Linux-Networking Digest #573, Volume #11 Thu, 17 Jun 99 20:13:42 EDT
Contents:
linux on a floppy to replace dumb terminal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News (Philip Brown)
Re: Demand dialing ppp in 2.2, how? (bill davidsen)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News ("Stuart Fox")
New Linux Website (Kent Kling)
Re: Help with Win95 net printer via SMB (Peter)
Re: linux on a floppy to replace dumb terminal ("Gregory D. Horne")
Re: ppp (Bill Unruh)
Nwe-mars client and file creation rights ("Arto Muhli")
Realtek RTL8019 network card ??? (Dmitry Koshkin)
Re: URGENT bootp - does tftp initiate transfer or does server push kernel? (Job
Eisses)
Example of ipchains denying access to a specific domain? ("Steve Snyder")
Re: ssh.rpm package for SuSE 6.1 - where is one?? ("Stephan Voigt")
Re: Which ISDN modem for linux? ("Michael R. Clapper")
"Seeing" a WinNT40 box from SuSE 6.1 ("Michael R. Clapper")
modem configuration (Cyclone000)
Mapped CDrom ("Quinn Gittings")
Re: Nagel algorithm?? (bill davidsen)
Re: PAP: Password Authentication Protocol (Bill Unruh)
Re: Suse 6.1 and ftp - connection refused (peter)
cgi scripts return plain text ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Wake up on lan (Bill S.)
Re: IP-Masqurade!! (Bill S.)
Use Samba, Kills IP Connectivity !!!!!! ("Colin Chaplin")
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? ("Chad Mulligan")
Boot ROMs - what hardware? (Chris Harshman)
simple question about ethernet, please help (urgrue)
help: auto dial out ("x")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux on a floppy to replace dumb terminal
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 20:09:43 GMT
I'm working on finding a floppy version of linux that will let me telnet
(VT100) into an AIX box and provide lpr support.
Currently, there are a number of terminals (IBM 3151) but they are
getting quite expensive. I'm thinking that a low-end PC with terminal
emulation software on it will do the trick better and that would also
give me the ability to put spooled printers anywhere there is a
terminal and it eliminates the need for a terminal server at remote
sites.
Has anyone done this...or have any tips for me?
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To:
omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft
Retest News
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Jun 1999 21:14:57 GMT
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:40:29 +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>Philip Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> >
>
>> If you read the supplied URL above, you'll learn that microsoft doesn't
>have
>> to cheat, to give a better performance than linux on an SMP box.
>> Personally, I'd like to see the results on the same machine, when
>> linux is swapped out for solaris.
>>
>But Linux != Solaris, the benchmark is between Linux and NT.
No, the benchmark is between NT, and linux+samba
If you ran it on solaris, you will then have a better idea of how much of it
is linux's fault, and how much is samba's.
--
[Trim the no-bots from my address to reply to me by email!]
[ Do NOT email-CC me on posts. Pick one or the other.]
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The word of the day is mispergitude
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux..misc
Subject: Re: Demand dialing ppp in 2.2, how?
Date: 17 Jun 1999 18:50:27 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Is there a HOWTO for the new demand dialing ppp in the 2.2 kernel??
What new demand dialing? AFAIK the demand dialing in 2.[012].x is all
the same from the user file standpoint. See 'man pppd' for the options.
Something like this (from memory):
# you must have an IP address
# if you have static IP, fix the values here
192.168.0.1:192.168.0.2
# if your ISP supplies a new IP via DHCP, uncomment these lines
#ipcp-accept-local
#ipcp-accept-remote
#
# demand dialing with idleout
demand
idle 600
#
# place the call
connect **FILL_THIS_IN**
The only slightly tricky thing is that you must have an IP to demand
dial, but you can accept IP from your ISP. I am using this on 2.0.33,
2.0.36, 2.1.131, 2.2.5 and 2.2.9 for sure, maybe some others, but it
didn't change from a user point.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
The Internet is not the fountain of youth, but some days it feels like
the fountain of immaturity.
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From: "Stuart Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft
Retest News
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:41:36 +1200
Moritz Moeller-Herrmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 18:45:35 -0700, Chad Mulligan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >>If that seems farfetched, this article describes the stealthed,
> >>encrypted code that Microsoft put into beta versions of Windows
> >>3.1 to detect DR-DOS, put up an error message, and fail by
> >>default:
>
> >That was right, hmmm? Seen a doctor lately? Or better, have you been
> >outside of your room lately? I mean in the last year or so. No point
doing
> >it all at once.
