Linux-Networking Digest #677, Volume #11 Sat, 26 Jun 99 09:13:29 EDT
Contents:
Re: Why ppp1 instead of ppp0 (Rob van der Putten)
Re: Gaming over a shared internet connection? (DeAnn Iwan)
Re: Automating Remote applications running on Unix ("Gregory D. Horne")
Re: Newbie DNS Question (mist)
Re: hosts.allow or hosts.deny (mist)
Re: VPN through IP Masq (Mark Constable)
Advice sought - ISDN modems, proxy servers and firewalls (Steve)
Strange network configuration ("Terence Parker")
Re: RH 6.0 & 3C905C TXM Problems (Tom Pfeifer)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News ("John Hughes")
nfs mount failed: permission denied (Bruce Best)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News (Robin Becker)
Re: Loading modules at boot (Tom Jordaan)
Re: Loading modules at boot (Terence Tse)
PPP and KDE! (Mopp)
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From: Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why ppp1 instead of ppp0
Date: 26 Jun 1999 12:14:58 +0200
Hi there
James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the problem that when I close a ppp connections and restart it, it
> comes up as ppp1 then ppp2 etc. Why? I don't see any reason.
ppp nrs are assigned dynamically.
> I don't have any access to the Internet anymore then.
You should link your routing to the relevant tty instead of a ppp nr.
Regards,
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DeAnn Iwan)
Subject: Re: Gaming over a shared internet connection?
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 10:42:45 GMT
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 08:27:50 GMT, Andrew Corrigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am interested in trying out linux and was thinking of setting up a
>relatively cheap linux box as a gateway using IP Masquerade. Two
>Windows 98 SE boxes would be connected to the linux gateway (I figure
>using a router?) over a cable modem. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone
>had done a similar setup and used it for multiplayer gaming over the
>net, primarily Halflife, Forsaken, some RTS games. I haven't seen any
>mention of games over this setup.
>
I am in the planning stages of setting up such a network--but
have not finished. Since there weren't other replies yet, I thought
I'd pitch in. More than one player over the internet degrading game
performance will depend on where the bottleneck is. A 486 can
saturate a T1 line, so using an old machine for a router should not be
a problem unless it's a 386. The only other place likely to be a
bottleneck is the line out of the house (modem,cablemodem, etc.).
Depending on the game and link speed, this could be a slowdown. The
other link that might cause problems is the linke to the router.
Assuming you are using a 10 mbit/s ethernet over a hub, two machines
can adequately feed your router and a modem--assuming its something
like a 56K getting a large fraction of that through to your ISP. Many
machines could clog the hub, of course. This is all from theoretical
timing and throughput, not from test.
>Also, what should I be looking for in hardware. I mainly plan on using
>it for just this purpose and some fiddling around with linux every now
>and then (when it's not being used as the gateway). I'm thinking I can
>save some money on a monitor but using some remote access software from
>my Win98 computer (the other will be my roommates). Please cc any
>replys to my email address as well. Thanks.
>
>Andrew
>
You can buy a little switch box that let's you connect both
machines to one monitor. However, lower quality switch boxes (aka
cheaper switchboxes) may have reflections that show up as ghosts on
the monitor. Alternatively, you can just plug and unplug the monitor.
If you are doing this a lot, go to a switchbox (the pin connector used
on the monitor is not built for continual repluggings and you may
eventually bend or damage a pin). I have 4 old 486s switched to one
set of monitor/keyboard/mouse and that works fine.
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From: "Gregory D. Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Automating Remote applications running on Unix
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 07:30:52 -0400
Stanley Mathew wrote:
> Hello Every one,
>
> I have a linux machine C++ libraries and Java jdk installed.
