Linux-Networking Digest #463, Volume #11 Wed, 9 Jun 99 08:13:36 EDT
Contents:
Re: strange NFS messages (Michal Szymanski)
Re: Networking problem with 2.2.x kernels? (Eric LEMAITRE)
Aironet ("zz")
WSP problem ("LaTAzO")
eql and default route ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPP problems connecting to netcom, (Ian Briggs)
Re: linux server setup w/MediaOne and Windows clients - how? (Brian Vicente)
Gnome-PPP Problems (Glenn Watson)
Re: Why is linux perfomance bad compared to windows? (Tom Bascom)
Telnet like root ("Angel")
Re: Goal: Killer Server (processor) (Robert Krawitz)
Re: Goal: Killer Server (processor) (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Re: Goal: Killer Linux Server! (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Re: PPP nightmare - HELP (Michael Powe)
Two NICs ("Troy Hellman")
Re: Making an ICQ server (Shice Beoney)
Re: Linux vs. 3CON Etherlink III ("Ross Vandegrift")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michal Szymanski)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel
Subject: Re: strange NFS messages
Date: 9 Jun 1999 09:49:56 GMT
On 9 Jun 1999 07:33:21 GMT, Matthias Meixner <> wrote:
>Michal Szymanski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> I have two PCs running RH 6.0 with standard (in 6.0) kernel-level NFS,
>> automount, kernel 2.2.5 (one SMP, one non-SMP), connected with
>> fastethernet in small network with 2 Suns. On both PCs, I keep getting
>> strange messages like:
>
>[...]
>
>Quite simple: the NFS server in linux is broken. You can find some patches
>at http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/ that reduce the problems, but does
>not fix all problems.
Well, but those messages regard exclusively files on Solaris server, not
Linux - so it is rather NFS client complaining.
Michal.
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Michal Szymanski ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Warsaw University Observatory, Warszawa, POLAND
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From: Eric LEMAITRE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Networking problem with 2.2.x kernels?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 11:08:31 +0200
Christer Olsson a �crit :
> Hi,
> We are having a networking problem at our company (that is all Linux
> users).
> It seems like something has changed in the networking support (TCP/IP)
> in the newest kernels, 2.2.x, because we cannot get through our companys
>
> proxy server anymore. All users still using the 'old' 2.0.x kernels does
>
> not have this problem. Anyone experienced the same problem?
>
> Inside our own network (intranet) everything works fine with the
> 2.2.x kernels (rlogin, telnet, e-mail, netscape, arena, ftp, etc.).
> But not to the 'outside'.
> / Christer
Hi !
Beware, this looks like a transparent firewall/gateway trouble : in old
Linux Red-Hat 5.2 one had to use "ipfwadm" command to allow IP masquerading,
but in new Linux Red-Hat 6.0 "ipfwadm" is no longer valid (it should'nt be
installed at all) and must be replaced by "ipchains". So, I believe this is
an incompatibility between old "ipfwadm" and new "ipchains", but it is too
new for me to be sure of anything (some weeks old only).
Bye !
--
Responsable de formation pour les fili�res Internet et Linux
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From: "zz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Aironet
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:01:33 -0700
Hi,
Is there anyone familiar with the Aironet PC4800 PCMCIA card. My driver
having problem to create the /proc/aironet...
Thank you very much
Franklin
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From: "LaTAzO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WSP problem
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:45:33 +0200
English
I have an internet access through a Microsoft Proxy Server on the machine
which have the direct connection to the world and I can use smtp, pop, etc.
from a Windows box on the same server LAN in a natural manner with WSP the
microsoft proxy client. Does exist a way to use these protocols through this
connection from a Linux box?
Thanks, Valent�n
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: eql and default route
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 22:30:36 GMT
I would like to setup a connection between two offices using eql.
I would also like to use our internet gateway as the machine for
the local ppp server since it isn't being used as much else. Anyway,
I set the default route of this machine as the ppp link outbound to
the internet. The eql howto by Simon Janes mentions that the eql
link must be made the default route. Is this going to be a problem or
is there a way around this?
