Linux-Networking Digest #581, Volume #11 Fri, 18 Jun 99 15:13:47 EDT
Contents:
Re: D_Link ethernet cards and linux (Peter Mounce)
Re: Which ISDN modem for linux? (Lyndon Hills)
Re: BNC cable length limit ("Jason Png")
[Q] AOL Using Linux? (Robert Young)
Re: smbmount won't work (John and Catherine Allen)
Re: BNC cable length limit (Lew Pitcher)
Re: [Q] AOL Using Linux? (Clifford Kite)
Re: Linux as Dialup Server (Lim Chee Onn)
Re: Still trouble with Samba...part two! (Matt Templeton)
Re: Apache Config (Lyndon Hills)
Firewall/Transparent Proxy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
tar'ing to a NT based 4mm SCSI dat via samba? (Peter Espen)
Re: chap (Clifford Kite)
[Fwd: Linux - W95 interaction] (theoldman)
Re: minicom works, but ppp doesn't! (leam)
Re: minicom works, but ppp doesn't! (Mink)
Re: Secure network-backup via nfs? ("Bobby D. Bryant")
Re: minicom works, but ppp doesn't! (Clifford Kite)
Re: SAMBA newbie ("Tiger")
difficult problem, need solution ("Michael Wang")
Re: BNC cable length limit ("Kyle Hittle")
Segmentation fault when starting IPX ("Iain Ayre")
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From: Peter Mounce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: D_Link ethernet cards and linux
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:57:09 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a DE528 (I think that's the right model - if not, something very
similar).
I have had no problems with using the "PCI NE2000" generic driver in the
kernel (version 2.2.x).
Peter Mounce
Steven Ellis wrote:
>
> I anyone out there using any D-Link 10/100 PCI ethernet cards under Linux,
> as they don't appear to be explicitly supported by the kernel.
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
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From: Lyndon Hills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which ISDN modem for linux?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:10:09 +0100
Michael R. Clapper wrote:
>
> 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
>
I also have something like this - a netgear RH348. Very easy to set up,
has 4 lan ports, can be configured to use two-channels when traffic hits
one level and drop back to one later. Can have filters set up like a
firewall. Also does dhcp + NAT. To my mind it really is plug'n'play -
you need to do almost nothing on the clients, just set the default
gateway to the router and away.
I don't work for Bay I'm a happy customer, and I'm afraid I can't offer
a comparison with say the 3com above.
HTH
Lyndon
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From: "Jason Png" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BNC cable length limit
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 01:12:47 +0800
standard (stated in books) maximum's length for a BNC cable should be 185
meter ...
iinm, you can go beyond there.. just get a network cable tester and make
sure there's no package lost during transaction ..
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regards,
jason ...
Manohar Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7kepuf$4ur$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: hey hey fellas!
:
: What is the maximum length a BNC cable can be used safely in a peer to
peer
: limit?
:
: would appreciate an answer very much ....
: thankooo ;-)
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From: Robert Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Q] AOL Using Linux?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:44:07 -0400
To Linux Netters,
Currently, I am an NT user and my access to the Internet is provided by the
NetZero (www.NetZero.net) that does not allow its member to use any other
DUN,
except its own proprietary DUN software. I also noticed from the NetZero's
web page that one can use AOL DUN to access the Netzero's Internet dialup.
Having said that, I would like to find out if it is possible to setup a
Linux
workstation to perform and Internet dialup to the AOL or the NetZero using
the
Linux software. If so, I would like to get rid off my NT OS and replace it
with RedHat 6.0 Linux distribution.
Can anyone please help?
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Robert Young,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:30:45 +0200
From: John and Catherine Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.smb,linux.samba
Subject: Re: smbmount won't work
> [root@tf linux]# smbmount //BUBBA/D/ /mnt -C -P shared
> mount error: Invalid argument
> Please look at smbmount's manual page for possible reasons
>
> Any ideas? I've searched this newsgroup up and down and I haven't >
The syntax for this version of smbmount is something like (from memory):
smbmount //BUBBA/D/ -c 'mount /mnt'
You need an up to date manual page for this version, which is quite
different to the old smbmount
John Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: BNC cable length limit
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:43:25 GMT
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 20:05:21 +0530, "Manohar Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hey hey fellas!
