Linux-Networking Digest #109, Volume #12 Wed, 4 Aug 99 15:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Serious Problems with PPP Connection - ISP+Redhat out of ideas... (Pete Foley)
Re: Ping 10baseT vs 100baseT (James Knott)
Re: TCP Data Loss? (Paul Chien)
Re: Update: RedHat 6.0, Can't FTP into server ("Tad")
!Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ et al (Ralph Gable)
Re: Linux Printing to a Remote Printer (Gustin Kiffney)
Changing nic settings (Oliver Nelson)
Networking with linux (Dave Cotterill)
eth0 _still_ hangs (iNET)
Identifying masqed packets (LeeMan)
IP Masquerading bug? ("Tim Sharpe")
Re: Update: RedHat 6.0, Can't FTP into server ("Matthew J. Hellman")
Re: I can't ping myself!!! (Flavio Poletti)
I hate modems... (Janne Blomqvist)
Re: IP-MASQUERADIG please heeeeeeeelp ! ;) (Monte Phillips)
IP addressing through a server ("Dave Wolf")
Re: Major Problems with PPP - ISP and RedHat out of ideas (Trevor Hennion)
Re: IP Masquerading - Logging ("Robert Glover")
sharing files on a serial line?? (Eric Wyles)
Re: uugetty - can't get RINGBACK to work (Clifford Kite)
Re: PPP problems (Clifford Kite)
Re: eth0 _still_ hangs (Roy Grimm)
Re: Network cards for both WindowsNT and Linux (Roy Grimm)
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From: Pete Foley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Serious Problems with PPP Connection - ISP+Redhat out of ideas...
Date: 4 Aug 1999 17:30:37 GMT
Hello,
I am having serious proplems with attempting to connect to my ISP using
PPP. I will attempt to provide as much information as possible, so if
anyone who can help me on this it would be GREATLY appreciated... So here
it goes...
I have RedHat 6.0 installed, and all of my hardware works fine in it.
However, I cannot get a PPP connection. Now, If I dial into my ISP ( a
UNIX box) via a terminal (such as minicom) I can log into the shell and do
anything I want there (pine, lynx, ftp -> all fine). So I CAN get a
connection. However, if i set it up (using linuxconf or the redhat netcfg
tool) it will connect and stay online, but if I try to do anything over
PPP (web browsing, ping, telnet) nothing happens -> basiacally the PPP
connection deos not do anything if it exists. I have talked to RedHat and
they said that they do not support PPP connections. Great. So I have
been working with my ISP for about a week and they are basically stumped
also (I have been working with their UNIX admin). So, here is ahwat i
have sent them...
This is my var/log/messages file with ifconfig output based on how I
connected. The first entry is by connecting using usernet, the secong by
using linuxconf...
-- PPP Test - Using Usernet--
Aug 3 08:10:18 localhost pppd[2373]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
Aug 3 08:10:51 localhost pppd[2373]: Serial connection established.
Aug 3 08:10:51 localhost pppd[2373]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 3 08:10:51 localhost pppd[2373]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Aug 3 08:10:55 localhost pppd[2373]: local IP address 208.9.153.51
Aug 3 08:10:55 localhost pppd[2373]: remote IP address 205.246.208.227
Aug 3 08:10:55 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
Aug 3 08:11:27 localhost pppd[2373]: Terminating on signal 15.
Aug 3 08:11:28 localhost pppd[2373]: Connection terminated.
Aug 3 08:11:28 localhost pppd[2373]: Connect time 0.7 minutes.
Aug 3 08:11:28 localhost pppd[2373]: Sent 371 bytes, received 198 bytes.
Aug 3 08:11:28 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
Aug 3 08:11:28 localhost pppd[2373]: Exit.
Aug 3 08:11:30 localhost modprobe: can't locate module
-- IF Config File Using Usernet--
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:208.9.153.14 P-t-P:205.246.208.227
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
--- PPP Test - Using Linuxconf --
Aug 3 08:13:26 localhost ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/ttyS1 at
115200
Aug 3 08:13:26 localhost pppd[2505]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
Aug 3 08:13:59 localhost pppd[2505]: Serial connection established.
Aug 3 08:13:59 localhost pppd[2505]: Using interface ppp0
Aug 3 08:13:59 localhost pppd[2505]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Aug 3 08:14:32 localhost pppd[2505]: IPCP: timeout sending Config-
Requests
Aug 3 08:14:33 localhost pppd[2505]: Modem hangup
Aug 3 08:14:33 localhost pppd[2505]: Connection terminated.
Aug 3 08:14:33 localhost pppd[2505]: Connect time 0.6 minutes.
Aug 3 08:14:34 localhost pppd[2505]: Exit.