---
Dustin Puryear
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Briggs)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PPP problems connecting to netcom,
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:30:17 GMT
Joe Kislo wrote:
<excuse my rearranging the order of your original posting...>
:rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xcc <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth pap> <magic 0x8f6c35b4>
:<pcomp> <accomp> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 01 73 74 61 63 6b 31>]
Your ISP suggests PAP authentication.
:sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xcc <auth pap> < 11 04 05 f4> < 13 09 01 73 74 61 63
:6b 31>]
You reject it.
:rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0xcd <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth chap MD5> <magic
:0x8f6c35b4> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Your ISP suggests CHAP authentication.
:sent [LCP ConfRej id=0xcd <auth chap MD5>]
You reject it.
Obviously nothing's ever going to happen when your end rejects *both* PAP
and CHAP.
:My /etc/ppp/pap-secrets has my username/password appropriatly set.
Quite possibly -- but have you told pppd what to look for?
My suggestions...
(1) Get rid of the login/password lines from your chat script, and after
the ATDT{ISP_phone_number} line finish the script with:
CONNECT '\d\c'
(2) Get rid of pap-secrets, and write a chap-secrets file instead (since
your ISP can evidently handle CHAP):
your_login_name * your_password *
(3) Add a user option to pppd with exactly the same user name that
appears in chap-secrets (so pppd knows which line to read in chap-secrets):
/usr/sbin/pppd user your_login_name noauth /dev/ttyS{whatever} \
115200 lock crtscts defaultroute connect /somewhere/chat_script
If that doesn't work, read Bill Unruh's "How to hook up PPP" (at
http://axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html). In fact, read it even if
you do get it working, to get a better understanding of the scripts!
Good luck.
Ian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Vicente)
Subject: Re: linux server setup w/MediaOne and Windows clients - how?
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:29:03 GMT
What I did was to connect my eth0 card ( I had to flip those around
'cause Linux saw the wrong one first). And then I caonnecte dthe
second NIC to the hub.
That ought to take care of the ping problem if your network card is
running.
Andrew King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>I have two semi-related questions to pose, as I'm configuring my Linux
>box to act as a server/gateway for my home network into a Mediaone cable
>modem.
>1) MediaOne and Linux: the cable modem communicates directly with the
>ethernet card via the card's MAC address, but the service itself
>auto-assigns an IP. Often, it seems, this IP remains static for lengthy
>periods, but it could possibly change (if I reboot my Linux box, for
>example [why would I do that??]) So, (a) has anyone done this out there,
>and (b) is there a way to configure an auto-assigned IP address for a
>NIC?
>2) Linux as a router/gateway for Windows clients: I have two NIC cards
>in my Linux box, and want to use this machine as a router and gateway to
>my MediaOne cable modem (yes, MediaOne says it's perfectly fine to do,
>but they won't support it technically). My problem is this: both NIC's
>are talking to each other, but my windows 98 laptop cannot even ping the
>NIC it's configured to see. All NIC's are on the same hub, including the
>Win98 one. I have two subnets in my Linux box, and, again, both cards go
>into the same hub. It's been a while since I've configured a network
>using twisted pair and a hub, so any advice? I think I can only have one
>subnet configured on a hub at a time, but again, I don't recall (I'll
>try re-doing some of it tonight).
>I'm sure I'm doing something dumb, but please respond with some advice.
>Thanks -
>Andy
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From: Glenn Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnome-PPP Problems
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 22:15:05 +1200
Hi all, I have a nice Linux system running RedHat/Gnome but I literally
have no idea on how to solve what is probably a simple PPP problem when
trying to connect to my ISP..
Basically, I am using the Gnome-PPP program, and upon connection, and
sending the username/password, the modem diconnects, saying "The pppd
dameon died unexpectedly"...
Obviously this is not enough information to solve my problem, but I
can't find the debug logs, and am not even sure where to look for them
etc.. So if someone could tell me the type of info I need to provide I
will post that, and hopefully some (generous) soul will be able to help
me...:))
Regards,
Glenn Watson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Bascom)
Subject: Re: Why is linux perfomance bad compared to windows?
