Linux-Networking Digest #354, Volume #11 Mon, 31 May 99 19:13:46 EDT
Contents:
Re: External modem dials out but only connects at 1200 then dies? (norman elliott)
Re: Freeping for Linux? (Achim Schmidt)
Re: Linux: ICMP Redirect, IP Source Routing unterdruecken (Lars Marowsky-Bree)
can't get mod_perl in apache to work(rh 5.2RPM) (Dunn One)
Re: You can earn $50,000 40686 (Why?)
Problems sending mail (Netjah)
Why no cardinfo? ("Richard A. Bilonick")
PPP VERY!!!! SLOW ("Jeroen de Vries")
IP Masq and Port Forwarding ("Aaron Fransen")
A question about collisions (Chris Jackson)
Re: two modems = fast internet connection? (Clifford Kite)
Re: Samba Help (norman elliott)
Re: A question about collisions ("Eugene")
Re: slow telnet and no ftp, but great http ("Richard Miller")
Re: two modems = fast internet connection? (James)
Re: What is the best why to connect win95 /dos to linux (norman elliott)
Re: Wireless Bridge (Ben McKeegan)
Re: no version.h file or /linux dir! (Jayasuthan [VorHacker])
Re: Wireless Bridge (Ben McKeegan)
Re: Appllications server (Ben McKeegan)
slow smtp daemon at other end (Hartmann Schaffer)
DNS setup (Lars Elner)
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From: norman elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: External modem dials out but only connects at 1200 then dies?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:15:36 +0000
David Cohen wrote:
> norman elliott wrote:
>
> > David Cohen wrote:
> >
> > > I have an external USR Sportster 33.6K (not Winmodem)
> > > that I can get to dial out with minicom to my shell account, but all
> > > that happens is that the modem makes an immediate connection at 1200
> > > baud and then...sits there until it dies about a minute later.
> > >
> > > Once or twice after playing with the minicom settings, I got
> > > it to spit back some gibberish at me after connecting before
> > > it dies.
> > >
> > > All I want at this point is to get a normal speed connection
> > > to my dial up account since, if I can't do that, I assume that
> > > PPP will be impossible.
> > >
> > > In minicom, I set the port speed to 115200 and I did the same
> > > with...I think it was stty. The modem is on COM2 (IRQ4 I think).
> > > I changed init strings a few times, using the minicom default
> > > and then using AT&F and AT&F1.
> > >
> > > And, of course, it is set at 8N1.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > >
> > > ___
> > > DC
> > >
> > > P.S. If there's anything extra that I will need to do for PPP to
> > > get the modem working at full speed, please let me know too.
> > >
> > > cohen_at_primenet.com (replace "_at_" with the "at" sign)
> >
> > Hi,
> > Check your IRQ setting to make sure only /dev/ttyS1 ( COM2 ) is using
> > IRQ 4
> > I seem to recall this slow unreliable connection is due to IRQ
> > conflicts.
>
> I rebuilt the machine lately and I don't think there's anything else
> that is on that IRQ, since I don't have any other devices there
> (sound card requests interrupt 5) and there are no other cards
> aside from the video card in there.
>
> > The garbage you see after login and password entry is the ppp connection (
> > PAP or CHAP authentification)
> > which will be expecting pppd to be talking to it by then.
>
> But given that this is happening with the minicom program, which is
> a terminal dialup program (no PPP), I find it hard to understand why I don't
> just get a straight shell login prompt (i.e. "login:" )
>
> So, I guess I'm still perplexed.
>
> ___
> DC
If you are dialing up to your ISP it will try to do this. One way to get
connected
to an ISP is to run two terminal windows. In one type in manually the pppd
command
with all the required parameters but then do not press return.
In the other window run up minicom as you have done. Login and as soon as you
see
the garbage exit minicom without hanging up. Then go straight to the other
window and
press return. You will get your dynamic IP address allocated.
