Linux-Networking Digest #53, Volume #12 Thu, 29 Jul 99 23:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Re: Reverse Proxy & Load Balance + Redundancy ("Andrey Smirnov")
NFS in RH6 still not working (James Patterson)
Start rc5 client, lose ethernet ("Gene Heskett")
Re: KDE & firewall (Howard Mann)
Re: setting up X server to be a "client".. ("Phil")
Re: *Yawn* ("Nix")
Re: My latest networking problem--duh! ("Hiawatha Bray")
Services shall only react to one IP (Frederik Hermans)
Re: Interesting PPP Problem!! ("Wajdi H. Al-Jedaibi")
Re: Linux and ADSL how to----does one exist?? (Rudolf Potucek)
Diald / Dial on Demand? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Any LinkSys ISA users ... (Nick Rambarransingh)
Re: ifconfig questions (Vidar Andresen)
RH 6.0 pump not getting IP via DHCP from Cisco 675 (David Dyer-Bennet)
Re: Connecting 2 linux boxes with X-over cable ("Gene Heskett")
Re: Hardware Q: 10Mb DSL Router to 100Mb network (Brian Smith)
Re: NIS domain not bound ("Robert Hurst")
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From: "Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,microsoft.public.proxy,alt.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Reverse Proxy & Load Balance + Redundancy
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:08:20 -0700
There is a FreeBSD solution for Load balancing:
http://www.coyotepoint.com/freequalizer.shtml
Good luck!
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7nqn8d$c7v$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I would like to load balance two apache servers running on two different
> physical machines as well as make them redundant using Reverse Proxy
> Server as load balancer and duplicating the content from one machine to
> another one using a shared file system and scheduled duplications of
> files. The content to be served is hihgly static.
>
> First, has anybody done this with two machines? How would we deal with
> an outage in case the machine with the Reverse Proxy Server will go
> down. Is there a way to find whether one of the two machines is down or
> extremely overloaded and route the requests to less busy machine.
>
> If the above is not doable can you anybody suggest relatively
> inexpensive alternative.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark
>
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Patterson)
Subject: NFS in RH6 still not working
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:13:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, this is my second post. Tried all suggestions from previous post,
and a few others, and still not up and running.
Am making progress, getting different error messages. :)
This is what happens when I try to mount:
[root@foo3 /usr/sbin]# mount foo2:/usr/export /mnt/foo2
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on foo2:/usr/export,
or too many mounted file systems
Trying to mount between two identical PCs with identical installs of
RH6.
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
Systems started at boot:
eth0
portmap
netfs
nfs
rpc.statd
rpc.rquotad
rpc.mountd
rpc.nfsd
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
$ /usr/sbin/showmount -e
Export list for foo2.bar.not.gov:
/usr/export foo3.bar.not.gov,foo1.bar.not.gov
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
$ cat /etc/hosts.deny
#
# hosts.deny This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# *not* allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