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 08:59:30 -0400
In article <7jj0b4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> >Is this including or excluding liciencing?
> >I found that article extremely biased and not entirely true, I'm new to the
> >linux community but I know enough to understand they are trying to trick
> ppl
> >into thinking NT is a wonderful thing.
>
>
> Ok, so (and dont flame me here) Where _are_ the TCP-C and TCP-D benchmarks
> for a linux based server? those specs are crucial when deciding what
> platform to deploy a database server on.
Those are very expensive benchmarks to run. They're usually produced by
a large company (Oracle, Informix, MS, HP, SUN...) with an axe to grind.
That axe isn't likely to be showing that Linux is wonderful -- it
undercuts most of those guys own platforms. If anyone were going to do
it it would probably be Oracle but they're usually interested in showing
very high end numbers. On the other hand embarassing MS is a favored
sport of theirs so...
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From: "Angel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Telnet like root
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:02:13 +0200
I'm working with Red Hat 6.0. I can't telnet and login like root, but
like another account it's OK.
�How can I open a telnet session like root?
Thanks
Angel Belda
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Goal: Killer Server (processor)
Date: 09 Jun 1999 07:24:18 -0400
"D. Carlos Knowlton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> -Processor: Is the PIII Xeon overrated? Is the Celeron underrated (or the
> AMD-K6-III)?
> Does Linux support the distinguishing features of these?
> Which has the most bang for the buck?
> (add PowerPC, Sparc, Alpha, etc for good measure)
For the most part, the Xeon is overrated. The Celeron 300A is
extremely underrated if you're willing to run it at 450 (which most of
them can with no trouble).
--
Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/
Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2
Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works."
--Eric Crampton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,utah.linux
Subject: Re: Goal: Killer Server (processor)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:07:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:20:28 -0500, D. Carlos Knowlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>-Processor: Is the PIII Xeon overrated? Is the Celeron underrated (or the
>AMD-K6-III)?
If you want to use SMP, you should use a P2 or a Xeon. But if you have money
to burn, I belive Alpha is the fastest(?)
The amd K6III is the absolutely fastest single x86 chip in the Linux kernel
benchmarks (due to the extremely good caching). So I will buy one of those for
my single chips sysetem next time I upgrade.
> Does Linux support the distinguishing features of these?
If you mean 3dnow and ISSE : not really
> Which has the most bang for the buck?
> (add PowerPC, Sparc, Alpha, etc for good measure)
Can't say. Probably SMPed(works with some manipulation) overclocked Celerons.
--
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Get my public pgp / gpg key from # Open Source(TM)
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KDE forever! Use Linux to impress your friends! # Open Minded!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,utah.linux
Subject: Re: Goal: Killer Linux Server!
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 11:03:07 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:31:47 -0500, D. Carlos Knowlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>-Linux: Will the new kernel support the above features? (i.e., UDMA/66,
yes
>disk partitions greater than 20GB,
yes
> Celeron CPU, large amounts of memory,
yes (might have to pass a kernel parameter mem=xxx)
>stable RAID5 implementation, etc.)
dunno
--
Moritz Moeller-Herrmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 3585990 # Not only
Get my public pgp / gpg key from # Open Source(TM)
http://webrum.uni-mannheim.de/jura/moritz/pubkeymoritz # but also
KDE forever! Use Linux to impress your friends! # Open Minded!
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP nightmare - HELP
Date: 08 Jun 1999 17:59:59 -0700
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>>>>> "Clifford" == Clifford Kite <kite@NoSpam.%> writes:
Clifford> Socrates Charalambous ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : I
Clifford> connect to my ISP with minicom, I get out of minicom
Clifford> without reseting the : line and start pppd. : It stays
Clifford> connected for about 20 seconds and then the connection
Clifford> terminates.
