Linux-Networking Digest #41, Volume #12 Thu, 29 Jul 99 01:13:37 EDT
Contents:
ifconfig eth0 MTU xxxxx ("Funb")
Re: Installing Linux (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=BAh=E5=D1?=)
Re: linux, PPP, AT&T Worldnet - looks like PPP does not start??? (root)
Re: Permanent PPP connection - problems (Bill Steiner)
Re: Linux friendly ISPs - DSL providers? (Rod Smith)
Re: Netscape scraps Linux! (Randall Parker)
Re: Installing Linux ("��!��")
WANTED: good instructions (Daniel Orton)
My latest networking problem ("Hiawatha Bray")
Interesting PPP Problem!! ("Wajdi H. Al-Jedaibi")
PPP setup ("BillBarkley")
Redhat 5.2 networking with windows and mac os8.51? (Sang Lee)
something wicked happened (Lindoze 2000)
Re: WANTED: good instructions (Howard Mann)
Re: My latest networking problem (Jeffrey Kok)
How do I set up IPX only interface (zombie-m)
Re: Can't ping ISP (Lindoze 2000)
Re: Can't ping by name, But NSLOOKUP works perfectly. ("JOEY_BRENN")
Re: My latest networking problem ("Andrey Smirnov")
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From: "Funb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ifconfig eth0 MTU xxxxx
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:50:08 -0400
You are a lifesaver!!!
I was having a problem with a new ethernet driver on a machine, and changing
the MTU to 1000 fixed all the wierd problems I was having with network
access! Thanks!
> 5) change the MTU of my machine to 500. (ifconfig eth0 mtu 500)
Now my questions is, how do I set the MTU to default to 1000 at startup?
Don't want to enter that line every time I boot!
Jason
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=BAh=E5=D1?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Installing Linux
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 10:52:37 +0800
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> I want to try installing Linux, any teaching material suggest?
>
> thanx a lot
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.ppp,linux.redhat.ppp,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: linux, PPP, AT&T Worldnet - looks like PPP does not start???
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:28:31 -0700
Elizabeth Larrey Konstantinov wrote:
> I am using PPP 2.3.8, kernel 2.2.10 with AT&T WorldNet. Linux installation
> is SlackWare 3.1
> I have a /etc/chap-secrets file set up exactly as the Wurd page for
> WorldNet/Linux instructs.
>
> here is my script:
>
> /usr/sbin/pppd noauth name "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" \
> user "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -d \
> connect '/usr/sbin/chat -t 45 -v ABORT BUSY "" \
> ATDT9700304 CONNECT ""' \
> /dev/ttyS2 38400 debug noipdefault modem \
> defaultroute kdebug 25
>
> resorv.conf is set up as wurd instructs also. It looks like I never get to
> authenticate myself and ppp on the isp side never starts.
> It looks like I keep sending LCP ConfReq's -- does that mean that my PPP is
> asking the ISP to authenticate itself? I did specify the 'noauth' option
> (see the script).
> Can the linux installation (libraries, etc...) be too old??
> The modem works (I tried dialing in minicom). PLEASE HELP!
>
> Thanks
> Andre
Here's what my script looks like.
/usr/sbin/pppd "#########@worldnet.att.net" -d connect \
'/usr/sbin/chat -t 45 -v ABORT BUSY "" ATDT6786489 CONNECT ""' \
/dev/modem 57600 noipdefault modem defaultroute crtscts
jackstraw
>
>
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From: Bill Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Permanent PPP connection - problems
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 19:57:45 -0700
Mark:
I have the same problem. No answer yet, but at least we can commiserate.
We're using our linux box as a router with IP masquerade for internet
access for a small group of Win9x and NTWS PCs at home. I've seen (in the
system log) our v.90 modem stay connected as long as 2 hours, usually
much shorter, but almost always at least 30 minutes. PPP automatically
reconnects and all is good again for another 30 minutes or more, but it's
a nuisance.
