Linux-Networking Digest #270, Volume #11 Mon, 24 May 99 21:13:31 EDT
Contents:
Re: APM (Silviu Minut)
Re: Can I access my local machines from the internet through my ppp connection.
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Bizarre perl/linux/ppp problem (bill davidsen)
Re: Installing an External TA(modem) on RedHat 5.1 (help needed) ("RJHM van den
Bergh")
Re: Samba and Win98 passworkd problem (vlad)
squid and 128 bit encryption ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Can I mount a serial port on a WIN machine??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DNS, where do I define it in linux? ("Dmitry V. Ketov")
Re: Cannot ping other win95 PCs in same LAN segment ("J. Jensen")
Re: Cannot compile kernel in RH 6 (Brandon)
Arp who-has issue ("Greg Bastian")
Netware mounting (Neo)
Re: Linksys Etherfast 10/100 setup problem (John Strange)
Re: My Modem Cablemodem has got a Hangup. Might just be the pppd... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPP & Netscape don't see each other (bill davidsen)
Re: Linux and AIX (bill davidsen)
Re: Will a SupraExpress 56i modem run under linux? (brent verner)
Re: Trouble detecting Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 with RH 6.0 (gDead)
Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP freezes (solved!) (Kris)
Re: Hiding a class C between two real class C's. Can it be done?
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APM
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 18:46:00 -0400
The APM daemon has nothing to do with ppp. It stands for Advanced Power
Management and as the name says, it
takes special measures to save power. It is particularly useful for
laptops, cause they have a battery. In your case, unless you have a laptop,
you can either
1) Ignore the error message
2) Recompile the kernel with APM support
3) Reconfigure runlevel 3 as follows:
control-panel --> tksysv (Runlevel Editor) --> highlight apmd in
runlevel 3 (under start) and click remove.
This will tell the init scripts not to bother to start apmd.
Silviu Minut
[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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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Can I access my local machines from the internet through my ppp
connection.
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:23:18 GMT
One aspect of this is having a known IP address when you're on the
outside, by which to back to your network. If you have a static
address, or long-duration address (like with cable modems) it's not
much of an issue but if your linux box gets dynamic (different)
addresses each time it logs off and on, and if it does so regularly,
it's gonna be like wanting to call a friend without knowing his
number (his number has always changed on you since the last time you
called)..
If that's your situation there are some services designed to address
it:
http://www.dyndns.com/
http://www.nols.com/dyndns.html
http://www.ddns.org/
Cameron Tabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Here is my setup. I have a Redhat linux system connecting to my isp
>with a modem. Then I have two win98 machines connected to the linux
>box with ethernet cards. All of the networking works fine, I can do
>most anything accept directly access one of my local machines from the
>internet because they obviously don't have their own IP. Can this be
>done? I have looked at the various HOWTO's, but it doesn't look like
>masquerading does this. Thanks in advance.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Bizarre perl/linux/ppp problem
Date: 24 May 1999 23:24:15 GMT
In article <7icfpo$jjj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| In article <7icc4u$tgo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen) wrote:
| > Here's the odd part, if I do an internal perl kill, such as
| > kill "HUP", $proc_id
| > the process ends without running the ip-down script, while
| > system("kill -HUP $proc_id")
| > also kills the process, but it runs ip-down on the way out.
|
| First of all, HUP is not 15, it's 1. 15 is TERM.
| Now, if that doesn't set you straight, try:
| kill -1, $proc_id; # negative HUP
Yes I meant TERM, I posted while refreshing a DNS server in another
window and HUP got caught in brain cache. The negative numbers kill the
process group, not just the process. Sorry for the typo.
The problem is that the perl kill is behaving like a kill -9, not only
doesn't the ip-down get called, but the /var/log/debug log does not
show any IP activity at the end of a connect.
When I do a shell kill I see something like:
May 22 13:13:23 gatekeeper pppd[14768]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid 14785)
May 22 13:13:23 gatekeeper pppd[14768]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x4 "User request"]
May 22 13:13:23 gatekeeper pppd[14768]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 14785),
status = 0x0
May 22 13:13:24 gatekeeper pppd[14768]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x4]
while the perl kill just makes the process go away and the modem drop.
Most peculiar.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
One common problem is mistyping an email address and creating another
valid, though unintended, recipient. Always check the recipient's
address carefully when sending personal information, such as credit
card numbers, death threats or offers of sexual services.