The point is that your ISP forces this check. If you do not respond in quite a
short time
it will drop your connection.
It occured to me that you may have a very bad line and so the modems are
negotiating
lower and lower speeds until they can understand each other. I had to get the
engineer
to balance my line I use for my modem before I could get more than 14400 from
it.
best wishes
norm
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From: Achim Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Freeping for Linux?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:56:14 +0200
Hi,
for periodicly pings, take the normal ping and generate an
cron entry for this job. But start ping with -c parameter for
an defined number of pakets.
syntax was ping -c <cout of pakets>
more infos: man ping
hth,
achim
habib Jalili schrieb:
>
> Hi,
>
> there is a toll called freeping, which works unter Windows NT and pings
> in periodical intervall the hosts registered in the freeping. I'm
> looking for such a tool for linux? Does everybody know such a tool?
>
> Pleas an E-Mail to me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Habib
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Marowsky-Bree)
Crossposted-To: de.comm.internet.routing
Subject: Re: Linux: ICMP Redirect, IP Source Routing unterdruecken
Date: 31 May 1999 23:02:43 +0100
On 31 May 1999 20:45:45 GMT, Bernd Eckenfels
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jepp, das ist genau der Punkt. Zum Glueck wird das Problem mit grossen
> geswitchten und durch VLANS getrennten Segmenten aber deutlich besser. Und
> IP switches sind auch ein richtiger Schritt in diese Richtung. Router haben
> in (nicht zwischen) den heutigen breitbandigen Netzen weitgehend ausgedient.
Aeh. Dann definiere mir bitte knapp was "zwischen" den Netzen ist, und was
nicht ;-)
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From: Dunn One <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't get mod_perl in apache to work(rh 5.2RPM)
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 13:01:10 -0400
Please how do I setup mod_perl for apache on redhat 5.2? Whenever I
enable the module in the conf files, I got an error message saying that
the module couldn't be loaded(libperl.so). I don't even know where the
module is. I have apache1.3.6 w/ mod_perl 1.19. I thought I won't have
any perl problems but I still do. Please help if you can....
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Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: You can earn $50,000 40686
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 21:06:00 GMT
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From: Netjah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems sending mail
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:26:20 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can't send mails to outside my linux system (Internet).
The mails return with an unkown domain error message.
Mail me please to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Richard A. Bilonick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.oslinux.hardware
Subject: Why no cardinfo?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 15:56:45 GMT
I am trying to ge a Linksys Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card to work in my
Toshiba 2535 laptop. The modem card works fine and pcnet_cs is
installed. The /etc/pcmcia/config file shows an entry for this card.
When the machine boots I see a message saying that the initialization of
the eth0 is being delayed.
When I try to do a "cardinfo", it says there is no such program. I've
searched and cannot find this program on the hard drive, even though
there is a manpage for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--
Rick Bilonick - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Statistical Consulting for Business & Industry
http://www.nauticom.net/usrs/rab/
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From: "Jeroen de Vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP VERY!!!! SLOW
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 23:07:23 +0200
Hi,
I've installed RH 6.0 and configured KPPP for accessing to the internet via
my ISP.
Everything went well, i am connected to my ISP.
But the connection is very very slow.
When i retreive an page it is loaded with 200-300 bytes per second....
The default route is set after connection.
Does somebody know what i do wrong???
With regards,
Jeroen de Vries
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Aaron Fransen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP Masq and Port Forwarding
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:58:40 GMT
Hiya all.
Here's the deal: I've installed Caldera 2.2 and configured it for firewall
(and IP Masq). It uses two NICs...one for the Internet, one for the internal
network.
I need to pass port 25 through to our internal mail server, but I haven't
been able to find the IPMASQADM tool anywhere. The link to the linuxhq site
is down.
Any ideas where else I could get this?
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Jackson)
Subject: A question about collisions
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 18:01:01 GMT
ok, I have been living with this problem up till now thinking there
was something wrong with my setup or maybe my connection to the
internet wasn't so hot, but this is the problem I have....