> I need to write a application that will connect to a remote Unix machine
> which has a application running on it. For connecting to the system we use
> Telnet and enter the login name which take us to the Application login
> screen asking for User Id and Password and we enter the valid details it
> takes you into Screen with menu options select a particular menu which
> might take you to another menu screen or a screen where we enter details
> and save the data. All this are now been done manually. Now here is the
> problem we have to do the complete operation through commands (i.e) we have
> to write a program that will use telnet to login into the system and pass
> the valid user id and password and go to the correspoding screen and enter
> the values and do a transaction completely. We have some idea like since
> in unix all the devices are files and tty is also a file we have to capture
> each file make some editing on it and run the same on the unix system.
>
> I would like your help for writing a C or Java application that can
> connect to the remote unix system and capture each screens into a file and
> edit it and run it.
>
Perhaps you should consider developing a true client-server application which
by definition is suited for the environment you have described. The server
can reside on one machine while the client(s) can reside on other machines.
As long as the client knows how to reach the server, then the transactions can
be executed. If you require assistance developing a Java-based client-server
application let me know.
Regards,
Gregory D. Horne
Information Technology Architect
Internetworking Engineer
The Network Laboratorium (NetLab)
>
> Expecting your help soon.
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Stanley
>
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> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie DNS Question
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:15:58 +0100
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Shonne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>This may sound stupid, but under DNS what server do I get the forwarders
>to? A root server. My network only has one primary and one secondary
>DNS?
>
Set the forwarder(s) to the DNS machine(s) of your upstream provider. (I
mean, whoever gives you access.)
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Mist.
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hosts.allow or hosts.deny
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:16:51 +0100
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Marty Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>I was curious, if you put a name in etc/hosts.allow, and then you put
>the same name in hosts.deny, would that host be allowed or denied?
>Which file does Linux look at first?
>
hosts.allow is checked first.
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Mist.
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From: Mark Constable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VPN through IP Masq
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 21:34:21 +1000
Sorry I can't help you guys but I am also searching for a solution
to this problem of a MASQ'd linux server with a dial-up w98 client
who wants to connect via PPTP to an outside service.
There is 3 of us now who would dearly like to find a solution so
if anyone has experience down this track then please don't hold
back. I've been searching and readin howto/faq's for two weeks
now and found nothing relevent for 2.2 kernels + ipchains.
--markc
James Peterson wrote:
>
> I am also trying to set something simiar to that up... but I am using a
> debian linux box as the server and a second debian box as a client.
>
> it looks something like this
>
> win98-|
> |
> win98-|-linux(client)--|--internet------linux(vpn server)-----novell
> server
> | |
> win98-| |
> |
> remote dial in---------|
>
> right now I am working on the server.. I am using VTUN witch suports
> encrypted packets as well as ip tunnling.
>
> I would like any sugestion on this matter or if there is a better way of
> doing this. I would also like to know if anyone is doing this so that
> you can log into a novell server over a connction like this?
>
> MikeH wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to access a VPN server from a client that is
> > behind a box running IP Masq. The IP Masq machine
> > is connected to the ISP with a cable modem.
> >
> > Does anyone specifically whether or not it is possible to
> > run VPN and PPTP through IP Masq?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Mike H.
>
> --
> *****************************************
> James Peterson
> Network Administrator
> Roman Meal Milling Company, Inc
> Phone (701) 282-9656
> Fax (701) 282-9743
> E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> *****************************************
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Advice sought - ISDN modems, proxy servers and firewalls
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:46:30 GMT
As a small company in Inverness, Scotland, providing internet access
to the public as well as using it internally, we are looking to
improve our access by replacing our current dial-up with isdn. Having
read documentation, and contacted BT etc, a few queries remain
unanswered. I am hoping that someone here can help.
We are intending to use a 486-100 with 24Mb ram, and ISDN modem and
two ethernet cards to route two nets, a public net and a private net,
to the internet. The following queries are still essentially
unanswered to my satisfaction.
we will be needing to set up a proxy/proxies for http, ftp, telnet,
news, mail etc.