>
>
> Well, this is not a theory but has been proven in court. Several articles
> detailed this. Your own company, Microsoft admitted that this code exists!
> inded!
>
Yes, because they couldn't be sure that DR-DOS would support Windows. And I
believe the code was removed in the final release...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kent Kling)
Subject: New Linux Website
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:41:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.economite.com
We are looking for feedback on the website, people who want to write
Linux tips, answer questions and basically promote Linux.
The site is continually under construction, give it a look!
K. Kling
economite.com, Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Win95 net printer via SMB
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:22:22 -0400
here is the entry in my smb.conf:
[DJ600]
comment = Printer
path = /var/spool/samba/DJ600
guest ok = Yes
hosts allow = 125.169.85.
printable = Yes
print command = lpr -b -P%p %s
this my /etc/printcap:
DJ600:\
:rw:sh:
:lp=/dev/lp0
:sd=/var/spool/samba/DJ600
:fx=flp
please help
thank you
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I set up a raw printer and am sharing it out with samba. I can see
> the
> > printer in net neighborhood but when I try to print it says that the
> > printer path is invalid. What is going on?
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> >
> it would probably help if you sent your smb.conf - only the part for the
> printer.
>
> my GUESS would be that you set up a spool-path that is not existent or
> not writable for whoever wants to print.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on a floppy to replace dumb terminal
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:36:22 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm working on finding a floppy version of linux that will let me telnet
> (VT100) into an AIX box and provide lpr support.
>
You can check-out PocketLinux. Search for 'pocket linux' on most any
search engine. It fits on one floppy disk, but to date is rather limited,
although you may find it adequate for your needs. Worst case you spend a
few minutes downloading and testing the system.
Gregory D. Horne
Information Technology Architect
The Network Laboratorium (NetLab)
Ottawa ON
Canada
>
> Currently, there are a number of terminals (IBM 3151) but they are
> getting quite expensive. I'm thinking that a low-end PC with terminal
> emulation software on it will do the trick better and that would also
> give me the ability to put spooled printers anywhere there is a
> terminal and it eliminates the need for a terminal server at remote
> sites.
>
> Has anyone done this...or have any tips for me?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: ppp
Date: 17 Jun 1999 21:56:40 GMT
In <7kb5t4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick) writes:
]i dial to my isp by minicom and quit without resetting modem
]after typing "pppd -detach /dev/cua0 115200 &"
^^^^^^^^ ^^ ?? nodetach, and then
you tell it to detach?
(This is not your problem however.)
]the pppd process quits after a few seconds
]the error message in /var/adm/messages are:
Put the option
debug
into the above command line.
and put
daemon.* /var/log/messages
inot /etc/syslog.conf
Then do killall -1 syslogd
so you can see what pppd is trying to do.
Or you can read
axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
for a step by step guide to getting set up in ppp.
]Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid
]0
]Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Using interface ppp0
]Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua0
]Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Serial line is looped back.
Either your modem has echo on ( which should not make a difference but
can) or the far end does not want to run ppp and is simply echoing your
stuff.
]Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Connection terminated.
]Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Exit.
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From: "Arto Muhli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Nwe-mars client and file creation rights
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 01:01:23 +0300
Please help me!
I have RedHat 6 runing with Nwe-mars, but I can't get the
file creation rights working. I'm trying to give each new file
--rwxrwx--- (770) rights so that people in my group could
have all rights to my files. Now each new file has --rwxr-x---
(750). What should I do?
-Arto-
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From: Dmitry Koshkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Realtek RTL8019 network card ???
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 20:16:47 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I am wondering if I can install the network card with RTL8019 chip on
Redhat 6.0.
What driver should I use for this.
Where can I get this driver.
Thanks for any help.
Dmitry
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From: Job Eisses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: URGENT bootp - does tftp initiate transfer or does server push kernel?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:25:09 +0200
Michael wrote:
> In short:
>
> Which system initiates the file transfer using tftp, server or client?
> Does bootp invoke tftp directly? If not, how is it done?
The client broadcasts a bootp request
bootps replies, with ip adress and the name of the bootfile
client tftp's that file to itself
-job
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From: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Steve Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Example of ipchains denying access to a specific domain?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:30:30 GMT
Can someone point me to an example of an ipchains rule that rejects packets
to/from a specific domain?
Thank you.
***** Steve Snyder *****
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From: "Stephan Voigt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ssh.rpm package for SuSE 6.1 - where is one??
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:26:45 +0200
Did you look under the sec (Security) section in yast ?
I have a german Suse 6.1 Distribution and there is a ssh package included.