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:15:35:C8
inet addr:24.3.254.64 Bcast:24.3.254.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1174178 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:625644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:6823 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6100
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:15:67:20
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:629369 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1063614 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:3232 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:9 Base address:0x6200
my eth0 has an extremely large amount of collisions on it, or is this
normal?
I am running RedHat 6.0 and this is the network cards lines from dmesg
3c59x.c:v0.99Kb 5/7/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x6100, 00:10:5a:15:35:c8,
IRQ 11 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate
interface.
MII transceiver found at address 24, status 786d.
MII transceiver found at address 0, status 786d.
Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
ne2k-pci.c:v0.99L 2/7/98 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ne2k-pci.html
ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'Winbond 89C940' at I/O 0x6200, IRQ 9.
eth1: PCI NE2000 found at 0x6200, IRQ 9, 00:20:78:15:67:20.
any help with this would be greatly appreciated thanks
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: two modems = fast internet connection?
Date: 31 May 1999 11:45:50 -0500
seanw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: hello,
: I have a linux server that is providing Internet access to three other win9x
: machines, I would like to know if I can add a second modem to the linux
: server, connect it to my ISP and use load balancing to share the connection.
I don't think so, not in the way you describe. The Linux "load
balancing", aka EQL, seems to be underdeveloped and falls short of what
you want. Here's a link to checkout, the only one I know about:
http://abies.com/eql-howto.html
: Is this possible? Will diald work with this setup? Is their another
: cost-effective high speed Internet connection available for someone without
: cable?
There's ISDN and ADSL, but how cost-effective seems to vary widely.
These require ISP and TELCO support. ISDN can be done with an ISDN TA
or card and a Linux driver; I think ADSL must be done with a ADSL TA .
There is also Multilink PPP (MP) which requires ISP support but not TELCO
support, and often uses a special TA. But try http://linux-mp.terz.de .
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* A salute to Inspector Baynes, of the Surry Constabulary, the only
police Inspector to ever best Mr. Sherlock Holmes at his own game.
"The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. */
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From: norman elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba Help
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:38:19 +0000
Juan Carlos wrote:
> I am not an expert, but I managed to get an ethernet card each in my win98
> and linux machines, and am able to see linux from win98, and actually edit
> files as root, using the MS "net use" command. When I ftp or telnet with my
> modem disconnected, the modem dials out. When I ftp with the modem
> connected, it connects and then says connection closed by host. When I
> telnet, it won't recognize my root password.
>
> Below are the relevant parameters of smb.conf.
>
> I'd be grateful for any help!!!
>
> [global]
> workgroup = WORKGROUP
> server string = hpwin
> printcap name = /etc/printcap
> load printers = yes
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> max log size = 50
> security = user
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY
> domain master = yes
> domain logons = yes
> dns proxy = no
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = no
> writable = yes
> [netlogon]
> comment = Network Logon Service
> path = /home/netlogon
> guest ok = yes
> writable = no
> share modes = yes
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> browseable = no
> guest ok = no
> writable = no
> printable = yes
If your modem is on your win98 PC then dialup networking will be enabled.
This will mean that Windows expects you to be trying to ftp or telnet using
your serial line.
If you put your modem on your Linux PC and set it up to handle
internet/ftp/telnet
etc you can remove dialup networking from your Win98 PC. If you also set up
diald on your Linux PC it will be able to dial your ISP and login automatically
as
soon as you want to connect to anything which is not on your own local network.
It can be set up to drop the connection after a period of inactivity and
reconnect
when you want to again.
hope this helps
best wishes
norm
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A question about collisions
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 21:12:44 GMT
yes, it's normal.
a collision happens when 2 different nodes are trying to transmit data over
the same wire.