1. In users experience, which is the best ISDN internal modem to use.
2. Which of the proxy servers is the best to use, easiest to set up,
most reliable.
3. Are there any other issues that we should be considering, problems
that need to be avoided.
With thanks in advance for all help offered.
Steve ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Terence Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange network configuration
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:37:54 +0800
We have a direct connection to our local telephone company Frame Relay,
through which we get our Internet access. Because I don't know too much
about networking at that level, I am a bit puzzled as to what is going on.
Although we are registered by 'whois' as having two blocks of IP addresses,
we were only informed of having one direct IP address - the one the router
uses. All machines on the network use internal IP addresses - fair enough, a
fairly normal thing. Problem is, we now need to setup a Web Server. Having
phoned the telephone company and waited several days (you know how they
are!) we were given instructions:
The Web Server was to remain on an Internal IP address, then the phone
company would map the router so that a real IP address pointed to that
internal one. I found this rather strange because on a separate network we
have (an entirely different system) we have 8 IP address which require no
configuration other than simply tapping the numbers into the individual
workstations. So why this strange mapping?
Secondly - I am a bit confused with the configuration of the computer.
Understandably, using the internal IP and internal subnet renders the
machine unviewable to the outside world even after the telephone company
have done their 'tweaking' (subnet maybe?). But using the real IP address,
that doesn't work either. What I was told is to use the internal one, but to
map the real one onto the same card - so I am running two IP's and two
Subnets on one card. That works - but can someone please explain why? I get
curious when I do things and I don't know why I'm doing them!
Thanks for your help
Terence Parker
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From: Tom Pfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 & 3C905C TXM Problems
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 07:42:23 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> We just purchased some Dell Dimension machines and they come with the
> 3Com 3C905C TXM NIC cards. RedHat claims that these cards are not
> supported and neither are the Netgear FX310 TX nor the 3C905B TX. They
> claim that the best card to buy is the 3Com 3c595. Unfortunately, I
> can't find this card at our local computer stores.
>
I can't speak for the other cards, but the 3C905B TX is most definitely
supported, at least in the 2.2.XX kernels. I never tried it with 2.0.XX.
It is of course a PCI card. I compiled the driver directly into the
kernel as opposed to using the module, although that shouldn't matter -
I only did that because the card is always in use so no advantage to
using a module.
Here's the relevant portion of /proc/pci
============================================================================
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905B 100bTX (rev 48).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=10.Max
Lat=10.
I/O at 0x6c00 [0x6c01].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xe8000000].
============================================================================
And the relevant portion of /var/log/kern.log
============================================================================
3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux
/drivers/vortex.html
eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x6c00, 00:10:5a:a6:2c:da, IRQ
10
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.
============================================================================
Tom
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From: "John Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:17:32 +0100
Why do they seem minor?
Encarta is a Microsoft product. They can edit it as they please.
I dont think ZDnet would allow this.
Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <7l280k$1d9i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hughes
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> >How about these? Did MS cheat also? ;)
> >
> >http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2256617,00.html
> >
> >http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/jumps/0,4270,401961,00.html
> >
> >
> ...
> a bit off topic, but an article in my paper, the Independent, states
> that M$'s encarta has different versions for different countries. If M$
> can claim in the US that Edison (October 1879) invented the electric
> light bulb before Swan (February 1879) then a few adjustments to
> benchmark results seem minor. Apparently the M$ mouthpiece says these
> sort of 'facts' aren't always black and white etc etc.
>
> It was Orwell's 1984 that had the 'Ministry of Truth', but I wonder if,
> now that we have the technology, it's becoming a reality.
> --
> Robin Becker
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From: Bruce Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: nfs mount failed: permission denied
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:11:25 +0000
I am trying to set up Linux Mandrake 6.0 on my laptop from the CDROM on
my desktop via a PLIP link, using the Mandrake 6.0 (RedHad 6.0) network
install. I get the message
nfs mount failed: permission denied
when the setup tries to access the cdrom.