Stephan
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 18:20:19 -0500
From: "Michael R. Clapper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which ISDN modem for linux?
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Personally, I couldn't be happier with my 3com ISDN LAN/Modem. It's a router
and an ISDN Modem. (external, of course). One cheap net card, and you're
there. Esp. if you have multiple machines to connect.
Michael Clapper
Jason McKnight wrote:
> Don't get an external "modem" type ISDN adapter. It uses com ports to
> communicate and will usually limit you to 115kbps. Get an ISDN router instead
> they are nearly the same price (Netgear anyway) and work great.
>
> Jason McKnight
>
> David Carlin wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I was interested in setting up IP Masq over ISDN under Linux. I'm
> > only interested in external serial ISDN modems. Which one should I get?
> > I've heard lots of good things about the Eicon DIVA T/A. Call bumping and
> > at least two analog ports are a must, I plan on having the ISDN line be my
> > only phone line. Also, which high speed serial card is recommended?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -David Carlin
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Michael R. Clapper
Principal
I
Strategic Initiatives Delivery
Sabre, Inc.
Phone: (918) 249-0204
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Personally, I couldn't be happier with my 3com ISDN LAN/Modem.
It's a router and an ISDN Modem. (external, of course). One
cheap net card, and you're there. Esp. if you have multiple machines
to connect.
<p>Michael Clapper
<p>Jason McKnight wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Don't get an external "modem" type ISDN adapter.
It uses com ports to
<br>communicate and will usually limit you to 115kbps. Get an ISDN router
instead
<br>they are nearly the same price (Netgear anyway) and work great.
<p>Jason McKnight
<p>David Carlin wrote:
<p>> Hello,
<br>> I was interested
in setting up IP Masq over ISDN under Linux. I'm
<br>> only interested in external serial ISDN modems. Which one should
I get?
<br>> I've heard lots of good things about the Eicon DIVA T/A. Call
bumping and
<br>> at least two analog ports are a must, I plan on having the ISDN line
be my
<br>> only phone line. Also, which high speed serial card is recommended?
<br>>
<br>> Thanks,
<br>>
-David Carlin
<br>>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</blockquote>
<pre>--
Michael R. Clapper
Principal
I
Strategic Initiatives Delivery
Sabre, Inc.
Phone: (918) 249-0204
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Michael R. Clapper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "Seeing" a WinNT40 box from SuSE 6.1
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:37:44 -0500
Okay, if we all agree that no question is a dumb question, we'll all get
along! :)
I'm in day two of my first installation of any Linux ever. I have only
JUST learned how to get my SB16 to work! :)
btw... I have *some* WinNT networking experience. (what I "need to know"
to get by....
Q1: (exactly) I have a WinNT 4.0 server on my network. I can ping it,
and it can ping me. I can see my www server on my NT machine, and my
NT (and my 98 machine) can see the apache www server on my Linux
installation.
So how do I see the drives on these machines? (both ways). I'd like to
mount an NT drive from Linux, and vice-versa.
Anybody wanna start me off?
--
Michael R. Clapper
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cyclone000)
Subject: modem configuration
Date: 17 Jun 1999 22:40:39 GMT
ok.. maybe i'm doing something wrong or i just don't know what the hell is
going on. After accidentally buying 2 winmodems in a row i finally got an
external
it's a Actiontek 56k external modem. So i plug it in, and i tried to use the
GNOME ppp dialer to initialize it... but it always says "the modem is not
responding"
maybe i'm not assuming the right stuff... when i type dmesg
it gives me my ttyS0 & ttyS1 being set up as serial devices... so i assumed one
of those was my serial port
and i look at my /proc/ioports, to see if those ports are the same and they
are, no other serial devices either
what gives?
-dave
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From: "Quinn Gittings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Mapped CDrom
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:25:16 -0400
I'm not sure if this is a hardware question or a networking but here goes.
I have the CD-ROM drive on my Linux server mapped to a drive on my Win98
client. Everytime I try to access stuff on that CD drive . I get an error
hdb media changed....then my network card spits out this '
eth0: 21140 transmit timed out, status f4660000, SIA 000050cc ffff0001
fffffff9 fff00000, resetting
and it doesn't stop printing that until I reboot
Thanks in advance
Quinn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Nagel algorithm??
Date: 17 Jun 1999 23:22:33 GMT
In article <7kbi98$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Clifford Kite <kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com> wrote:
| bill davidsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
| : After more looking, I found the option commented out in
| : net/ipv4/Config.in. What's with this? Is this a conversion to the M$
| : philosophy, "we know what's best for you, and won't confuse you with
| : choices?" The code to use that is still in the kernel, although it
| : didn't help as much as I hoped it would.
|
| You're right. I had thought that if it were in the Configure.help file
| then it would be in a configure file - and active. My mistake, but it
| won't happen twice. I _can_ now guarantee that it's not in any other
| kernel configuration file.
