Linux-Networking Digest #241, Volume #11 Sat, 22 May 99 11:13:24 EDT
Contents:
Re: establishing PPP with an ISA-PnP modem (Fahd Khan)
Re: Call me clueless... (Tim Lines)
Re: Need Linux SNMP documentation ("Bob Bevins")
Re: Can't communicate through 2nd NIC (Ken Cormack)
Re: Samba and lpr problem (Cliff Green)
IPv6 via ppp ? (jim)
PCMCIA and ether card initialization ("Tim Underwood")
multiple dsl lines (Tiberio, David)
Re: Long delay starting sendmail (Villy Kruse)
Re: PPP connection from linux to Zyxel router Prestige 153X problem
Problems networking between Linux & Win98 (AAack!) (Crossbones)
Booting Diskless Client - Linux 2.2.6 (Madeleine Robert)
Re: is vnc video card independent ? (Matt)
Re: Question on VPN (Virtual Private Networking)i (John Mellor)
Problem with Wu.FTPD (Andrea Cerrito)
Re: samba via ppp server - other win95 machines (Ronald Hovens)
Re: cdrom ounting trouble!! (Scott)
Problem with WU-FTPd (Andrea Cerrito)
Re: APM (Benjamin John)
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From: Fahd Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: establishing PPP with an ISA-PnP modem
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 07:12:00 GMT
Thanks to everyone that tried to help. I solved it now, it was a mistake in
setting up my serial port. A note to people having problems similar to mine:
setting the serial port manually doesn't always seem to work, even if you have
the I/O and the IRQ right. Instead try "setserial /dev/ttyS2 auto_irq
skip_test autoconfig" (this line is copied straight out of the man page). This
set my IRQ to 10 and I/O port to 0x03e8 which is exactly the same settings I
was setting manually, but for some reason the autoconfig worked properly while
the manual method did not. Anyone having problems with setserial, try that.
Clifford Kite wrote:
> Fahd Khan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> : > May 19 01:00:46 promise pppd[195]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
> : > May 19 01:00:46 promise pppd[195]: Using interface ppp0
> : > May 19 01:00:46 promise pppd[195]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS2
> : > May 19 01:00:46 promise pppd[195]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ]
> : > May 19 01:00:55 promise last message repeated 3 times
> : > May 19 01:00:56 promise pppd[195]: Modem hangup
> : > May 19 01:00:56 promise pppd[195]: Connection terminated.
> : > May 19 01:00:57 promise pppd[195]: Exit.
> : >
>
What this pattern of pppd connection failure meant was that my modem was not
operating fast enough to keep up with the server, i.e. it was taking a long
time to send packets and the connection appeared to be one way. This is what
pointed me to my solution: when the modem works, but it is very slow, it is
usually a sign that the IRQ is misconfigured. This is how I discovered and
solved my problem.
> Using minicom is a poor way of bringing up pppd. Here I suspect by the
> time you noted the connection had been made, exited minicom and started
> pppd, the ISP software had decided that something had happened and was in
> another mode and about to hang up. It did hangup about 10 seconds after
> you started pppd cutting short to 4 the usual 10 initial LCP messages
> that pppd sends before timing out.
Yes, however I'd like to point out that using Minicom allows more of a chance
to trouble-shoot, and especcially lets you take a look at how fast your modem
responds to AT commands. Once again, slow response = wrong IRQ.
BTW Clifford, I never noticed the part about only sending 4 out of 10 LCP's
until you pointed it out. Thanks, this helped me find the stuff I needed.
> All of this looks reasonable to me. The PPP session failure could be
> due to a setserial misconfiguration of the UART or IRQ but not likely.
> Try these for help getting started with Linux PPP the right way:
Actually it was the IRQ being wrong after all =)
pppconfig is a very nice script that made making the actual scripts very easy.
I recommend this to everyone out there, and especcially fellow Debian users.
Once again, thanks yall! This is the first time I've actually solved a problem
as a direct result of usenet :)
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From: Tim Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Call me clueless...
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 05:56:41 +0000
Where did you get your 172.20 addresses from? As I recall, these are not
private addresses. That's OK if you have real, registered addresses in
what you are calling your private network. Most of us don't.
If you are correct in using the 172.20.255.255 net, look at your routing
tables.
If you aren't, then you need to look into IP Masquerading.