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From: "RJHM van den Bergh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dail-up
Subject: Re: Installing an External TA(modem) on RedHat 5.1 (help needed)
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:00:58 +0200
I tried it but it doesn't make a difference.
Rob,
>Use the '-n' option when using route or netstat to view your routing table
>otherwise they will try to do a dns lookup for each address in the routing
>table. Of course if you can't contact the dns server you will wait a long
>time for a response.
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From: vlad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba and Win98 passworkd problem
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:27:13 -0700
Luis Lebron wrote:
>
> I finally got the Samba server working and now I can access the Win
> machines from the Linux box and the Linux box from the windows machines.
> Public directories are accessible from the Win98 machines.
> My only problem is when I try to access the home directories. Windows
> will ask for a password and when I type it in it complains. I tried the
> encrypted password option in Samba and later the plain text password fix
> in Win98, but neither one of the worked. Any ideas?
It seems that your Windows login name is not the same as your samba
username and/or is not the same as your Linux username. To solve the
problem on Linux side you can create some aliases using /etc/smbusers.
If the problem is in Windows, delete *.pwl in windows directory and
restart. It'll prompt you to create a user with a password. Make the
same username as on Linux. (I assume you use Windows logon as primary
logon, not Netware or MS file/print, right?)
--
Vlad Petersen | <vladimip at uniserve dot com>
Vancouver, BC | *Good pings come in small packets*
SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: squid and 128 bit encryption
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:16:05 GMT
Have RH6.0 linux box with 2.2.9 kernel running squid 2.2 Everything
works fine except clients are being rejected by web-sites requiring 128
bit encryption. Any ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Can I mount a serial port on a WIN machine???
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:17:41 GMT
Can I mount a serial port from my Win box? I have a Linux server
samba'd to a Win98 box. What I want to do is mount a com port on the
win macine to linux. Maybe something on this order (though this does
not work) mount //Win98/com3 /mnt/winmodem
( Oh and would be a BIG aid if I could specify the win IRQ)
tnx in advance
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From: "Dmitry V. Ketov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS, where do I define it in linux?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 15:59:45 +0400
Hi
contents of your /etc/resolv.conf:
============================================================
search <YourDomain>
nameserver <IPofPrimaryNameServer>
nameserver <IPofSecondaryNameServer>
nameserver <IPofThirdNameServer>
============================================================
John Hornblow ����� � ��������� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...
>
>Hi
>
>where do I enter the DNS of my ISP in linux?
>
>thanks
>
>John
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>=====================================================
>John Hornblow
>gliding page http://www.soar.co.nz/
>=====================================================
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From: "J. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot ping other win95 PCs in same LAN segment
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 16:12:07 -0700
Dumb question I know, but has to be asked... can the win95 boxes ping each
other? Assuming yes...
can the linux box access anything else on the network, at all?
Check the settings in your win95 boxes and see what their default gateway
and nameservers are set for, then configure the Linux box the same way. To
get that info from a win95 box, click start, then run,
"winipcfg" without the quotes and press enter. Make sure your network
adapter shows up in the white box with the down arrow; the words "ethernet
adapter" should appear somewhere. If not, click the down arrow and pick the
one with "ethernet adapter" in it. Your default gateway will show up right
there; to get DNS info, click "more info."
> IP adderess : 192.1.1.60
> Net Mask : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway : 192.1.1.254
> Primary Nameserver : 192.1.1.1
>
>For "Default Gateway" and "Primary Nameserver", I left it to their
>default value
>eventhough I don't have any machines with IP address 192.1.1.254 and
>192.1.1.1 on
>my network.
>
>So, I reboot the machine and logged in as root.
>The first thing I did was ping the linux own IP address
>which was 192.1.1.60. Yes! It worked.
ok, your TCP/IP stack is working, and the NIC driver is interacting with the
card.
If you're pinging by IP address on the same LAN segment, then misconfiguring
the default gateway shouldn't prevent that, so I'm inclined to suspect the
cable, or the hub port it's plugged into. Or the NIC is somehow
misconfigured, and it's not transmitting on the LAN. I'm not intimately
familliar with 3com cards but I know they can be a pain to configure
properly.
Hope this helps...
John
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:16:14 -0400
From: Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot compile kernel in RH 6
Peter Caffin wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Jim Orfanakos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem is with 'make boot'. It finishes with the error:
> > 'System is 612K'
> > 'System is to too big'
> > 'Try using bzImage or modules'
> > Any Ideas?
>
> To suggest the obvious, use `make bzImage` or else reduce the kernel size
> by using modules.