-- IF Config File Using Linuxconf--
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:208.9.153.23 P-t-P:205.246.208.227
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
Now, I have changed the settings a bit so no matter what the connection is
established and does not drop unless I force it to, but there is still now
PPP activity. I have tried everything I have though of. I even sent my
ISP my routing tables and they said everything was fine there. The only
recommendation they can give me now is that I may have a hardware
problem. So I am going to attempt to change the modem and see what that
does (even though my current one will connect). Also If that fails I am
going to take my linux Hard Drive and put it in another computer to see if
I can connect there. My ISP also told me to try to add a static rout to
my routing configs, and I will also try that this evening. Also I have
not attempted to ping my ISP (destination IP in the routing table), but I
will try that tonight again.
Does anyone have any idea what is happening? I have read through 3 linux
books and they all say to get ppp you just install linux and setu up the
ppp and you are fine. Unfortunatly that is not working for me. I have
really tried everything I can think of besides replacting hardware, and I
have been working at this for over a week and I am not getting anywhere.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciates, because no matter what I
cannot get a PPP connection. Thank you very much.
-Pete Foley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Knott)
Subject: Re: Ping 10baseT vs 100baseT
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 12:20:59 -0400
Reply-To: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "John Mai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>How do I write a simple C or shell program to measure the speed of the
>10baseT vs 100baseT
>using ping program.?
Parsing the output of the ping will give you the response time, but I
doubt it would be accurate enough for what you want to do. The
response time has too many variables and depends on factors beyond
speed of the ethernet card. ie how busy the network and computers
are, etc.
--
E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_________________________________________________________________________
The above opinions are my own and not those of ISM Corp., a subsidiary of
IBM Canada Ltd.
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From: Paul Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TCP Data Loss?
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 17:55:20 +0200
For those who have are interest,
I have found the fault. The problem lies in the rev_msghead() routine
which tries to receive (ALL) 16 bytes in nonblocking. I have changed
the code to switch to blocking mode once any bytes is received for the
msghead, thus allowing the complete msghead to be received.
Presiously, when 16 bytes was attempted to be received in nonblocking
mode, it sometimes happens that the first 8 bytes are delievered, and
the remaining 8 bytes are delayed. This caused the rev_msghead()
routine to return incorrectly as if no bytes were received, as a result,
the 8 bytes received were discarded as if it's TCP data loss.
For your interest, I am attaching the corrected code below.
Cheers,
Paul
/*========================================================================*
* RECV_MSGHEAD -- Read a meesage header from a socket
* The message data is not yet read out.
*
* Pre-condition : TCP can be in blocking or nonblocking mode
* Post-condition : returns in blocking mode if msghead is received
* returns in nonblocking mode if msghead is not
received
*========================================================================*/
static int recv_msghead (int sock, MSGDATA *msg)
{
int glen, rlen;
int len;
char *rbuf;
rbuf = (char *)msg;
rlen = 0;
/* msghead is attempted to be received in nonblocking mode */
set_nonblock_flag (sock, 1);
for (;;)
{
if ((glen = recv (sock, &rbuf[rlen], MSGADD-rlen, 0)) <= 0)
return -1;
/* Set to TCP connection to blocking if any msghead is received
*/
set_nonblock_flag (sock, 0);
rlen += glen;
printf ("Received %6d out of %6d bytes\n", rlen, MSGADD);
if (rlen >= MSGADD)
break;
}
len = ntohl(msg->len) + MSGADD;
if (rlen > len)
printf ("********** RCV %d out of %d *********\n\07", rlen,
len);
msg->msgtype = ntohl (msg->msgtype);
msg->len = ntohl (msg->len);
msg->var1 = ntohl (msg->var1);
msg->var2 = ntohl (msg->var2);
return rlen;
}
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From: "Tad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Update: RedHat 6.0, Can't FTP into server
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 09:06:38 -0700
Matthew J. Hellman wrote in message
>Anyway, FTP has the same problem as telnet, it takes an extremely long
>time for the server to respond or present the login. What could cause
>something like that?
Add entries for all your local machines in /etc/hosts.
Tad
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From: Ralph Gable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: !Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ et al
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 18:09:13 GMT
My wife's machine has an Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ ISA lan card.
Attempting to configure locks up machine. RedHat says unsupported. . .
. so far.
I have an IBM PCI Ethernet Adapter (Cntrlr chip=PCnet-PCI II
AM79C970AKC) locks up my machine when I attempt to configure.
Can someone help me here?? One aspect of Linux we wanted to take
advantage of is the Peer-to-Peer Lan capabilities. These work fine
under Win95 and OS/2. Why not Linux???