>
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From: "Bob Bevins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need Linux SNMP documentation
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 13:02:39 GMT
does this package handle ups monitoring also? I have snmp adapters installed
but can't get info using mrtg.....any help anywhere on ups with this pkg?
bob bevins
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike Michaud wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is there any documentation on SNMP setup and programming for Linux?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
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Subject: Re: Can't communicate through 2nd NIC
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
From: Ken Cormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 09:01:01 -0400
"Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>#cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
>---------------------------------------
>DEVICE=3D"eth1" =20
>IPADDR=3D"24.4.162.173" =20
>NETMASK=3D"255.255.255.0"
>ONBOOT=3D"yes" =20
>BOOTPROTO=3D"none" =20
First, does your cable provider normally use DHCP to set up your IP addre=
ss? If
yes, then what you have here is incorrect - Use DHCP rather than hard-cod=
ing an
IP address.
Second, does your cable provider normally require some sort of login
authentication? (I would be truely STUNNED if they didn't!)
In Akron, OH, we have the Roadrunner cablemodem service. Here, they use =
DHCP
to provide your IP configuration settings, AND, you must authenticate aga=
inst a
server that controls whether or not you get past their firewall and onto =
the 'net.
If you are a Roadrunner customer, I can point you to a page you might fin=
d very
helpful...
http://www.famed.ohio-state.edu/shane/rr/RoadRunner/Linux/
Ken
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
Ken Cormack
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.neo.rr.com/kcormack/
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From: Cliff Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba and lpr problem
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 17:26:20 -0400
Ryan Yetter wrote:
>
> Ok, I've been searching everywhere for even a clue as to what would cause
> this. I have Samba 2.0.4 running under linux 2.2.9 (bastardized slackware
> distribution) as a server to 3 windows 98 machines. I have a printer share
> set up for an hp deskjet 722c. Now, it works under one condition, but not
> under another. Here are the conditions:
>
> If I run lpd [latest version of lprng under it] and then smbd after that
> while I'm logged in as root, it all works perfectly. BUT, if I run lpd and
> smbd from the rc* scripts, it won't work unless I kill both processes and
> rerun them as root. If I don't do this, the file is sent to the server, but
> the 'printer command' command won't run and the file will just sit there.
> It will only work if I run lpd and smbd manually after logging in as root.
> Any ideas appreciated.
Check your printer command to be sure it has the full path to lp (or lpd
in your case). If not, then it doesn't have the full path at startup,
and you won't be able to print until you manually restart lpd.
c
--
Cliff Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Academic Computing Service UMDNJ
voice: 732-235-5250 fax: 732-235-5252
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From: jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IPv6 via ppp ?
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 09:13:00 -0400
Hi,
I was looking for someone to act as a tunnelhost and mentor so
I could pretend I was really on the network despite the fact
that all I've got is a box which spends better than half it's
time running Win98 for the rest of my family.
I'm in MA USA. It looks like tiac.net connects via alter.net.
I had a full connection using Linux a couple of years ago, but
I've just gotten back to playing with Linux so I'm a bit out-of-date
hobbiest now. (Running debian/unstable, KDE, and Linux 2.2.1 at the
moment.)
Jim Williams
No mailbox, so don't bother trying.
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From: "Tim Underwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: PCMCIA and ether card initialization
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 07:37:45 -0500
I have installed RH 6 on a Compaq 1375, and finally got the Linksys PCMCIA
ether card to generally work, but still have some problems.
I upgraded the pcmcia to 3.0.10. The card is using the ne.o (NE2000)
driver.
The problem is that the card is not seen when linux boots (even after the
"delay" startup). But all I have to do is run linuxconf, and have it
restart the network, and PRESTO! The card is now there and initialized.
Why isn't it initializing properly?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tiberio, David)
Subject: multiple dsl lines
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 14:20:02 -0800
I am having a second dsl line installed. one is a 1.5mb sdsl and the other a
1.1mb sdsl with
a different isp and different carrier.
how do I connect these to my network such that someone from outside my
network can be
sent to either line, round robin? I know the dns part, but how do I connect
the hardware?
I have a 10/100mb switch, with 6 machines connected to it, and my 1.5mb
line. when I get my
second dsl line, do I just plug it into the switch and configure it the same
way I did the first?
do I have to add a second nic card to each machine?
can I route traffic from either dsl line to each machine with only 1 nic
card?
one dsl line uses a netopia modem, and the other is going to be a flowpoint
2200 router, which has
a hub from what I understand.
please cc:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
oofness
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Long delay starting sendmail
Date: 17 May 1999 10:01:14 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Hugh Fader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> .....
>I am using DMfader.dyns.cx as the name of the mailhost in sendmail.cf.