>
>What is the maximum length a BNC cable can be used safely in a peer to peer
>limit?
>
>would appreciate an answer very much ....
>thankooo ;-)
Approx 180 Meters (about 540 feet)
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: [Q] AOL Using Linux?
Date: 18 Jun 1999 12:25:10 -0500
Robert Young ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Currently, I am an NT user and my access to the Internet is provided by the
: NetZero (www.NetZero.net) that does not allow its member to use any other
: DUN, except its own proprietary DUN software. I also noticed from the NetZero's
: web page that one can use AOL DUN to access the Netzero's Internet dialup.
: Having said that, I would like to find out if it is possible to setup a
: Linux workstation to perform and Internet dialup to the AOL or the NetZero
using the Linux software. If so, I would like to get rid off my NT OS and
replace it with RedHat 6.0 Linux distribution.
AOL requires using *it's* proprietary software. Do yourself a favor
and get a real ISP.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* I gave up on politics when no matter who I voted for, I regretted it.
* -- Pepper...and Salt, WSJ */
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From: Lim Chee Onn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux as Dialup Server
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 22:49:18 +0800
Steve Cowles wrote:
>
> I currently have my Linux system (RH6.0) setup to receive inbound ppp and
> fax calls using mgetty+sendfax. All is working just fine. I can connect into
> my system using ppp from my laptop which is running NT40, plus I can also
> receive faxes and have them converted to email as gif attachments. But when
> I reviewed the log file /var/log/messages (see below). I am getting this
> message when the connection occurs. "can't locate module
> ppp-compress-21,26,24". Is there some alias I need to set in the
> conf.modules to fix this?
>
Add the following lines to /etc/conf.modules
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
That will take care of the problems.
Cheers.
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From: Matt Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Still trouble with Samba...part two!
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:14:41 +0000
You may need to add "file and printer sharing for Microsoft networks".
In the control panel go to network; add; service; microsoft; File and
printer sharing for Microsoft Networks.
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From: Lyndon Hills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache Config
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:14:18 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Please help me I am now to apache and linux but need to get a site up.
> Dan Spray
Isn't there a how-to on your distribution CD? WWW-HOWTO or Intranet
HOWTO? You might take a look at 'The Linux Network' I'm sorry don't have
it here to quote isbn etc. I think it covers apache and it is quite good
for getting standard networking stuff up & running, though really aimed
at a private lan rather than the internet.
HTH
Lyndon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Firewall/Transparent Proxy
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 15:53:32 GMT
Is it possible to use a linux Redhat 6.0 box that
is currently connected and accessible on our NT
LAN as a gateway/firewall for other computers that
are on the same LAN? We have a T1 connection to
the net. As of now, all workstations are pointed
to the router gateway. I would like the Linux box
to be pointed to router gateway and the other
workstations pointed to the linux box. What steps
do I need to follow. Thanks in advance.
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Espen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: tar'ing to a NT based 4mm SCSI dat via samba?
Date: 18 Jun 1999 10:50:24 -0600
I have a NT box and a redhat 5.2 box on a fast ethernet
network and am already sharing filesystems via samba. I
have a 4mm DAT on the Windows NT system via an Adaptec
2940 SCSI interface.
Is there a way for me to tar and dump on linux to the
4mm dat on the NT system?
Thanks.
Peter
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: chap
Date: 18 Jun 1999 11:23:11 -0500
Patrick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: i have edited ppp-secrets
There's /etc/ppp/chap-secrets and /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, but no
ppp-secrets.
: but there is error, can u tell me how to solve it?
: the connection terminated after connecting between ppp0 and
: /dev/modem
: Jun 18 23:29:42 love chat[275]: CONNECT -- got it
: Jun 18 23:29:42 love chat[275]: send (^M)
: Jun 18 23:29:42 love pppd[274]: Serial connection established.