# The portmap line is redundant, but it is left to remind you that
# the new secure portmap uses hosts.deny and hosts.allow.
# In particular
# you should know that NFS uses portmap!
portmap: ALL
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
$ cat /etc/hosts.allow
#
# hosts.allow This file describes the names of the hosts which are
# allowed to use the local INET services, as decided
# by the '/usr/sbin/tcpd' server.
#
portmap: 123.456.789.0/255.255.255.0
portmap: 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
$ /usr/sbin/rpcinfo -p
program vers proto port
100000 2 tcp 111 rpcbind
100000 2 udp 111 rpcbind
100024 1 udp 667 status
100024 1 tcp 669 status
100011 1 udp 678 rquotad
100011 2 udp 678 rquotad
100005 1 udp 688 mountd
100005 1 tcp 690 mountd
100005 2 udp 693 mountd
100005 2 tcp 695 mountd
100005 3 udp 698 mountd
100005 3 tcp 700 mountd
100003 2 udp 2049 nfs
100021 1 udp 1024 nlockmgr
100021 3 udp 1024 nlockmgr
100021 1 tcp 1024 nlockmgr
100021 3 tcp 1024 nlockmgr
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
A couple of choice lines from the foo3 /var/log/messages
Jul 29 20:18:32 foo3 kernel: nfs warning: mount version newer than
kernel
Jul 29 20:18:32 foo3 kernel: nfs_read_super: get root fattr failed
And one from the foo2 /var/log/messages
Jul 29 20:19:03 foo2 mountd[512]: authenticated mount request from
foo3.bar.not.gov:618
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
[root@foo3 /etc]# cat fstab
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win98.c vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/win98.d vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb2 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb3 /opt ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb6 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb7 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb8 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb9 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb10 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb11 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb12 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb13 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb14 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrw iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0622 0 0
foo2.bar.not.gov:/usr/export /mnt/foo2 nfs
rsize=8192,wsize=8192
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
[root@foo2 user01]# cat /etc/exports
/usr/export foo1.bar.not.gov(rw)
/usr/export foo3.bar.not.gov(rw)
File Versions:
vmlinux-2.2.5-15
[root@foo3 /usr/sbin]# ./rpc.mountd -v
kmountd 1.2.2 (0.4.22)
[root@foo2 sbin]# ./nfsstat
Server rpc stats:
calls badcalls badauth badclnt xdrcall
2 0 0 0 0
Server nfs v2:
null getattr setattr root lookup readlink
0 0% 2 100% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
read wrcache write create remove rename
0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
link symlink mkdir rmdir readdir fsstat
0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Any help in getting NFS up and running will be appreciated....looks
like either:
1.) Too many file systems mounted? (No, couldn't be)
2.) Version conflict. If so, what version of what is recommended?
TIA,
James
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Wisdom yields uncertainty.
I wish I wasn't sure of that...
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Date: 29 Jul 99 21:15:34 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Start rc5 client, lose ethernet
Unrot13 this;
Reply to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I've been trying to make an ethernet connection from my linux box to
this machine work for about 2 weeks now, and failing miserably, with
pings reporting a 95+% failure rate going either way.
This morning, while once again fiddling with the card in the linux box,
an ne-2000 clone, I was amazed to see it working 100% right after a
reboot.
Unforch, when I remembered to re-start the rc5 client after finding the
ping was working just fine, on starting the rc5 client, the pings died.
ifconfig reports an outragious percentage of frame errors for the eth0
device.
It appears I can't have my cake (Ethernet) and eat (crunch rc5-64 keys)
it at the same time. Since the rc5 client runs at a low priority, and
doesn't bother this amiga a bit, I'm now looking for someone who can
explain why this might be on the linux box, and what if anything I can
do about it.
The card is a no-name ne-2000 ISA clone, and we have about 10 of them
running elsewhere with no problems.
The machine is AMD K6/3dNow at 400 mhz with 17 gigs of drives and 128
megs of ram. RH6.0 full install/2.2.10-ac12 kernel.
Suggestions?
Cheers, Gene
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|Buddha + 4 gig WDC drive, 525 meg tape
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RC5-Moo! 690kkeys/sec isn't much, but it all helps
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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From: Howard Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE & firewall
Date: 30 Jul 1999 01:30:33 GMT
Michael.Rueckbrodt wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm looking for a firewall with a GUI under KDE.
> what is the name of the program and where can i find it?
> Thnx in advance
I'm not sure this is what you want, but...
Kfirewall is a GUI interface to ipfwadm or ipchains :
http://megaman.ypsilonia.net/kfirewall/
Cheers,
Howard Mann.
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From: "Phil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: setting up X server to be a "client"..
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:41:09 -0700
You can run an X program on one system and have it display on another using
the -display switch. See the X manual pages.
Try something like 'xeyes -display hostname:0'.
xroach can be fun to start on someone's display.
Regards,
Phil
David Pollack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I was wondering hwo to run X as a client so that I could telnet onto one
> linux. Then when I run an X program it would run the on linux box that I
> am on (with X running of course). I am running redhat 6.0 and XFree
> 3.3.3.1 (stock RH6). I always get a "no route to IP" or something like
> that. The error looks like _X11transINETConnet_.
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Things that I have tried
>
> export DISPLAY=my.computer.ext:0.0
> same as above with IP address.
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Reply-To: "Nix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Nix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *Yawn*
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 01:10:31 GMT
Thanks for the help, I checked it out and I'm still not getting connected.
The cable is always on, and the PC light goes on when I attempt to lease an
IP (run dhcpcd) it turns off after that. (unless I run 'ifconfig eth0 up).
When I run dhcpcd -d it waits about 30 seconds then I get the error
displayed, "NO DHCPOFFER". I checked out what I was running, so see if
perhaps a gateway daemon or something was interfering, didn't see anything
like that.