The 30-minute periodicity is very suspicious, isn't it. I've wondered
whether it's my ISP (also linux based) that cuts us off due to lack of
activity, but haven't asked them. The line cuts out very rarely when were
actively using it. The cutouts mostly (but not always) occur when the
traffic is idle for a while. I've thought about using software to maintain
a low level of intermittent traffic going but haven't gotten around to
trying it. Think I've seen something that would do the trick in Red Hat's
Power Tools, or maybe it was at Linuxburg.
Good luck. Wish I could offer more than guesses. Would love to hear if you
figure it out. I'll do the same.
Later,
Bill Steiner
Mark Bestel wrote:
> I have a permanent PPP connection via v.90 modem. The connection is
> handled by a machine running RH6.0
>
> The modem dials out and connects every time. Then anywhere from 30
> seconds to 30 minutes later, the connection drops out. It doesn't seem
> to be related usage or time.
>
> The same modem and phone line manages to stay connected indefinitely
> from Win 98.
>
> Any ideas?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux friendly ISPs - DSL providers?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 03:42:28 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent) writes:
> How about ADSL providers? I'm looking at BellAtlantic and Flashcom in
> Morristown, New Jersey area. Any experieces/comments to share. Thanks.
AFAIK, both Bell Atlantic and Flashcom are quite willing to let you hook
up Linux boxes, but also AFAIK, neither provides any sort of explicit
Linux support. I should have Bell Atlantic ADSL in a couple of weeks
(I'm in the Boston area, though, and I get the impression that BA's got
at least two technologies in different regions, so my experience might or
might not bear any resemblance to yours). Their user guide booklet is
definitely oriented towards Windows, with a bit of Mac information tossed
in. From what I read on the DSL newsgroups, there shouldn't be any
problem connecting Linux to most DSL providers, excepting those that use
internal DSL "modems," for which no Linux drivers yet exist, AFAIK.
That said, the DSL newsgroups are filled with horror stories about
Flashcom (and some postings of good experiences, of course, but the
proportion is disheartening). I suggest you check the original posts
(both good and bad) before making a decision.
Flashcom is just an ISP, BTW; the wiring is done by your local phone
company and a company called Covad. Other ISPs also provide service
through Covad, so there's a good chance that you've got a choice of other
ISPs through them. One of these, from which I nearly got service, is
called Speakeasy (http://www.speakeasy.net). Apparently they run much of
their service on Red Hat Linux boxes, so I'm sure they've got Linux
expertise in-house. I don't know about their customer support policy for
Linux, though. I also can't say if they actually provide service in your
area.
--
Rod Smith
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NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
Author of _Special Edition Using WordPerfect for Linux_, from Que
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randall Parker)
Crossposted-To:
aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.protocols.smb,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.ppp
Subject: Re: Netscape scraps Linux!
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:52:44 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Smart Reseller: Sun/Netscape alliance retreats on Linux
> Jul 27, 1999, 15:46 UTC (13 Talkbacks) (Other stories by Ben Elgin)
>
> "What promise? The partners balk at making Linux a critical platform
> for its server wares."
>
> "Balking at a long-time promise to make Linux a critical platform for
> its server wares, the Sun Microsystems Inc.-Netscape Alliance will
> upgrade the Netscape Application Server (NAS) next month--without a
> Linux port."
Um, last time I checked IIS and Apache were well ahead of Netscape on the
server front. Do many people even care?
> "The pending NAS 4.0 release marks the product's last major upgrade
> before it is fused with Sun's NetDynamics next year."
Do you have any burning desire to run NAS on Linux? There are so many
alternatives. Heck, I have no desire to run NAS at all.
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Subject: Re: Installing Linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Orton)
Subject: WANTED: good instructions
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 03:49:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello there, i am currently attempting to get a network (eathernet)
connection between my win98 box and linux box
Howerev i have found very litttle pratical informating on the internet
as to even how to set of a linux network, heck i can't even tell if my
card is set up correctly, ( i do a cat /proc/ioports /proc interrupts
and it says there is an NE2000 device there but still.....)
if any of you know of any faqs or guides that can give me setp-by-step
instructions it would really help me.
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From: "Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My latest networking problem
Date: 28 Jul 1999 20:44:35 PDT
Turns out my inability to ping was related to a NIC conflict. I put in a
PnP 3Com NIC and now my Linux box is definitely on the network. Time to set
up Samba. Only...