The actual number of collisions is irrelevant. What matters is the ratio
(collisions) / (total # of packets transmitted -- TX + RX that is). If it's
more then 5% you've got a busy network -> complain to the admin. But yours
seems to be ok. It must have been running for quite a while...
Chris Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:3752cd8b.8509433@news...
> ok, I have been living with this problem up till now thinking there
> was something wrong with my setup or maybe my connection to the
> internet wasn't so hot, but this is the problem I have....
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:15:35:C8
> inet addr:24.3.254.64 Bcast:24.3.254.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1174178 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:625644 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:6823 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0x6100
>
> eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:15:67:20
> inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:629369 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:1063614 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:3232 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:9 Base address:0x6200
>
> my eth0 has an extremely large amount of collisions on it, or is this
> normal?
> I am running RedHat 6.0 and this is the network cards lines from dmesg
>
> 3c59x.c:v0.99Kb 5/7/99 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
> eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x6100, 00:10:5a:15:35:c8,
> IRQ 11 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate
> interface.
> MII transceiver found at address 24, status 786d.
> MII transceiver found at address 0, status 786d.
> Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
> ne2k-pci.c:v0.99L 2/7/98 D. Becker/P. Gortmaker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ne2k-pci.html
> ne2k-pci.c: PCI NE2000 clone 'Winbond 89C940' at I/O 0x6200, IRQ 9.
> eth1: PCI NE2000 found at 0x6200, IRQ 9, 00:20:78:15:67:20.
>
> any help with this would be greatly appreciated thanks
>
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From: "Richard Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slow telnet and no ftp, but great http
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:07:32 -0500
I have the same problem and adding the other boxes to the /etc/hosts file on
the linux box fixed it. However, I have wins enabled and don't want to
maintain the hosts file. Is there any other way to fix this? BYW I did not
put a hosts file on my win98 clients. it seems this is not necessary.
Thanks. PS. If anyone has any ideas please reply direct if possible since
I don't get much time on the net. Richard
Gutrot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ipn29$m5g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> My friend had the same problem on RH6... It was solved when I added
> all the local hostnames and IP's to the /etc/hosts file.
>
> I also added all the local host names and IP's to the c:\windows\hosts
> file on the win machines... but I'm not sure if this had anything to do
> with the solution.
>
> -Gut
>
> In article <01bea9e0$9bc37900$0500a8c0@vm>,
> "ArTec - Vincent MAURY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've exactly the same problem; the ftp in working, but as slow as the
> > telnet (5 minutes waiting ....)
> >
> > David S. Dewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans l'article
> > <7il4g7$uum$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > I am having no luck on getting ftpd and telnetd working correctly.
> > > I hope someone may shed some light for me.
> > > Quick overview:
> > >
> > > I have 2 pc one for Linux and one with win98 connect via network
> > >
> > > I am able to ping either way
> > > If i set up a ftpserver on the win98 machine I have no problems.
> > > When I http to the linux box -- no problem at all everthing work
> fast
> > and
> > > great.
> > > When I try to ftp to the linux box -- no luck
> > > When I try to telnet to the linux box it takes about 5 minutes to
> get a
> > > login prompt.
> >
> >
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Build a system even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.
>
>
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:13:05 +0200
From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: two modems = fast internet connection?
seanw wrote:
>
> hello,
> I have a linux server that is providing Internet access to three other win9x
> machines, I would like to know if I can add a second modem to the linux
> server, connect it to my ISP and use load balancing to share the connection.
> Is this possible? Will diald work with this setup? Is their another
> cost-effective high speed Internet connection available for someone without
> cable?
>
> thanks in advance,
> -sean
>
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I think diamond has a modem-serie where you can bundle two separate
phone-lines similar to ISDN.
James
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From: norman elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is the best why to connect win95 /dos to linux
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 22:59:32 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I like to use linux as file and printer server for dos / win95 stations.
