fail,
since those won't go across the PC, and stuff from the
net won't get to the Libereto, for the same reason.
It seems to me that what's needed is a bridge, so that
the ethernet frames can get across the PC.
Before I get too deeply into this, I'm wondering if anyone
has done something like this before, and knows of any
gotchas. (For example I'd like to keep IP numbers on the PC, so
that it can still be used for useful things, and the
how-to on linux bridging suggests keeping IPs off the interfaces.)
--
Don McGregor | "It's deja-vu and amnesia at the same time--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | I've forgotten this before."
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From: Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP Help Please...
Date: 20 May 1999 14:32:47 PDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Greg Aeschliman wrote:
> I'm starting to go a bit crazy trying to get connected to my ISP here.
> I've read every FAQ How-to I've gotten my hands on and still can't get it
> going. Here's a bit from the last time I logged on. I'm a complete
> Linux newbie so please dumb it down for me. Here goes the log:
>
> May 20 18:25:45 localhost pppd[6343]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
>
> May 20 18:25:45 localhost pppd[6343]: Using interface ppp0
>
> May 20 18:25:45 localhost pppd[6343]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua2
>
> May 20 18:26:16 localhost pppd[6343]: LCP: timeout sending Config-
> Requests
>
> May 20 18:26:16 localhost pppd[6343]: Connection terminated.
>
> May 20 18:26:16 localhost pppd[6343]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
> clean:
>
> May 20 18:26:16 localhost pppd[6343]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
>
> May 20 18:26:26 localhost pppd[6343]: Exit.
>
> It will connect but then pppd will terminate. This is as close as I've
> gotten and it's taken me some time to get this far. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg Aeschliman
sorry/testing nr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (marco tephlant)
Subject: Re: Diald dials but no PPP?
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:40:48 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> On 15 May 1999 00:13:12 GMT, MikeVW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >OK this is really pissing me off. All I want to do is let my little
> >seti@home proggie run and be able to connect to the net to upload and
> >download its data even when I'm not around. Diald is what I need.
I had some problem with diald, and it was (i think) solved by not
specifying the device (i think it was /dev/cua1 in my case) in my
/etc/ppp/options file.
HTH
--
Marco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (marco tephlant)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 3C509B NIC Problem...try this ....
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 22:38:16 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> marco tephlant wrote:
> i have similar cards, 2 x 3c5099b's with pnp switched off, io set to 0x300, irq
> 10, with a patch cable connecting the two PCs, cannot get the bloody things to
> work...cards recognised, but i can't get a ping etc from them...gah
>
> any ideas ?
>
> ben
erm, have you tried changing to IRQ 5 as per above? IRQ 10 *would not*
work for me (allthough I know it does for some people - indeed a 3c509
works fine at IRQ 10 in one of my other PCs!), I know cos I spent months
trying to get it to work!
Use the 3cx5x9.exe (or whatever it's called) config program on etherdisk
2 to change the IRQ. BTW I downloaded the latest etherdisks, I don't
know what the difference is though.
--
Marco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: NFS service not responding
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:01:08 GMT
When I run ps -A it shows that nfsd is running. Is this correct or is it
really running knfsd? How do I find out which is running?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Johannes Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bill Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I am not sure if this is relevant. NFS uses rpc and portmap, both go
> trough the tcpd and name lookup via NIS uses portmap also.
>
> That means that if you use domain names for rpc/nfs/portmap services
> in hosts.allow, this could cause name lookup via NIS, which could
> cause portmap requests, which would cause name lookup, and so on.
>
> Therefore, hosts allow should contain something like
>
> portmap: 123.456.789
>
> and perhaps also
>
> rpc.nfsd: 123.456.789
> rpc.mountd: 123.456.789
>
> please correct me if the service names or anything else are wrong.
>
> > >
> > > # hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which
are
> > > # allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
> > > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > >
> > > ALL:bell.xxxx.xxx
> > >
> > > ###This is the only machine that needs to see this machine!
> > >
> > > # cat hosts.deny
> > >
> > > # hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which
are
> > > # *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as
decided
> > > # by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
> > >
> > > # The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
> > > # the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow. In
particular
> > > # you should know that NFS uses portmap!