>
> Better yet, use `make bzlilo` to make the image and automatically have it
> installed with LILO.
even with simple error messages that actually tell how to solve the
problem people still need help ....dont they read?
--
"Bill Gates?, I dont know any Bill Gates. Oh, you mean 'by putting
every conceivable
feature into an OPERATING SYSTEM, whether you want it or not, is
innovation' Bill
Gates? Yeah, I know the monopolizer"
http://web.mountain.net/~brandon/main.htm
For Beginners in Linux, Emulation, Midis, Playstation Info, and
Virii.
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From: "Greg Bastian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Arp who-has issue
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 10:05:11 +1000
Hi All,
I have a masquerading linux machine as an internal router, however when I
try and access (ping) a machine on the internet, I only see the following
when doing a tcpdump for my masquerading machine.
08:50:16.006375 arp who-has 201.14.212.55 tell 201.14.212.58
The .58 machine is my new masquerading router and the .55 machine is my
external router connected to the internet.
Why is this happening ?
Thanks in advance,
Greg
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From: Neo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netware mounting
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 17:05:21 -0700
How would i go about mounting Netware volumes through my LAN using Red
HAt LInux 5.2?
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: Linksys Etherfast 10/100 setup problem
Date: 24 May 1999 23:30:15 GMT
my guess would be you did not do a
$ cd /usr/src/linux
$ make modules_install
after you compiled the module.
I also have
alias eth0 tulip
alias eth1 tulip
in /etc/conf.modules for the two cards in my box.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I'm trying to set up my Linksys Etherfast 10/100 to run on a Linux box
: but can't seem to get Linux to recognize it. When the machine boots up
: I get these messages:
: % Setting up Network Device eht0
: % SCIOSIFADDR: No such device
: % SCIOSIFBRDADDR: No such device
: % SCIOSIFNETMASK: No such device
: [Using SuSE 5.1 kernel 2.0.33]
: /proc/pci gives the following:
: Bus 0 device 9 function 0:
: Ethernet controller: Unknown vendor unknown device (rev 32)
: Vendor id=11ad. Device id=2 Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable.
: Irq 11. Master Capable. Latency=64 I/O at 0xe800 Non-prefetchable
: 32-bit memory at 0xe5000000
: I compiled the tulip driver and when I do "insmod tulip", I get this
: message:
: % /lib/modules/2.0.33/net/tulip.o: couldn't find the kernel version the
: module was compiled for.
: Any ideas about what's causing the problem? I'd really appreciate some
: help. Thanks in advance.
: Jay Oram
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My Modem Cablemodem has got a Hangup. Might just be the pppd...
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:36:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> er that 10.X is a private address, you won't get home with it. Did
> your ISP not assign a static ip address for you ?
Well, I think my excuse is, that ... that in a dynamically assigned
addressing capable technology, why would I need to be assigned a static
IP? Is that stretching? ;-)
It's down to the pap/chap and 10.x vs. my static IP address.
> It does sound as if you have an interesting setup. Not sure why you
> would need anything else if using a cable modem.
Thanks. I like Linux/Unix for some reason. It's fun for one thing!
I saw on ad for Fiber Optic cables coming in the next 2 years or so?
Or was it 5?
> hth
>
> Ted
It did and I shall follow the good leads offered down to the last \d\c.
Tia.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Subject: Re: PPP & Netscape don't see each other
Date: 24 May 1999 23:53:09 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| I have this same problem. PPP set up fine, all internet apps work
| great...except for Netscape. Can't resolve anything except every once in a
| great while. My DNS servers are set up correctly too. What should I check?
I am relatively sure that this is a bug in Netscape... to come to this
conclusion I went into an xterm and did an nslookup on a host. The modem
lights blinked and I got an answer. I did it again, no modem light, same
answer. This is as expected, I run DNS for my office, and the request
was cached.
Then I tried to open the same IP from netscape, and the modem lights
blinked. I'm fairly sure that Netscape is off doing it's own thing and
ignoring resolv.conf.
Then I accessed another host with netscape (worked), and then did an
nslookup. When I did the modem lights blinked again, indicating that
Netscape had not honored my resolv.conf, but had done their own DNS, so
the result was not cached.
Finally, I let the demand link time out and drop, then asked for a
*local* machine in my domain, and the modem promptly dialed to do the
lookup out on the net. The hostname didn't resolve, not surprising since
it is only in my internal name tables.