In Windows, I was able to lease an IP address and connect to a DHCP server
no problem, as well in windows I was able to setup my internet settings as a
static IP address and it still worked.
Thanks for some help, narrowing down the problem.
Any other ideas? Anyone?
Thanks,
Nix
Rudolf Potucek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7noulf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have had Shaw@home until recently and I had no problems with DHCP at
> all (RH3.3/RH5.0/RH5.1/RH6.0) ... that is unless you count the time in
> the beginning when they just couldn't get the modem to work ;)
>
> So make sure you got the 2 lights (Cable and PC) on the modem lighted.
> That means the modem is talking to your PC and the modem is talking to
> shaw.
>
> If that's the case, you should now be ready to run dhcpcd. Since you are
> having problems I would suggest to run it manually with the -d option to
> get detailed messages. Give it the interface (eth0) to be sure. Make sure
> there's no other program conflicting (some idiot set up RH6 with pump
> instead of dhcpcd ...), so take a short peak at 'ps ax' to make sure you
> know what's running.
>
> If you have a Windoze box, I'd suggest trying the DCHP from there since
> it is almost foolproof and gives you a quick and dirty assessment whether
> the connections is working at all.
>
> Good luck, and my condolences ... telus is better :)
>
> Rudolf
>
> P.S.: There are twisted and untwisted RJ45 cables. My modem accepted
> either but that may not be the case for all models ...
>
>
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From: "Hiawatha Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My latest networking problem--duh!
Date: 29 Jul 1999 18:51:08 PDT
Boy, do I feel stupid. I thought of this about half an hour after I posted
my message. I deleted the .SAM, and sure enough, it all works fine now.
Thanks much!
Andrey Smirnov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7nokdu$jdg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> The c:\windows\hosts.sam file is the sample file. Copy it to hosts without
> any extension.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Hiawatha Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7noin3$[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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From: Frederik Hermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Services shall only react to one IP
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 01:19:41 +0000
Hello!
Is it possible to force Apache, Samba, Wu-FTPd, sendmail, pop3d and ircd
to react only to one IP? If so, how? ;-)
My problem: I�m setting up a little Linux-Server for my homenetwork.
This server shall connect to the internet via ISDN by request. But it
should not be possible to access the services mentioned before from the
internet. The server shall just react to its local IP for the services.
I�m sorry for my english ;-)
Thanks in advance,
Freddy
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From: "Wajdi H. Al-Jedaibi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Interesting PPP Problem!!
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 21:48:51 -0400
it turned out that modem has a problem, tried another modem and worked fine!!
Thanks for the help abdullah!!
Wajdi
Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote:
> "Wajdi H. Al-Jedaibi" wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Salaam Wajdi,
>
> AFAIK "alarm" means time-out. So your modem can't "CONNECT" to remote
> site in the first place. (Or it connects, but somehow fails to feedback)
> Do you have the same modem at both machines? Because different modems
> usually need different commands for special tasks. However, if you use
> basic commands, any Hayes compatible (AT) modem should work. One usually
> needs only "ATZ" for modem init, and "ATDT?????????" for dialling out.
> Do you have any fancy commands besides that?
>
> Another thought: I would recommend installing KDE and all associated
> utilities (even if you don't intend to use them) on RH6.0 and use kppp
> as your ISP connection tool. You don't need to make a bit of setup at
> system to use kppp. It does all setup dynamically on the fly when you
> connect, and reverts back when you disconnect. It has its own setup
> utility.
> If you decide to use kppp, observe the following please:
>
> i) /etc/ppp/options file must exist, and must be empty.
> ii) chmod u+s /usr/bin/kppp /usr/sbin/pppd
>
> Hope this helps,
> --
> Abdullah Ramazanoglu ( aramazanoglu AT demirbank DOT com DOT tr )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rudolf Potucek)
Subject: Re: Linux and ADSL how to----does one exist??
Date: 30 Jul 1999 01:34:37 GMT
: What I need to decide is if you open up 100 ports here and 50 ports
: there to play a game thru the firewall...what firewall ???
Well it is always a question of paranoia. But there is healthy paranoia
and pathological paranoia. And there is spite.
Healthy is to put on your helmet when you go biking. Healthy is to not
ever expose Windoze networking code to the real world, not to allow
connections to services like NFS from the real world, etc.