> > >
> > > ALL:ALL
> > >
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> --------------------------------------------------
>
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From: Erik Lins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: samba makes filenames lowercase
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 17:30:23 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
when I copy some files with the Windows NT explorer to a network drive
on my samba/Linux pc and then have a look at the copied files from linux
(ls -l), all filenames are lower case now. Is that normal behaviour ? Is
it possible to fix that ?
Copying files by ftp preserves the filenames correctly.
Thank you in advance,
ER!K
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From: "OOOOO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,es.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: �como hago una red de 2 pc�s?
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 18:18:22 +0200
Christophe MOUSTIER escribi� en mensaje
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Noa falas Ingles ?
>
>
>> necesito un poco de ayuda para conectar mi portatil al ordenador de
>> sobremesa a traves de targetas de red ethernet, llevo varios dias
>> intentandolo sin exito, he leido hau-tus, man pages y modificado archivos
>> pero no consigo conectarlos, tengo hasta ma�ana de plazo para conseguirlo
y
>> este me ha parecido el lugar mas idoneo para hacer esta consulta.
>>
>> el portatil con Suse:
>> rou.mierda.net ip: 125.1.3.88 mask: 255.0.0.0 gw: 125.1.0.222
>>
>> el de sobremesa con Red hat:
>> rotxa.mierda.net ip: 125.1.5.0 mask: 255.0.0.0 gw 125.1.0.222
>>
>> porque no consigo conectarlos?
>> alguien me puede enviar un ejemplo de 2 pc�s en red?
>> que archivos he de configurar?
>> que estoy haciendo mal?
>
Lo primero de todo, si solo tienes 2 pc's ... para que co�o quieres 3 bytes
de mascara ???? con 255.255.255.0 vas que te matas y, por supuesto, esos
ip's no te sirven. Puedes usar 125.1.3.1 y 125.1.3.2 ...
Ademas, la direccion ip x.x.x.0 no sirve al igual que la x.x.x.255 (y tu
usaste la x.x.x.0)
Y suponiendo que hagas esto, si sigue sin irte es porque no tendras el
kernel adecuado y no te cogera bien tus tarjetas de red.
Un saludo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Taylor)
Subject: Re: routing problems with Redhat 5.2
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 10:15:58 -0600
I found the file that I was looking for. It was "/etc/sysconfig/network-
scripts/ifcfg-lo". For some reason, the loopback adapter was not
configured correctly and the netcfg interface does not allow you to edit
the loopback interface. Using the "ifcfg-eth0" file as an example, I was
able to reconfigure the loopback adapter and all is well now.
Thanks for your help.
John.
In article <TV013.79$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> The comment about rc.local was just a GENERAL comment. Under RH5.2, the
> network configuration is usually handled by files in
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts . Most of these scripts are data driven from
> files written by netcfg.
>
> At startup /etc/rc.d/init.d/network runs and inturn executes many of the
> scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts .
>
> John Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > In article <XF_03.60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > says...
> > > In general if you want things to rerun everytime you reboot, add them to
> > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> > >
> > >
> > > Although, if you have been able to get Xwindows going, run the network
> > > configurator.
> > > netcfg
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the quick reply Curt. I did fire up netcfg and *thought* that
> > I had added the static route correctly. Obviously, I didn't do it right.
> >
> > I checked the rc.local file on my system and didn't find any other
> > network configuration options, so they must be stored somewhere else in
> > RH 5.2. The search continues....
> >
> >
> > John
> >
>
>
>
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From: XonXoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: M$ is scared
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:15:20 GMT
I just read this today and thought I'd pass it along.
"
Microsoft has started a group of about ten
employees to counter the fast-growing, free
operating system Linux, according to reports.
The strategy of forming a group of engineers and
marketers is similar to Microsoft's efforts in battling
other competitive threats like Sun Microsystems'
Java programming language, and the Linux group is
trying to convince other companies not to use
Linux.
"Getting inside the head of our competitors is one
of our best practices," said Linux-group head Jim
Ewel, who is also a marketing director at
Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Dell Computer said last month that it would install
Red Hat Software's version of the Linux operating
system on some of its computers and take a
minority stake in the closely held company, a show
of support for the alternative to Microsoft's
Windows.