I can't ping my Linux box from the PC by using the Linux box's nickname. I
can ping by typing in the IP address...that works fine. But when I type
"ping nickname" I get nothing. I put the nickname in a HOSTS.SAM file on my
Windows machine and in /etc/hosts on the Linux box. Why ain't it working?
Thanks!
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From: "Wajdi H. Al-Jedaibi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Interesting PPP Problem!!
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:53:32 -0400
I am running RedHat 6.0 on my workstation and Redhat 5.2 on my laptop,
for some reason I am unable to establish ppp connection from my
workstation, although I am using exactly the same chatscript I connect
with from my laptop. Here are the files that I copied to from laptop to
the workstation:
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/ppp/chatscript
/etc/ppp/options
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
when debugging pppd, I get the following:
....expect CONNECT
....^M
....alarm
.....connection failed
Changing the time-out for chat with -t option did not work also!!
Any ideas??
Wajdi.
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From: "BillBarkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP setup
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 04:18:15 +0100
Man, I hate to have to write this...
I'm simply trying to get connected to an ISP using pppd.
Not getting anywhere fast. The embarasing thing is, I'm not really THAT
stupid (I think ;-)
To the point: I'm looking at /var/log/messages and see that pppd says the
'modem is locked by user 750'.
I'm using Red Hat distribution 5.0.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sang Lee)
Subject: Redhat 5.2 networking with windows and mac os8.51?
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 09:26:38 GMT
I finally installed redhat on my pentium pro system. I have been
trying to connect to my home lan. I have two windows nt machines and
one mac os 8.51 machine. The network card on my linux machine is
Netgear 10/100 pci card. I compiled the their driver and installed it
on the machine. I still can't connect to the linux machine. Is there
something I more I have to do?
I would appreciate any help that I can get.
Thank you.
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From: Lindoze 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: something wicked happened
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:29:23 -0400
what does this message mean:
"something wicked just happened: 1080"
has anyone every gotten this network problem?
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WANTED: good instructions
Date: 29 Jul 1999 04:35:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Orton) writes:
> Hello there, i am currently attempting to get a network (eathernet)
> connection between my win98 box and linux box
>
> Howerev i have found very litttle pratical informating on the internet
> as to even how to set of a linux network, heck i can't even tell if my
> card is set up correctly, ( i do a cat /proc/ioports /proc interrupts
> and it says there is an NE2000 device there but still.....)
>
> if any of you know of any faqs or guides that can give me setp-by-step
> instructions it would really help me.
>
1. Ethernet : http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/ethernet.html
2. LAN : http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/linux
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS.wri
3. IP Masquerading : http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/IP-Masquerade.html
http://members.home.net/ipmasq/
Cheers,
--
Howard Mann
http://www.newbielinux.com
(a LINUX website for newbies)
Smart Linuxers search at: http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml
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From: Jeffrey Kok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My latest networking problem
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 12:08:20 +0800
Have you specified a Domain Name Server (DNS)? or configured/listed your Linux
box in the DNS? Which machine is the DNS on?
Hiawatha Bray wrote:
> Turns out my inability to ping was related to a NIC conflict. I put in a
> PnP 3Com NIC and now my Linux box is definitely on the network. Time to set
> up Samba. Only...
>
> I can't ping my Linux box from the PC by using the Linux box's nickname. I
> can ping by typing in the IP address...that works fine. But when I type
> "ping nickname" I get nothing. I put the nickname in a HOSTS.SAM file on my
> Windows machine and in /etc/hosts on the Linux box. Why ain't it working?
> Thanks!
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From: zombie-m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I set up IPX only interface
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 03:51:19 GMT
I am trying to set up an IPX only network interface(eth1) on a ne2000
(compatible - no name card) with no TCP/IP. Is this possible? If so,
could someone tell me how, or point me in the direction of some useful
information? I have already read the IPX HOWTO. I am looking for
information more along the lines of actually configuring the interface.