: Jun 18 23:29:43 love pppd[274]: Using interface ppp0
: Jun 18 23:29:43 love pppd[274]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
: Jun 18 23:29:49 love pppd[274]: Connection terminated.
: Jun 18 23:29:49 love pppd[274]: Exit.
Not really enough information except for wild guesses. You really need
to find the pppd debug messages, usually in a log file in /var/log but
configured in /etc/syslog.conf.
One wild guess from the timestamps would be that CHAP authentication
failed for some reason. You need the pppd "name" option, e.g.,
name YourISPusername and a /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file configured this
way
YourISPusername * YourISPpassword
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: theoldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Fwd: Linux - W95 interaction]
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 19:14:35 +0200
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I have a Linux box connected to the internet via a modem and a W95 box
connected to the Linux box via TCP/IP.
2 questions:
1. Once the Linux box is connected to my ISP , I can go to the W95 box,
Telnet into the Linux box, run LYNX and get text only access to the
Internet. Is it possible to use Netscape or Explorer on the W95 box so
that graphical browsing is available?(I have spent many nights playing
with SAMBA and trying to understand IP_Masquerade but I can not get
beyond the point I described above).
2. My Linux box shows up in Network Neighbourhood on the W95 box and I
can browse it from there with no problem. How do I access files on the
W95 box from the Linux box?I presume that this would be done by mounting
the remote system's drives in some way but I am lost with this one.
Thanks in advance.
Rob
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From: leam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: minicom works, but ppp doesn't!
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:28:45 -0500
ANother issue is the ppp options and chat scripts you are using. If they
don't search for the right thing, or don't send an extra <cr> or two,
both sides can hang assuming the other is about to send something.
Also, some ISP's can't handle LCP request, and PPP prefers them. You may
see an error message like "LCP request timeout" in your messages file.
Try opening a second window, and as root run tail -f /var/log/messages.
Then open the ppp attempt and see what gets sent to the messages file.
ciao!
leam
Cory Blackburn wrote:
>
> I have the same problem with my 486/66 running slackware 4.0 . I
> initially installed a 33.6 phoebe modem and went through the pppsetup
> and all worked well. After four or five times connecting to the net ,
> the modem stopped. So I tried it in minicom and it dialed. I went
> through pppsetup again trying different initialization strings even
> though it initially worked with the default string, however it still
> will not work using ppp; so any help on this problem would be
> appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:31:57 -0500, leam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >We'd need a bit more information to help. Also, there are some great
> >references in the HOWTO section of your linux (usually in /usr/doc/).
> >
> >Some things to read are the PPP-HOWTO, the NET-3_HOWTO. Also, if you can
> >find the on-line version of the Linux Network Administrators Guide (NAG)
> >is gives a great overall view of networking.
> >
> >ciao!
> >
> >leam
> >
> >Kihwan Kwon wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, all
> >> I tried with minicom and it works although it's slow.
> >> However, if I dial in using ppp, it doesn't recognize the modem.
> >> What seems to be wrong? Thank you very much.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: minicom works, but ppp doesn't!
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:16:52 GMT
Hi All,
I've got the same problems. I'm able to dial into my ISP via
Minicom(which is really slow, even with a 56K modem),it seems to resolve
the connection but after 2 minutes it hangs up!
I've noticed that under my Network Configurator settings that my ppp0
interface won't stay set to ACTIVE! It continues to defalult back to
deactive whenever I close my Netcofigurator Window.
BTW, I have read the PPP HOWTO under /DOCS and have been referencing 2
other linux books.
Let's talk about it,
Mink
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have the same problem with my 486/66 running slackware 4.0 . I
> initially installed a 33.6 phoebe modem and went through the pppsetup
> and all worked well. After four or five times connecting to the net ,
> the modem stopped. So I tried it in minicom and it dialed. I went
> through pppsetup again trying different initialization strings even
> though it initially worked with the default string, however it still
> will not work using ppp; so any help on this problem would be
> appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:31:57 -0500, leam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >We'd need a bit more information to help. Also, there are some great
> >references in the HOWTO section of your linux (usually in /usr/doc/).