Clifford> : This is what pppd logs in the /usr/log/debug
Clifford> : Jun 5 03:21:56 seaquest pppd[137]: sent [LCP ConfReq
Clifford> id=0x1] : Jun 5 03:22:15 seaquest last message repeated
Clifford> 6 times : Jun 5 03:25:26 seaquest pppd[153]: sent [LCP
Clifford> ConfReq id=0x1] : Jun 5 03:25:47 seaquest last message
Clifford> repeated 7 times : Jun 5 03:27:40 seaquest pppd[172]:
Clifford> sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1] : Jun 5 03:28:01 seaquest last
Clifford> message repeated 7 times : Jun 5 03:29:45 seaquest
Clifford> pppd[180]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1] : Jun 5 03:30:06
Clifford> seaquest last message repeated 7 times
Clifford> : I use kernel 2.3.0 and pppd 2.3.4 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't
Clifford> think so.
Clifford> Anyway, using minicom to dial in for PPP is a poor way
Clifford> to go about it.
Duh! In fact, it's the recommended way to go about connecting, in
order to get your ducks in a row. Recommended in the PPP-HowTo, that
is. Only after getting pppd to work correctly should he go on to
making chat work.
Clifford> Use chat and pppd to dial in and connect:
What good will this do when pppd is not handling the connection
correctly? Instead of solving one problem and then moving on to the
next, you're telling him to try to deal with two problems at once.
Not the best way, IMO.
mp
- --
Michael Powe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Portland, Oregon USA http://www.trollope.org
"There are certain rights that a woman loses when she becomes a
wife." -- Farrah Fawcett
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From: "Troy Hellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Two NICs
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:03:02 -0400
Is there any documentation on setting up two nics under linux.
I have one nic right now used for an ftp site, and would like to add another
for another ftp/http site.
I'd use the same nic but both are under heavy use, and hey, i have two ports
to connect to, so why not use them?
Thanks for your response.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shice Beoney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Making an ICQ server
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 11:17:03 GMT
On 9 Jun 1999 10:29:08 GMT in comp.os.linux.networking,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin The Cynical) uttered the following profound
gem of wisdom:
>On Mon, 07 Jun 1999 02:47:38 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>->they're still missing a few of the features of the new client. I'd
>->really like to see somebody port AIM to *NIX, since that's the best 2
>->person chat client that I've found, and it does really well with
>->firewalls since it uses almost only UDP, from what I've seen.
>
> Why wait? The 'official' port works fine. I'm using it now, and have
>been using it for a while. Works fine. Check freshmeat.net of AOL's home
>page.
There's also GAIM, an AIM clone that's available from linuxberg. And
from what I've seen on winehq.com, AIM runs pretty well under Wine.
--
"Windows has detected the presence of a more efficient, faster,
and more reliable Operating System installed on your system.
Do you wish to delete it?
Yes Yes"
-What M$ would LIKE to do about Linux
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From: "Ross Vandegrift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux vs. 3CON Etherlink III
Date: 9 Jun 1999 00:59:54 GMT
The 3Com Etherlink III is a fabulous network card, and the Linux support is
really good. I hate to point fingers, but if you can't get a 3c509
working, there must be something more profound wrong. Maybe a hardware
conflict? Or maybe a dead card. At any rate, I administer a network of 5
mission critical Linux-based servers, all with 3c509 cards. I'd look into
it - it's worth keeping in - it's a really kick ass card.
Ross
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GPF: Windows is unable to provide a .sig
Marc Kandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Jhumur,
>
> I had the same problem and solved it (after fighting with it for almost a
week
> ... recompiling kernels ... looked at the driver sources ... ) by getting
a new
> NIC. I got an eepro 10/100 PCI and it works great. Someone on the
> linux.redhat.misc said he got it to work but has yet to forward me the
> resolution (I'd still like to use it as a second NIC). If he does I will
post
> it here!!
>
> Good luck!!!!
>
> Marc
>
>
> Jhumur wrote:
>
> > The OS desn't seem to recognize my 3COM NIC (3C509B-TPO). During boot
it
> > hangs for 15-20 secs while "bringing up interface eth0", and then
fails.
> > What's my solution?
>
>
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