I guess my real question, having solved how to get it working, is why
options are disabled in the Config.in files. These aren't even dangerous
options, and they are really useful if you want them at all.
I don't like being protected from myself...
Any kernel folks care to note how/why this was done?
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
The Internet is not the fountain of youth, but some days it feels like
the fountain of immaturity.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: PAP: Password Authentication Protocol
Date: 17 Jun 1999 22:06:18 GMT
In <Bp9a3.7633$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Rob Duff"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>PS - please reply by email and post if possible...
>PPS - remove the NO SPAM from my email address to reply to me...
Lets see. You ask for help, you then tell people they should write to
you but that they should jump through a few hoops before they do so as
well. Do you also charge people for the priviledge of helping you as well?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (peter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Suse 6.1 and ftp - connection refused
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:21:07 GMT
In article <Apaa3.644$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> The ftp on my suse system is out to lunch. While it will accept connections
> from the local host it will not accept connections from remote systems. Have
> installed wu.ftpd, proftpd, and the standard ftpd. Have started each using
> inetd, tcpserver, and as indivdual daemons. Have used same ftpaccess etc.
> files as on working systems. All hosts are listed in DNS and Hosts files.
> Other services connect fine such as Telnet, SMTP, etc. This is not a routing
> or name resolution issue.
>
> Symptoms the same with all configurations. Error always the same "Connection
> Refused"
>
> Symtoms:
> All cases can connect on local host
> Suse2 system: Can connect from a NT workstation
> Suse2 system: Refuses connection from Suse1 system ???
> Suse1 system: Refuses connections from any host
> Suse1 system: Sporadically will accept connection once from remote host.
> Drops connection after running any command such as "ls". Then refuses any
> further remote connections from that point - even after restarting all
> services ????
>
> It acts as though there is no service listening on the FTP port. Any
> suggestions as to what to look at.
you took a look to /etc/hosts.access and /etc/hosts.deny ?
peter
=================
pilsl@
ANTISPAM
goldfisch.atat.at
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cgi scripts return plain text
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:40:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I set up a linux box on my network with Apache. Everything works fine
until I try to access a dynamically generated web page -- created by a
perl script.
The problem is that it returns the source of the page as plain text. For
some reason, the browser is not recognizing it as HTML, even though it
starts off with the correct "Content-type: text/html" header. (The same
exact script is running just fine on my web page hosted elsewhere.)
I'm guessing that something is set incorrectly in the Apache config. Any
hints, tips, or solutions would be most welcome!
(Feel free to post here or e-mail me directly. However, my domain is the
same as my last name.)
========================================================================
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
[EMAIL PROTECTED] that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California http://www.crl.com/~sinasohn/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill S.)
Subject: Re: Wake up on lan
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:40:38 GMT
I am trying to get this to work also. I have an Asus P2B-S motherboard
with a 3Com 3C905B nic. Both the motherboard and nic support wake-on-lan,
and there is a 3-wire connector from the nic to the motherboard.
According to the Asus manual:
"To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires an Ethernet LAN
adapter card or interface that can activate the Wake-On-LAN function, a
client with Wake-On-LAN capability, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10
or up that can trigger the wake-up frame."
LDCM is Intel's LanDesk Client Manager...
LDCM is not currently able to wake up my RedHat 6.0 system. It appears
that whatever software is required on Linux is either missing or not
running on my system.
I would suggest reading docs on 3Com's website, or the one for your nic.
If you do get it to work, I would like to hear about it.
-Bill
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rainer Kiehne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anybody tell me how wake up on lan works?
> Does a workstation wake up if there is a simple broadcast?
> Where can I find sources of information?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill S.)
Subject: Re: IP-Masqurade!!
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:47:32 GMT
On RedHat 6.0, the following works on my system:
Add to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ
KernelVer=`uname -r`
MasqDir=/lib/modules/${KernelVer}/ipv4
cd ${MasqDir}
for fn in ip_masq_* ; do
if modprobe ${fn} ; then
printf "%s - ok\n" ${fn}
else
printf "%s - failed\n" ${fn}
fi
done
The first line makes ping, and web browsers, etc work, but FTP and several
other things did not work until I added the 'for' loop.
-Bill
"Tiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to set Linux as a proxy box. I have read some information on the
> internet and still could not get it to work. can some one please help me to
> start this service on my machine.