--
Morgan
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Lindoze 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't ping ISP
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:35:08 -0400
why dont you go to your firewall machine, the one that has direct
connex. and ping your ISP there? ping their Name servers.
go to www.networksolutions.com enter your ISPs domain name.
like microshaft.com, linux.org, xxx.com, whitehouse.gov or
whitehouse.com
all the way at the bottom you will see two or three IPs. ping them.
mikes wrote:
>
> Here's a few more details. I'm puzzled as to why I still can't ping my ISP.
> I *think* my problem may be with my Samba Server, but I'm guessing. BTW, I'm
> working from Paul Sery's book "Linux Network Toolkit". Anyways, I can ping
> the Win95 machine from the firewall, and can ping my ISP from my firewall
> (when connected to my ISP). From my Win95 machine I can ping both ether
> cards in my Samba server, and even the ether card on the firewall, but
> cannot ping my ISP from my Win95 machine. As far as I can tell, I have ipv4
> enabled on both my firewall and the samba server (at least that's what RH6
> reports as it reboots), and have masquerading set on both machines. I have
> installed a set of firewall rules (plus reset) on the firewall. What I
> wonder about are some of the more finer settings. In other words, my
> firewall can't "see" my ISP unless I tell it where it is by filling in DNS.
> I wonder if I should do the same, but for my Win95 machines? I'm sure that
> *somewhere* you must tell the firewall, samba server, or both that
> "192.168.1.2 = my Win95 machine connected to the hub somewhere", correct?
> Perhaps if I knew what to look for, I may just get this whole thing working
> yet.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help....
> -Mike
>
> ps. Here is my basic setup:
>
> Win95 <--> Hub <--> Samba Server <--> Firewall <--> modem <--> ISP
>
> Mark Bestel wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >This is probably the case because your firewall machine (linux?) does
> >not have IP forwarding enabled. This should be the case if you do not
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From: "JOEY_BRENN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't ping by name, But NSLOOKUP works perfectly.
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 04:38:54 GMT
You pointed me in the right direction. It turns out that the
[NOTFOUND=return] directive is used to stop further searches if the previous
search (to this message) is unsuccessful. Removing this file and making it
say just files dns fixed my problem. It now correctly looks at the
/etc/hosts file and then attempts dns.
Thanks for the pointer.
Joey Brenn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> You would probably want it to read:
>
> hosts: files [NOTFOUND=return] dns
>
> (I can't say that I have ever had to edit this file under linux though).
Don't
> worry about nis or nisplus (unless you're using either of them).
>
> I haven't had a chance to test this yet.
>
> JOEY_BRENN wrote:
>
> > Sorry! This file contains several lines but this is the only line that
> > contains dns.
> >
> > hosts: files [NOTFOUND=return] nisplus nis dns
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > JOEY_BRENN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:MUun3.82$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I found this file and it contains:
> > > passwd: files [NOTFOUND=return] nisplus nis
> > >
> > > but this is it. What must this file look like? This could be my
problem
> > > because I don't see what I need to do to configure it.
> > >
> > > Mark Bestel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > There is also a file called /etc/nsswitch.conf this should determine
the
> > > order
> > > > that naming services are queried in.
> > > >
> > > > JOEY_BRENN wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have set up a tcp-ip connection to the internet, my nslookup
works
> > > like a
> > > > > champ, but I can't use ping, traceroute, etc. because it is
looking at
> > > the
> > > > > /etc/hosts file. I verified this by hard coding a known IP
address
> > and
> > > sure
> > > > > enough, it pings. The /etc/host.conf file lists 'order bind,
hosts'.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
> > > > > Joey Brenn
> > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My latest networking problem
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:20:46 -0700
Hello,
The c:\windows\hosts.sam file is the sample file. Copy it to hosts without
any extension.
Good luck!
Hiawatha Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7noin3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Turns out my inability to ping was related to a NIC conflict. I put in a
> PnP 3Com NIC and now my Linux box is definitely on the network. Time to
set
> up Samba. Only...
>
> I can't ping my Linux box from the PC by using the Linux box's nickname.
I
> can ping by typing in the IP address...that works fine. But when I type
> "ping nickname" I get nothing. I put the nickname in a HOSTS.SAM file on
my
> Windows machine and in /etc/hosts on the Linux box. Why ain't it working?
> Thanks!
>
>
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