The desktop is 192.168.0.1; the notebook is 192.168.0.2.
The /etc/exports file on the desktop includes the line
/mnt/cdrom 192.168.0.2
I am using Linux Mandrake 6.0 (kernel 2.2.9).
Someone else kindly informed me that (s)he had had the same problem, and
that it was solved by upgrading to kernel 2.2.10. Does anyone know if
there is an easier fix for this problem, short of mucking about with a
new kernel (which I don't really feel up to at the moment).
Thanks,
Bruce
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From: Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:42:39 +0100
In article <7l2cv5$1k9f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hughes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Why do they seem minor?
they seem minor to me in that changing the past seems to me somehow more
serious.
>
>Encarta is a Microsoft product. They can edit it as they please.
>
>I dont think ZDnet would allow this.
>
>Robin Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> In article <7l280k$1d9i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Hughes
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >How about these? Did MS cheat also? ;)
>> >
>> >http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2256617,00.html
>> >
>> >http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/jumps/0,4270,401961,00.html
>> >
>> >
>> ...
>> a bit off topic, but an article in my paper, the Independent, states
>> that M$'s encarta has different versions for different countries. If M$
>> can claim in the US that Edison (October 1879) invented the electric
>> light bulb before Swan (February 1879) then a few adjustments to
>> benchmark results seem minor. Apparently the M$ mouthpiece says these
>> sort of 'facts' aren't always black and white etc etc.
>>
>> It was Orwell's 1984 that had the 'Ministry of Truth', but I wonder if,
>> now that we have the technology, it's becoming a reality.
>> --
>> Robin Becker
>
>
--
Robin Becker
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From: Tom Jordaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Loading modules at boot
Date: 26 Jun 1999 12:28:13 GMT
Tobias G�ller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Albert Want wrote:
>> I've installed a second ethernet card on my PC but, since it's a tulip
>> adapter, at the startup it fails because the module is not loaded.
>>
>> How to load modules at start-up in RedHat 6.0 ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
> Generally all options have to be passed to the kernel via a
> LILO-Append line. See your manual how the correct syntax is for
> your card.
That isn't what he asked... in /etc/conf.modules, alias eth0 to
whatever the module name of the tulip driver is. This will load it on
demand, viz. when ifconfig tries to configure the interface.
--
Tom Jordaan - ranma.spam *will* bounce, remove the spam thing.
"You'd better stop. Hasukawa's eyes are about to pop right out."
www.phlebas.demon.co.uk for Banana Fish, Ultraviolet, This Life
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From: Terence Tse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Loading modules at boot
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 20:57:39 +0800
Another options is to complile your initrd image with the target modules.
Method:
1. Execute
cd /boot
mkinitrd with=<module> initrd-2.2.5.img 2.2.5
2. Exexute
lilo -v
3. Shutdown and reboot your system to see whether it works or not.
For details, please refer to man pages and the corresponding HOWTOs.
Regards,
TT
Tobias G�ller wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Albert Want wrote:
>
> > I've installed a second ethernet card on my PC but, since it's a tulip
> > adapter, at the startup it fails because the module is not loaded.
> >
> > How to load modules at start-up in RedHat 6.0 ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> Generally all options have to be passed to the kernel via a
> LILO-Append line. See your manual how the correct syntax is for
> your card.
>
> --
>
> + \ � / *
> Tobias Goeller " \+/
> COM.BOX Winet GmbH ___oOO(*0^@*)Ooo___
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>
> Mediendienste
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From: Mopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP and KDE!
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:04:35 +0200
Hy!
I have a problem with my PPP!
I�m using kppp to connect to my ISP!
But I have a problem with my DNS! I cannot use programs like: licq, it
says Can�t Resolv hast name, but kicq works, the same withe Netscape, it
works, but if I want to user WWWOFFLE it does not!
Can you help me?
write me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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