>(Dyns.cx provides dynamic DNS to me for free.) Now, if I use the
>hostname command to set my hostname to roark, I get the delay. If I set
>it to fader, sendmail starts up quickly. It doesn't seem to matter what
>I put in /etc/hosts.
No, but if you put in a fully qualified name as an alias in the /etc/hosts
file it should make a difference:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx fader fader.dyns.cx
or
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx roark roark.dyns.cx
That is because if the hostname as given is not qualified with a domain
part sendmail will look up the host name either with DNS or /etc/hosts
to see if any of the aliases are qualified. If it doesn't succeed with
/etc/hosts it will try DNS -- for a long time -- before giving up.
>
> ......
Villy
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP connection from linux to Zyxel router Prestige 153X problem
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 15:50:55 +0800
Clifford Kite wrote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Try the pppd option "asyncmap a0000" and then "asyncmap 0". If no joy
>then
>check the device file configuration with "setserial /dev/ttySx",
>especially
>the UART type.
Thank you very much. it works with "asyncmap a0000".
>
>
>---
>Clifford Kite Not a guru.
>(tm)
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Crossbones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems networking between Linux & Win98 (AAack!)
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:11:45 GMT
I could use some help figuring out what's going on between my two
machines.
Here's the setup:
Machine1 - P133 running linux. (2 Nics) 1 connection to cable modem. 1
connection to 5 port hub.
Machine2 - k62-450 running Win98/Linux (dual boot)
Now for the problem. If I'm running Linux on both machines.. There are
no problems at all.
However, if I boot machine#2 to Windows, nothing. It shows that the ip
and gateway are both correct (192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.1 respectively.)
but try to ping either direction results in 100%
packet loss. I've spent a couple of days trying to reconfigure stuff,
but I'm at a loss.
I had this working before.. But now I can't get it working for the life
of me. (I've even tried another nic just to make sure.)
Any ideas on what I can check/do? Help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
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From: Madeleine Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Booting Diskless Client - Linux 2.2.6
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:38:49 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Experiencing weirdness with Linux 2.2.6 kernel booting on a diskless
Alpha client. When mounting the local filesystems I see:
RPC: sendmsg returned error 51
RPC: sendmsg returned error 51
RPC: sendmsg returned error 51
RPC: sendmsg returned error 51
portmap: server localhost not responding, timed out
lockd_up: makesock failed, error=-5
This happens numerous times. However, if I wait long enough all my
filesystems get mounted properly. Anybody else see this? Is there a
patch?
Thanks,
Maddy
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Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 09:13:02 +0100
From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: is vnc video card independent ?
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.os-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Bruce,
Why then does my vnc setup only displays the
'x' ie a blank screen and not x windows itself
is there a command I have to type on the linux
box like
export DISPLAY ????
I have set the perl strings and location correctly
and have started Xnc on the linux box which includes
the sign on passwords.
When I start it on the NT box I type in the
same command (passwords and I connect)
ps -a shows that everything is working (vnc)
but am I missing something else ?
Many thanks
Matt
Bruce Stephens wrote:
>
> Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Problem I can get the vnc server running on NT and
> > Linux but there seems to be another problem.
> >
> > Question is vnc video card independent ?
>
> Yes.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Mellor)
Subject: Re: Question on VPN (Virtual Private Networking)i
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 13:42:43 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Superfly) writes:
|> I am a cox@home User & I am trying to create a V.P.N with another
|> @home user any tips would be GREATLY APPRECIATED
Chances are. you don't need a really full vpn. Take a look at running ssh
on either end. You can then transport X sessions and replace rlogin. Ftp
and rcp are replaced by scp. Its really messy to transport other connections
though.
--
John Mellor Kitchener, Ontario, Canada http://www.kitchener.com/mellor/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mellor.kw.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrea Cerrito)
Subject: Problem with Wu.FTPD
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:21:01 GMT
Hi.
I'va got a problem with WU-FTPd.
I use it for managing a Webserver for many clients.
So, I've done users, I've used the /dev/null shell (correctly added in
/etc/shells), I've made them "guest" so they cannot go everywhere in
the filesystem and they can delete, upload, download and so on... oh,
just in their space...
but only if they remember all with their memory!!!
Infact, all Windows Client (Es. CuteFTP) after command ls none is on
the screen.
But if I open a DOS box and I use the old ftp command, I can see
everything with no problems. DIR command works too.
I haven't copied in each directory the structure of /bin, /etc, /lib
and so on, cause their space is used as a web directory!
But if it worked in dos or a unix shell, can it be that problem?
I don't think so...
Someone can help me?
Please, it's very important!