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From: "Colin Chaplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Use Samba, Kills IP Connectivity !!!!!!
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:58:05 +0100
I have a sucessful setup of a NT box networked to a linux box over a BNC
ethernet network
I have just upgraded the NICs to 100Mbs and put a twisted pair RJ45 lead
between them. Everything worked hunky dory (Telnet, ping etc) Set the 100mbs
card to be eth0 on the linux box (kept the isa 10mbps as eth1)
HOWEVER
Once I start browsing the shares on the linux box, all connectivity between
the two machines disappeers and both need reboot to cure.
Doing a ping reports host unreachable, or 'hardware error' if cable
unplugged
I am beat, don't have a clue, looked at all the docs. Any ideas people ? All
other config is pretty much common-or-garden from the redhat 5.2 Cd
Thanks
Colin
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From: "Chad Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:37:28 -0700
Mark Evans wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Chad Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Actually, I would think that Scalability stems from having the data
>> available available to your customers, when they need it. Big Iron's
days
>> are numbered. I worked for an HMO that even clustered their IBM 390's to
>
>Isn't the Quad Xeon NT box simply the MS variety of "Big Iron"
>
At least until the release of Merced.
>
>> ensure availability. If you doubt the value of redundancy, check out a
VAX
>> cluster sometime, two to four machines acting as a single entity, you
could
>
>IIRC the original version of the VAX cluster was 10 nodes, either
Processors
>or HSC's with the disks being capable of being connected to more than one
>HSC at once.
>
Sound about right, but I've heard a rumor of a company that used that
technology to completely mirror their data center at different locations.
If one went down, the other responed, seamlessly.
>
>> run over one with a truck and the customers wouldn't notice. That there
is
>> the key, the pieces can die, but the system must be available, it's a
notion
>> called fault tolerance.
>
>Can you build something similar with NT? Can you build something similar
>with Linux? (What happens when you want to expand the cluster? IIRC you
>can only cluster 2 NT machines. Even then it's debatable if it's
>anything like a VAX cluster.)
>
Actually, eight machines. But MS has expanded that to nearly 100 in a
cluster of clusters http://www.microsoft.com/technet/cdonline/serverop.htm
it runs www.microsoft.com.
>--
>Mark Evans
>St. Peter's CofE High School
>Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
>Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Chris Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Boot ROMs - what hardware?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 03:20:20 -0500
I've been looking for this answer for a while, and still
no joy. Hopefully someone out there can assist - I need
to get this equipment purchased! (I've been to the
Etherboot page.)
We're using a collection of ISA and PCI NE2000-compatible
generic Ethernet cards (along with a handful of SMC Ultra16
8216T's) on Linux workstations. We need to start booting
these diskless from our PII server in the corner. All the
cards have sockets that look identical, at least in terms
of pin-outs and physical dimensions.
What hardware specifically will we need to accomplish this?
Which EPROM chips? Which burner? (If you could supply the
name of a vendor, and SKU or part numbers, it would be a
tremendous help.)
Thank you very much in advance for any assistance you might
be able to render.
Yours,
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (urgrue)
Subject: simple question about ethernet, please help
Date: 17 Jun 1999 21:41:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ive got a linux box (SuSE 6.0, kernel 2.0.36) with a few ISA ethernet cards
working fine. I just added two SMC etherexpress II cards which use the epic100.o
module. two problems:
1.if i do a simple 'insmod epic100', both cards are recognized and assigned eth2
and eth3. but the only way i can get this done automatically in bootup is by
adding that line to boot.local. surely there is a more proper way of doing this?
adding 'alias eth2 epic100' in /etc/conf.modules does nothing (doesnt load the
module). do i need to also add an options line? i tried that, with the io given
me by the earlier insmod, but that too does nothing.
2.once the cards are recognized, i try a 'ifconfig eth2 address x.x.x.x netmask
x.x.x.x' but it either hangs and crashes the entire network until i reboot, or
displays an error: "Unknown host". The IP address is completely valid. Using
YaST, if i tell it the IP address and tell it to activate the card at boot, the
computer boots nicely but again kills the network and fails to work properly, as
above.
i'm a bit spoiled by YaST and would like to learn how to do all this manually.
i've gone through various HOWTOs, and poked in my books, but none of them
have been of any use. please help.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "x" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: help: auto dial out
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:05:48 +0800
Hi,
Would you please help me:
Diald program can auto dialout,
Q. Whether support auto dialout in kernel 2.2.x ,
if yes, How to setup ?
Thanks for your help.
xww
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