Pathological is to lock yourself away and not talk to anyone so you
can't possibly get hurt. Pathological is to say, any connection I allow
is dangerous so I don't allow any.
Spite is when you say: Ah well I'll get hurt anyway so why not get hurt
as badly as I can? Ride my motorbike without helmet. Run my Windoze on
the net.
So what this means is:
Use a firewall. That way if anything gets hit it's probably going to
be the firewall.
Lock away all services from the real world unless you really need them
from outside. Per definition services are waiting at tcp/udp ports
0:1023. If you just drop packets to these ports half the possible
trouble is eliminated.
Forward the ports you need for gaming to your gaming machine. Yes it
becomes vulnerable to a very few exploits but it will ususally be the
game that's hit ... so what. Restart game or reboot machine. No harm
done.
: might as well forget a firewall or masquerading and just tie streight
: to the pc and play away.
About the firewall see above. As far as the masquerading goes ... you'll
learn to appreciate that when you have n machines but you pay for only
one *real* IP. Your choice.
: can I use linux as security and play games on the net ?
Can I go out into traffic and be really, really safe? No if someone WANTS
to run YOU over, you can't. But you can make pretty damn sure accidents
don't happen and you get hurt as little as possible when they do.
: Is is correct to say you can install a firewall, open up half the
: ports to different games for net play and still say you have a secure
: system?
I think that would be a fair assessment. Depends on which half of the
ports you open of course ;)
Rudolf
P.S.: The RTFM was motivated by a couple of posts I have seen that showed
people thought ADSL was some kind of magical plug in for their
computer, or trying to get their dial-up to work on the ADSL line (LOL)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Diald / Dial on Demand?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:31:41 GMT
Hi,
I read through the HowTos and Mini-HowTos, there is one called "Diald"
and "Dial on Demand", are they refer to the same thing? or what is the
different of them?
Thanks.
Jonathan
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From: Nick Rambarransingh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Any LinkSys ISA users ...
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:17:08 GMT
Good Day all,
I am using a LinkSys Ether16 ISA 10BastT card in my old Dell 466. Am
I having trouble ..... For the most part, Linux RedHat 5.2 just will
NOT detect my card. I have taken it out of PnP. "IFCONFIG" does not
seem to care. I have tried in PnP mode, and still, nothing. I think
the closest I got, was after creating the device in netcfg, the response
we got rom ifconfig about the card was "Device or resource is busy".
Yes, tried a normal shutdown, and hard restart, to no avail.
I am now looking into sending back my LinkSys card for a 3Com509.
Everyone tells me that you won't have any troubles.
Any comments, point me in the right direction ?
Thanks, Nick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vidar Andresen)
Subject: Re: ifconfig questions
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:19:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hamish) wrote:
>In a multihomed box ...
>
>1. How do I disable one interface? "ifconfig ..."?
So many ways... Please look at 'man ifconfig'.
If you want to disable a interface, the simple script doing so is (In
redhat 5.*) is 'ifdown eth0'. (To take down eth0). And 'ifup eth0'
to bring it up again. The scripts can be looked at in /sbin/ifup and
/sbin/ifdown.
Or you could use linuxconf. And other packages for controling it.
Can be don remotely, via a web-browser.
Or you could use netcfg, I am told, or was it control panel in X.
>2. Is there a 'default' interface? If so, how do you manipulate which
>interface is default?
Nah.. Maybe better to say that in controling where traffic goes, one
can choose to have a interface to take traffic from some machines.
And sending spesific traffic over a chosen interface.
And if nothing is decided, a hole to pour everything else into. Could
be assigned to have that job. To take the 'default route'.
'man route' or Ethernet-3-HOWTO in /usr/doc/HOWTO/
>3. Can I edit the fields (like default gateway) in
>/etc/sysconfig/network directly, or should it be done with
You can if you want to make it permanent. After the changes is made
in the text-files, you ned to implement them. Normally by restarting
the service.
If you prefer not to work to close to the 'metal', linuxconf or netcfg
or whatever will offer their services.
>"route del default ...", "route add default ..."
'/sbin/route add default eth0' '/sbin/route delete default eth0'
'/sbin/route add default eth1' '/sbin/route delete default eth1'
If there is traffic, where shall it go? And from there? Traffic
coming in, how to handle it, where to place it, or send it on..