Thanks
Andrea Cerrito
=========== ==== === == =
Hanno detto:
"I PC hanno il tasto 'reset' perch� sono progettati per i sistemi operativi Microsoft."
"Le uniche cose che girano sotto Windows 95 sono le palle."
"Windows ha un'utility per correggere automaticamente i problemi. Si chiama FDISK."
"We don't view this as a bug, but as a feature that could potentially be used in a way
that's not intended." M$ product manager Rob Bennett
E' successo:
"WinErr 815: Insufficient Memory - Only 50,312,583 Bytes available."
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From: Ronald Hovens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: samba via ppp server - other win95 machines
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 10:00:31 +0200
Ted,
Is it absolutely neccessary to enable the plain text password option in
Win98?
I cannot get wins to work.
However, (without using wins) when I normally dialin and establish a ppp
connection with IP adresses 192.168.0.2:192.168.0.3 in an options file
and explicitly add a route to the dialin machine (/sbin/route add
192.168.0.3 ppp0), everything works!
The disadvantage of my solution is that since I have to grant suid
rights on /sbin/route to dialin users, this is a security hole. Do you
have a better solution or do you know why my wins does not work? If a
have to send my smb.conf, please let me know, I can send them to you
from home.
dialin client linux/samba server
+-----------+ +-- ppp0 ------ eth0 ----+
|192.168.0.3|- - - ppp0 - - -|192.168.0.2 192.168.0.1|- - - eth0 - - ->
192.168.0.0/24
+-----------+ +------------------------+
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott)
Subject: Re: cdrom ounting trouble!!
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:25:32 GMT
Not sure if it would do anything, but you probably don't want
to unmount the device,but instead the mount point :-) ie umount
/mnt/cdrom. You might also try mounting the cd as read only in case
your kernel can't seem to figure out its a read only device. mount
-o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom should do it.
CheerZ,
- Scott
On Sat, 22 May 1999 00:07:39 -0500, "DeFCoN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>ok here's the deal...
>
>i can play cd's in X without even mounting the cdrom. i just put a cd in and
>and hit play and it works fine. but here's the problem. the first time i
>mounted my cdrom using, "mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom", it worked
>great! and then when i was done and wanted to put i different cd in i just
>typed, "umount /dev/cdrom" or i guess "umount /dev/hdc" would work too. but
>anyway, after i unmounted that cd i couldn't mount another one! i've try'd
>mounting it every way i've read to, with no luck. so i just gave up and
>completely reinstalled linux.
>
>BTW: i'm using redhat 6.0 if it matters... and i don't know exactly what
>kernel no. at the moment. (sorry)
>
>so anyway, i reinstalled linux and sure enough... it mounted and unmounted
>fine but after that i couldn't get it to mount anything!! not even after
>rebooting!! ANY IDEAS?? i'd greatly appreciate ANY help!! i'm new to this
>and i'm trying to lrean this crap the hard way. THANX
>
>---> DeFCoN <---
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrea Cerrito)
Subject: Problem with WU-FTPd
Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:21:27 GMT
Andrea Cerrito
=========== ==== === == =
Hanno detto:
"I PC hanno il tasto 'reset' perch� sono progettati per i sistemi operativi Microsoft."
"Le uniche cose che girano sotto Windows 95 sono le palle."
"Windows ha un'utility per correggere automaticamente i problemi. Si chiama FDISK."
"We don't view this as a bug, but as a feature that could potentially be used in a way
that's not intended." M$ product manager Rob Bennett
E' successo:
"WinErr 815: Insufficient Memory - Only 50,312,583 Bytes available."
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From: Benjamin John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APM
Date: 22 May 1999 06:55:11 PDT
Dont think your error has nothing to do with PPP
it mentions APM
two different things.
read the ppp how to, or if ur on a Redhat system, go to
X -> control-panel -> network configuration.
pretty easy graffical tool to setup ppp
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can someone tell me what this error message from linux-config means,
> please?:
>
> Executing: /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S05apmd start
> no APM support in kernel
> starting up APM daemon: apmd
>
> After reading http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/~oh3fg/ppp/ppp.html and
> http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html, there is no doubt in my mind
> why I don't have ppp running. While I'm sure the competence level of
> these people is top notch, as a newbie I find this information nearly
> incomprehensible. Is setting up ppp on a Red Hat 5.2 system that
> outrageously complex?
>
> While reading a similar site awhile back (to fix problems with X), I was
> told that I needed plug numbers into complex algebraic formulae and
> perform a variety of complex operations. All that was needed was an
> adjustment to one dotclock number, which I mercifully stumbled on one
> dreary night.
>
> Thank you.
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