"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Firewall+DHCP (pump) Strange DHCP behavior HELP!
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:22:20 GMT
I tried running dhcpcd from the bash prompt. It would churn for a while
and then return the prompt without any feedback. Reviewing the end of
/var/log/messages showed that dhcpcd was timing out for lack of
response from the DHCP server.
> It seems there is a problem running 6.0 with DHCP servers overall.
After
> 3 days worth of attempts of setting up the DHCP connections to
mediaone I
> decided to give up and go back to my old RH5.2 which worked like a
> champ....
>
> ( and yes, I did changed the pump, and I did try to use the
/sbin/dhcpcd
> instead of /sbin/pump as well. Too tired of BS)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rand Simberg)
Subject: Re: PPP Problem: What does my ISP want?
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:05:56 GMT
On Fri, 21 May 1999 08:33:40 -0500, in a place far, far away, Clifford
Kite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
>You may have the wrong IRQ configured as the modem's IRQ for the device
>node /dev/ttyS2 .
Aaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!
I've already been through IRQ hell, and think that I've got that
figured out. There was along soliloquoy in another thread by me on
that subject, though it may have been in the .setup rather than the
..networking newsgroup.
I did have a mouse conflict on IRQ4, but now the modem is installed in
hardware and with setserial as IRQ7, and I'm not aware of any other
devices on that interrupt.
>The CONNECT '' expect/send sends a carriage return
>when the CONNECT string from the modem is found. The ^M in the last
>line above may be this carriage return and if this is so then the IRQ
>(configured by setserial in a boot-up file) is not the the IRQ that the
>modem actually uses. The time difference between the time the carriage
>return is sent and the time ^M appears is 20 seconds which is
>suspicious.
>
>You can determine with certainty whether the IRQ is the problem by using
> '' ATZ as the first chat expect/send and OK ATDT13108960011
>as
>the second. Note the time difference between the time when the ATZ is
>sent and the time the OK appears. A difference of more than 1 or 2
>seconds
>means the IRQ of the device file is misconfigured (19 seconds is common
>for a misconfigured IRQ).
>
>It could be something else though. The carriage return sent by using ''
>as a send in an expect/send sometimes confuses an ISP. It's better to
>use
> '\d\c' which adds a small delay and doesn't send a carriage return.
I'll try that.
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From: Michael Kutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: needing module for HP PC LAN Adapter NC/16 TP or equiv.
Date: 21 May 1999 16:31:02 GMT
i am having problems w/t an HP PC LAN Adapter NC/16 TP
it is also suppose to be AMD 1500/2100 compatible.
i've tried setting the card up in dos using current HP
software and then running RedHat 5.2, but i don't think
i have choosen the right module for the nic. i have
used another co.'s pnp type card and copiled the module
that came w/t the card (ne*000) but that module does not
work w/t the HP card either,(i tried all modules available)
i am needing to know which module to use, and where to get
the latest version.
thank you for any help
MK
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux ADSL setup (pachell uptime and dsl quality)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.dcom.xdsl
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 16:00:13 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking Ghost Rider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Bryan,
: So the Alcatel modem is a POS. What are the problems and what is better?
I don't know what is better and I have no ability to try anything else
- this is what came with pachell dsl and I think I'm stuck with it.
the modem goes offline for no damned reason at all. well, I'm sure
there is -some- reason, I doubt there is a random number generator
inside ;-) but sometimes it really seems like there is.
the 'traffic' activity light is bogus - it blinks at a regular rate
regardless of the amount of ethernet or atm traffic thru it. no way
to see activity like regular hubs, bridges, routers, etc. looks like
a $0.49 radio shack blinker led to me ...
the modem is VERY sensitive to caller-id signals. when I had the dsl
modem installed, the installer (downstairs at the demarc) said
"something is putting a signal on the line - you gotta fix that before
we can proceed". turns out that it was all my caller-id boxes. when
they blink their lites to show incoming calls, this screws with the
dsl modem big-time. fix: remove all caller id boxes from my pots
lines ;-(
if the pots 'tree' isn't balanced in some way, then just having a pots
phone after the pots splitter (not even off-hook) will cause the
alcatel dsl modem to blink red (error). solution: remove all phones
from the house except one (DAMMIT!)