Mvh Vidar Andresen
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Subject: RH 6.0 pump not getting IP via DHCP from Cisco 675
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Dyer-Bennet)
Date: 30 Jul 99 02:04:16 GMT
My household LAN is connected to the Internet through a Cisco 675 DSL
router. The Cisco is assigned a static IP from USWest, and is
configured to run NAT and be a DHCP server to assign 10.0.0.x
addresses within the household LAN. This has worked for a month now
with Windows 3.11, 95, 98, and NT boxes.
Recently I built two RH 6.0 Linux boxes at home. Both of them fail
to acquire an IP via DHCP from the Cisco 675. Both of them network
just fine when I manually configure a suitable IP address and route.
I installed the updated pump rpm (0.6.7, I think the version is), and
it made no difference. I see no errors in the router error log. I've
enabled what debug stuff I could find in the router, and have it
syslogging to a box (and the test command shows that log messages get
through ok), but nothing at all is logged when the failed pump run is
made. I've tried running pump manually, and can't get anything but
"Operation failed" back from it. (Running pump -i eth0 when the
interface is already configured disables it, too). (The failure to
configure eth0 is logged on the linux box, but no errors are logged
from the router at the time the failure happened.)
I've never used dhcp in Linux before, and most of the documentation
seems to predate this "pump" thing that RedHat has gone to. I've read
through the last few weeks of messages, and see a number of people who
*might* be having the same problems, or might not. I'm trying to get
the IP from my own Cisco 675 router, NOT from my ISP; nobody has told
the router about a hostname it has to match to issue an IP (it doesn't
have config options for such things). And as I said the new pump
doesn't help.
I started looking at the pump source, but it isn't clearly organized
and I haven't had time to figure it out for myself. I'm assuming pump
does work for somebody, somewhere, under some circumstances?
One very strange point: both of these systems I installed via ftp.
After booting with the network boot disk, I told it the network used
dhcp to assign addresses. And the ftp installs worked. So the
network boot disk does something-or-other for dhcp that works, whereas
the system it installed doesn't work. Very strange!
One obvious thing to try is to drop pump and try dhcpclient or
something. That's on my list to try, as are stepping through pump in
gdb, and setting up packet sniffing software to see what's actually
going over the lan while pump claims to be trying to get an IP.
But you know, I don't *really* believe that configuring an
ethernet-connected system to use dhcp should require gdb / packet
sniffer level debugging! I think there's something simple going on,
either in my configuration, or else maybe pump is totally hosed.
I've even considering buying the IMHO overpriced RedHat 6.0 package
($80), to get the installation support, so I can make this their
problem. But that's $80 down the tubes, and I'm sure somebody has
already solved this somewhere. Share?
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Date: 29 Jul 99 21:44:29 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Connecting 2 linux boxes with X-over cable
Unrot13 this;
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Gene Heskett sends Greetings to paul-bernice ;
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:08:57 -0400
From: Brian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware Q: 10Mb DSL Router to 100Mb network
Tried the same configuration today - the hub won't "fallback" to 10m.
It didn't work at all with the Cisco 675. I'm going to add anothe nic
to my liunx box this week to handle the router traffic. The hub will be
just for the three 100m cards in the pc's. I think netgear makes an
inexpensive hub that will work with both 10 and 100 but I don't know if
you can mix-and-match cards that are plugged into it, I'm no where close
to a networking expert. So, no that my modem is no longer useful (isp
allows dial-up OR ADSl), the basement area network can't connect to the
'net
Let me know how your setup works.
Brian Smith
steve davidson wrote:
>
> I have a 100 Mb network with three clients, all using Netgear 100Mb net
> cards connected to a 4-port 100Mb LinkSys ethernet hub. The hub has uplink
> capability. I am considering purchasing DSL from a local provider - they
> supply a DSL router, but it is only 10Mb capable. What are my options for
> adding this device to my network? I am looking for low-cost options, as
> this is my home net.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Davidson
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From: "Robert Hurst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NIS domain not bound
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:43:35 GMT
Enter your /etc/rc.d/rc#.d directory (where #=runlevel, usually 4 or 5) and
remove the link to /etc/rc.d/init.d/ypbind, i.e., rm S15ypbind.
Or, if you are running RedHat, type "setup" at a root shell and shutoff
ypbind services.
Good luck.
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