> what is the easiest / efficient why to do it?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Hi;
in a word :-
Samba
best wishes,
norm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben McKeegan)
Subject: Re: Wireless Bridge
Date: 31 May 1999 22:16:21 GMT
> 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.
You will need to turn on IP forwarding:
echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/forwarding
and proxy-ARP:
echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/proxy_arp
on the PC in the middle.
--
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\ Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK. /
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From: Jayasuthan [VorHacker] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: no version.h file or /linux dir!
Date: 31 May 99 22:01:29 GMT
M. Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If I am not wrong you need to go thru the process of kernel compiling.. just do this
in /usr/src/linux...
make config <--- keep on press enter until end. Done
: Mike Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:>I'm trying to setup my network card using the 3c905.o driver(it's the
:>right one - I'm pretty sure of that)
:> The problem is that I don't have the file version.h or a /linux
:>directory under /usr/include directory.
: [...]
: Install the kernel sources. Or (if you already did) check for
: the needed links from the /usr/include directory into the
: /usr/src/linux/include dirs.
: Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben McKeegan)
Subject: Re: Wireless Bridge
Date: 31 May 1999 22:11:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Edick) writes:
> WaveLAN (or any other wireless LAN technology) doesn't have anywhere near
> that range. Figure 300 meters, not kilometers, absolute tops. There are
> external antennas for the basestations (not the PCMCIA cards) that allow
> boosting the distance up to about 2km.
No, you can get long range external antennae (up to about 5 km I think).
These attach to the PCMCIA cards - the access points are in fact bare
units with 2 PCMCIA slots and an ethernet connector into which you can
slot 1 or 2 of the standard WaveLan cards. You can in theory create an
'ad-hoc' network without any access point but if you have more than 2
nodes this is ill advised.
--
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\ Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK. /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben McKeegan)
Subject: Re: Appllications server
Date: 31 May 1999 21:58:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Could anyone point to some HOWTO's or doc's concerning linux and
>> aplications server.
>
> This isn't very hard, X gives these possibilities. Let's say you are
> sitting by a machine called my486.mydomain.com and want to use the
> cpu-power of the server bigpii.mydomain.com. Then you should do the
> following:
>
> my486 login: username
> Password: the_secret_password
>
> bash$ startx
>
> (Then you should start som kind of terminal window like xterm, in this
> window you will type the rest)
...
This is really doing things the hard way, as you would then need to
configure stuff on each 486 including user accounts and it is more
demanding on memory.
The best way IMHO is just to run:
X -query bigpii.mydomain.com
on the 486 which you can put your rc.local file to have it run
automatically.
This will start up X windows giving you an X windows login prompt for the
server bigpii.mydomain.com. You can log straight into this with your
server username/password and every application you run including the
window manager will be running on the server. We get away with running
8mb machines like this: once X windows has started it rarely hits the
swap!
--
/ Ben McKeegan \
\ Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK. /
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: slow smtp daemon at other end
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 23:09:36 GMT
Some of the email I send goes to a certain ISP (I won't name golden.net)
and I often get a failure with "connection timed out". I checked it out
manually (telnet isp smtp), and it took about 5minutes to reply to the
"rcpt to:" message, which apparently is too much for my mta. Is there
any way how I can educate my mta (exim) to be more patient?
Hartmann Schaffer
schaffer at netcom dot ca
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From: Lars Elner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DNS setup
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:55:54 +0200
I've got a small network at home that i until now has managed with the
"hosts" file. I would like to set up my own DNS server purely for
educational reasons and because it might make me more of a linux
hacker......
My network consists of tree computers (so far...). One of them is
connected to my ISP with a modem. My ISP provides me with 2 name servers
and a default gateway, my internet ip numbers are dynamic.
I want to be able to manage my network without having to change all the
hosts files, send mail between users on the different computers and ,
when hooked up to my ISP all tree computers shall be able to interact
with the internet.
I currently uses RH 5.2 and would be pleased to get some advise of what
to do and what to read.
Thank you fore your time !!!
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