I have to poke around the options, this is only one of the problems I
have. When you send mail, and give "joe" as the recipient, Netscape
helpfully fills in "@tmr.com" for me. Which keeps it from being found in
the alias file... There must be a way to stop that, too, but I only use
NS if someone sends me a non-text message, and I am curious enough to
bother. I deliberately use a text only mail agent to avoid any possible
attacks.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
One common problem is mistyping an email address and creating another
valid, though unintended, recipient. Always check the recipient's
address carefully when sending personal information, such as credit
card numbers, death threats or offers of sexual services.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Subject: Re: Linux and AIX
Date: 25 May 1999 00:10:53 GMT
In article <7ibqh7$ato$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mitch Appleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| We have the same setup Redhat 5.2 and AIX/RS-6000. We use a 10/100 switch
| from Kingston, however, I've seen 4 port 10/100 hubs from Net Gear, that
| work well, for less than $89. This is a no brainer and it comes with LEDs
| for band width.
What am I missing? If you mean he should check his cable, sure, good
idea. Otherwise, how could adding a hub speed something which is messed
up with direct connect.
| Thomas Mielke wrote in message <7i95u5$sqm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
| >I have a performance problem between a Linux PC with a PCI RTL8139 10/100
| MB
| >Ethernet card and a IBM RS/6000 with a 10MB Ethernet card. Both connected
| by
| >a UTP-cross cable.
| >
| >The PC detects the 10MBit max speed and half-duplex, nevertheless I have a
| >network speed of max 30kByte measured with ftp.
I would think modern cards could do full duplex, but be very sure you
have set the duplex on the AIX box to match the Linux box. If one is
trying to do full duplex you will not be a happy camper.
Look at the error counts and such on the AIX box with entstat.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
One common problem is mistyping an email address and creating another
valid, though unintended, recipient. Always check the recipient's
address carefully when sending personal information, such as credit
card numbers, death threats or offers of sexual services.
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From: brent verner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Will a SupraExpress 56i modem run under linux?
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 23:43:07 -0500
yes.
brent
Ozzy wrote:
>
> Anybody running this modem under linux?
> successfully?
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From: gDead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Trouble detecting Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 with RH 6.0
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:20:18 -0400
Jack -
Did it work? I'd tried it and it didn't for me. Linuxconf kept
hanging.
I'm thinking about reinstalling from scratch again.
eepro worked for me in RH 5.2 but so far, no fortune in 6.0 (and I did a
clean install after an upgrade attempt kept aborting).
If you find or hear of something that works to get the Intel
Etherexpress Pro 10 working w/ RG 6.0, please let me know.
Thanks,
Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Penguin wrote:
>
> I'm a newbie to Linux but i think i can answer the second
> question.......when you finally get linux setup with xwindows and all that
> you can go to your konsole in gnome or KDE and type either "netconf" or
> "linuxconf" all that you will need to set up your network is right
> there,along with a quick and easy to use help section and it is fairly
> straight forward as long as you know all the information that needs to go in
> there which is where I'm stuck.........that is also where you can set up ftp
> options and so on.....its endless and in a nice windowed format well thats
> as far as my brain will let me go hope it helps out some
>
> cheers
> Jack Richins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7icm30$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Two questions. I'm installing RH 6.0 and I'm having trouble getting my
> > Intell EtherExpress
> > Pro 10 detected. Autodetection hangs. I copied IRQ and I/O port
> information
> > from Windows, which detects it fine. However, the RH manual shows a MEM
> > parameter that I should also pass the module. I can't find anything about
> a
> > memory address associated with my network card under Windows, so I've been
> > leaving it blank. This is what I've tried passing the module:
> >
> > eepro=0x210,3
> > eepro=0x210,03
> > eepro=0x210,3,0
> >
> > Any suggestions or guesses as to getting this card detected?
> >
> > Second question is, could I just skip network setup and getting Linux up
> and
> > running and then go back and add the networking easily? Or will it be such
> a
> > pain I should just get the networking going during installation?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kris)
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.x: PPP freezes (solved!)
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:18:14 GMT
Hi kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite),
>It "smells" like a transparency problem because of the large number
>of PPP negotiation exchanges with very slow progress plus restarts.
>The asyncmap, the device file configuration, or, maybe, the internal
>modem AT profile.
I still don't understand all of this. If it works in one kernel, it
should work in the other. Aaaaargh.