> >
> >Some things to read are the PPP-HOWTO, the NET-3_HOWTO. Also, if you
can
> >find the on-line version of the Linux Network Administrators Guide
(NAG)
> >is gives a great overall view of networking.
> >
> >ciao!
> >
> >leam
> >
> >Kihwan Kwon wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi, all
> >> I tried with minicom and it works although it's slow.
> >> However, if I dial in using ppp, it doesn't recognize the modem.
> >> What seems to be wrong? Thank you very much.
>
>
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From: "Bobby D. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Secure network-backup via nfs?
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 12:27:41 -0500
Frank Sweetser wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> ...
> > Also I would prefer to initiate the backup from the dat-machine. Would
> > that be possible using something like:
> >
> > ssh remote-host tar /filesystem-name | dd bs=10240 of=/dev/st0
>
> yup.
A couple of questions:
1) What is /dev/st0 ? Is it a port back to the machine you issued the command
from?
2) Suppose you want to use cron to do this every night. Since cron presumably
isn't privy to your ssh-agent login (if you happen to be logged in at all), how
do you manage the passphrase in a cron job?
Thanks,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: minicom works, but ppp doesn't!
Date: 18 Jun 1999 12:15:13 -0500
leam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Also, some ISP's can't handle LCP request, and PPP prefers them. You may
: see an error message like "LCP request timeout" in your messages file.
Sorry, *all* ISPs "handle LCP request", PPP can't do data transfer until
the PPP link is negotiated. Link negotiation requires Link Control
Protocol, aka LCP.
--
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From: "Tiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SAMBA newbie
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 09:03:09 -0400
Folks,
I have started samba and can see my directory on my network neighborhood
from windows 98. I log in after set the password authentication on smb.conf
file to access as a domain and Linux is the only server. I can not access my
directory when I click it from the neighborhood. I was able to ftp and log
into my /home that way!!
any suggestion would be appreciated
thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:kKr83.124$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello, i am a newbie in the Linux word and i want to get my setup to work
as
> a fileserver to Win95 clients. How do i setup the Samba?
>
>
> --
> MVH, Thomas Winberg.
>
>
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From: "Michael Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: difficult problem, need solution
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 00:02:52 +0800
I have a server: 4*Intel Xeron450/512k cpu, Intel 450NX Mainbroad, Adaptec
AHA-3940 2-channel SCSI adapter, GD5446 display adapter,
intel 82559 NIC, 1GB ECC EDO Memory, 10* IBM9.1GB Hardisk.
i want install redhat6.0 for my VOD system platform.
but i can't install it.
when i install redhat6.0, have a error message at start up install kernel,
and then deathly stillness.
error message: ...
scsi: 0 hosts
scsi: detected total
Partation check
VFS: Cannot open root device 08:21
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:21
pls tell me, how can i install redhat6.0? or solution.
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From: "Kyle Hittle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BNC cable length limit
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 02:03:48 -0400
750 feet is the safe maxium limit certified by novell
kyle
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From: "Iain Ayre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Segmentation fault when starting IPX
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 16:09:05 GMT
I am attempting to get a test Linux system hooked up to our working Novell
server.
It is a SuSE 6.1 with 2.2.5 kernel. The network card is a 3com 3c509B which
works fine from dos and windows. From a Win95 workstation on the network I
can ping, telnet and ftp to the linux box.
However as soon as I try to start the IPX interface I get a segmentation
fault. The command I am using to start the interface is :
ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.2
When I first attempted this I got a message something like socket
unavailable.
Being new to this I looked through the various howtos and it seemed that
the ipx module was not being loaded. I then edited the conf.modules file
and uncommented the line
alias net-pf-4 ipx
Which I take should allow the loading of the ipx module. But now with these
segmentation faults I'm not certain this was correct.
If anybody could give me any pointers I would be most grateful. Thanks in
advance.
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