I know I'm close to the CO - they came out and did a S/N reading and
said I could quality for the full 1.5meg service and in fact, I could
peak up to 5meg before the S/N would cut me off.
so I'm thinking of putting that dsl modem on an X10 'remote power
controller' and having my linux box monitor the default router in a
tight loop. if after a minute or so of no pings, I would send a
signal out the printer port which would be wired to the wireless
remote X10 control, thus shutting off the modem for about 1 minute
(seems to be long enough to cause the DSLAM to reset its port). then
after waiting 1 minute, power the modem back up again (via the remote)
and continue monitoring. since the modem is a learning bridge, you
have to wait 30 seconds before its forwarding db is filled and it goes
from learning->forwarding. you have to take that in to consideration
when rebooting and waiting for connectivity.
I SERIOUSLY DOUBT that anyone other than me is crazy enough to go to
all this trouble... ;-) but my main field is network management so
this is particularly interesting to me..
so there's the skinny on the P.O.S. alcatel modem.
again, to be fair, pachell has too many problems to describe - they
have had DNS issues (from 2am thru 11am the next day - SHEESH!), ATM
network problems, router problems, line problems and modem problems.
I'm glad they at least have regular voice service being managed by
another group - else we'd never be able to make a voice call...
oh, and be SURE you get your static ip addresses from 'provisioning'
BEFORE (!) the dsl tech comes out to your house. I was told that the
tech would have my IP's and that was 100.0% incorrect. I was onhold
for well over an hour waiting in the queue for a provisioning person
to assign my ip space. I wanted that before the tech left the house,
so we could verify ip connectivity. the phone support is very shabby
and you will wait 20 minutes on-hold before they disconnect you (on
accident, of course). uhm, I mean, before they connect you to a
service rep - who is pretty clueless and if you have any tech
questions at all, you need to go immediately to a supervisor. sigh -
BIG sigh...
sorry for the rant - I feel much better now ;-)
: I
: am about to get ADSL from SBC and this is the modem they give as well.
: Thanks.
: Donny in Dallas
: ----------
: In article <8hV03.34780$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, bryan
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >only marginally related to the subj line-
: >
: >if you want to see how well MY adsl (from pachell) is doing, go to my
: 'ping page':
: >
: > http://www.Grateful.Net/
: >
: >and select "Bryan's ADSL!" from the menu.
: >
: >it will let you interactively select the X- and Y-scale values of the graphs.
: >
: >you can zoom in/out in time and value and see how much red pachell has
: >put me thru. (green is valid ping responses and red are timeouts or
: >non-reachability).
: >
: >I'm monitoring about 100 public sites - just for my own amusement.
: >
: >whenever the graph has red marks that are all up and down (all sites),
: >there was something wrong with the ADSL connection to pachell. either
: >the piece-of-shit alcatel modem they give us or DNS issues or layer-3
: >issues or ATM issues - you name it, pachell messes it up. its pretty
: >far from 'production quality'.
: >
: >I'm paying $200/mo for 1.5meg in and 384k out.
: >
: >(the linux system that my CGI is running on is a dual celeron (2*450)
: >with a 10k rpm disk, 256meg ecc sdram and mandrake linux 5.x, fwiw).
: >
: >--
: >Bryan
--
Bryan
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From: Chad Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lost my NIC
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:54:26 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My NIC has stopped working... Had it going for several months now, then
the other day I booted into windows to resize some partitions. Went back
to linux and the NIC isn't working now... When I try to activate eth0
(via dhcp), I get the error
insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net/3c509.o: init_module: Device or
resource busy
dhcpcd[558]: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR (ifConfig): No such device
I just upgraded to redhat 6.0 to try and fix the problem, before
upgrading, the error I got was something like
dhcpcd[558]: ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR (ifConfig): Operation not supported by
device
All I did was boot into windows :(
--
Chad Cunningham
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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