>It's difficult to know how to suggest this without seeming to be, well,
>single-minded, but you really ought to check the IRQ. A simple definitive
>test is to add the expect/send '' ATZ followed by OK '\c' at the
>start of the chat script. The time difference between the time that ATZ
>is sent and the time that OK is received should be no more than 2 seconds
>*maximum*, and is usually less than 1 second. A misconfigured IRQ will
>result in a time difference on the order of 19 seconds. The check to
>be done while using the 2.2.9 kernel and ppp-2.3.8 of course.
I haven't done this. Partly because it would involve rebooting *yet
again*, and partly because I had the IRQ problem when I first started
with Linux - it set ttyS2 to an IRQ of 4 (I think) where I manually set
it to 5 and it works fine. I'll post my /etc/rc.boot/0setserial parts if
you feel it'll help. Anyway, I know what it's like having wrong IRQs --
and I certainly don't have any now. Before, it was like "come on, hurry
up and dial, dammit!", but afterwards I can do everything fine -
including using minicom to type in the login/password things.
<snip me going on about not noticing IRQ5 in /proc/interrupts>
Ah. I just did some experimenting, and I can now safely say.........
<cumulating cataclysmic silence...>... that the UART type was set
wrongly. It now works. I feel like kicking myself now :-(
On bootup, the kernel reported the serial ports...
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Of course, it got the UART type completely right, but the IRQ wrong, so
I was setting the UART manually using the settings in the setserial
script which was already made. D'OH!!!.
So, the 2.2 kernels must be better at detecting UART types, or they
conflict with something else in Debian.
In short: I worked it out :-) It's a great feeling, that. Ahem. Little
things please me.
So NUH!! I didn't get the IRQs wrong :-) <g>
Could you just quote various things in this post, please? That should
help those searching Deja(news). I set my x-no-archive thing as default
(I'm paranoid about my privacy on the 'net).
I think I'll post to the debian-user mailing list and tell them of my
victory; I'm sure it'll help one or two people.
Mr. Kite - thankyou very much for all your help; even though it was
completely futile :-) Out of curiosity, do you work in the
communications/networking areas? You knowledge of PPP stuff is quite
impressive. Same goes with Gene Heskett - you spoke gobbledygook, but
hey, I might say things like that some day. I just need a couple of good
books.
On subject again: Is this mentioned anywhere in the kernel docs? I
reckon it should be; I can't be the only person with this problem. But
then again I might have overlooked it...
Agh, I'm waffling. Thanks for all your help Clifford & Gene - brilliant
support. But no-one suggested incorrect UART settings... Just pass the
word around -- chances are this'll come up again sometime.
Thanks! Kernel 2.2.9 now works perfectly :-) But I'll be reinstalling
now - I kinda messed up _everything_ during my "problem-solving".
Bye!
Kris (still smiling :-))
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re: Hiding a class C between two real class C's. Can it be done?
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:54:34 GMT
In article <a0f23.1186$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"John Antypas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Good morning all,
>
> The subject says it all. I've got a network problem, I think our
Cisco can
> handle, but I'm not sure....
>
> We are trying to build a redundant path to our ISP resources. In the
old
> days, we would had a NIC-assigned /24 and run appropriate routing
protocols
> between two ISPs. No problem here right?
>
> Today, one cannot get their own /24, and getting ISPs to handle the
routing
> info is difficult, so we're going to have to hack this one.
>
> What I'd LIKE to do is this, but I'm not sure it's possible...
>
> Provider A provides a circuit with a /24 address space (real)
> Provider B provides a separate circuit with a separate real /24
address
> space
> We have a Cisco on our end (2611, IOS 12)
>
> A) Can we assign all our internal resources a non-routable space, say
> 10.1.1.* and have the Cisco translate, blindly, to one of the ISP's
/24
> spaces. True, it would be a manual switchover if that ISP failed,
but at least I wouldn't have to renumber every host.
>
> B) Can the poor Cisco handle this for an entire /24 If not, what is
> reasonable (20 hosts? 10 hosts?)
>
> C) Is there a way to do automatic failover?
>
> D) More important, are we solving the problem the wrong way?
>
> John Antypas
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
I have a partial answer to your question.
You need to go to cisco's documentation online. www.cisco.com and
click over to their documentation.
Lookup something called NAT (Network Address Translation).
You could probably configure it, copy it to a tftp server, configure a
backup one if their is a problem. When a problem arises, copy the
emergency config off the tftp server to the router. (The one with the
alt config). And then you should be good as gold.
Mike Miller
P.s. Trust me, a cisco router can easily handle the address space of a
couple of class c's. It only depends on the traffic you are trying to
get to cross the class c's.
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