Ralph
Please reply by e-mail
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From: Gustin Kiffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Printing to a Remote Printer
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 17:07:56 GMT
OK, you didn't mention samba, which has a different way of handling
printing, I suppose - I know little about Samba, but
there are Samba howtos at the same url mentioned
below. It would also help if you defined what 'it just waits'
means - what waits? You use the word 'it' three times in your repost
but none of us have any idea of what 'it' is. Describe exactly WHAT
works, what DOESN'T work, any error messages you see, the color of your
socks, EVERYTHING.
how exactly are you trying to print? what
command line are you using? what is the contents of your
/etc/printcap file? If Samba printing is involved, what
are the relevant lines of the Samba setup files? what
error messages do you see, exactly? WHen you ask for help on the
Internet it's best to be over-detailed and over-specific because
none of us can see your computer screen or have any idea of what's
happening on your machine unless you tell us. If you don't take the
trouble to provide this information, then no one can help.
metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/
Alexander Atkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have done this but it just waits for the Printer Queue to become
active
> on the printer server. I thought it WAS active as it works through
Samba
> and on the printer server itself.
>
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From: Oliver Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Changing nic settings
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 10:55:08 -0700
To anyone who might respond <g>,
How do I change the settings on my nic (such as half or full duplex, etc.)? I'm having
weird speed problems with my linux box sending data slow. It seems to receive ok
though.
This is the case with both telnet and samba. I think maybe it has something to do with
the nic settings, but I don't know how to change them.
Thanx,
OLIVER
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From: Dave Cotterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,redhat.networking.general
Subject: Networking with linux
Date: 4 Aug 1999 15:30:35 GMT
I'm currently managing a small 10mbps bus network and have recently been
given the task of upgrading a section of it to 100mbps star network. All
machines must still be able to communicate with each other and I am
therefore looking for help on the subject. The best method I could come
up with due to lack of hubs allowing a 10mbps BNC bus network to be
connected to them is to use a linux machine with a 100mbps and a 10mbps
card to forward all networking data to/from. While installing a 100mbps
hub for the upgraded machines.
a) would this work?
a2) if so how would I setup the linux box?
b) Any better ideas of experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for any information
PS: The network is completely internal and the linux box currently is set
up with IP Masqurading for internet access with an ISDN modem so that the
windows boxes can access the net on demand.
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From: iNET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: eth0 _still_ hangs
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:18:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I posted yesterday, and my RH 6.0 system hangs when the kernel boots
when eth0 is being loaded. I know that it must be a hardware conflict
in the setup of eth0, but since my system won't boot, I can't go in to
make changes. I tried "append" at the prompt, but I don't know what the
irq and io are, so I can't pass them to the loader. Is there a way at
boot up to disable eth0 so my system will boot, or is there a way to
determine the irq and io just by looking at the slots, etc. on the
motherboard?
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From: LeeMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Identifying masqed packets
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:03:12 -0700
I have a basic linux firewall/ip-masq setup protecting my local network.
Once a packet has been masqed (new IP and port #), is there a way to
tell which machine, on the local net, it came from?
Thanks.
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From: "Tim Sharpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP Masquerading bug?
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 14:11:24 -0400
About a month ago, I was running Redhat 5.2 and diald on a PC at work to
give us a dial-up connection to the Internet. All the Win95 boxes could get
to any website on the Internet through the Redhat 5.2 box. Worked fine,
until...I foolishly "upgraded" to Redhat 6.0. Now the Win95 boxes can't get
to some websites, but others can be gotten to just fine. ALL websites work
on the Redhat 6.0 box (the one that connects to the Internet through our
ISP).
I'm pulling my hair out and debating going back to Redhat 5.2.
HEEEELLLPPPP!
Tim
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From: "Matthew J. Hellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Update: RedHat 6.0, Can't FTP into server
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:34:22 -0500
hmmm...done. Thanks. Seems to have helped a lot, expecially with
telnet. FTP still takes a little longer than I would like. Anyway, why
is this necessary? I don't have to do this with my SVR4 box.
Matt
Tad wrote:
>
> Matthew J. Hellman wrote in message
> >Anyway, FTP has the same problem as telnet, it takes an extremely long
> >time for the server to respond or present the login. What could cause
> >something like that?
>
> Add entries for all your local machines in /etc/hosts.
>
> Tad
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From: Flavio Poletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I can't ping myself!!!
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:38:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It sounds like it works now. I've seen that the configuration for the 'lo'
device is into:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo
There I put the following lines (copied from the other linux
installation):
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
I hope this will help someone after me. Good bye and excuse me for the
traffic.
Flavio.
Flavio Poletti wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a weird problem to solve. I run on a machine whose IP number
> (within the LAN) is 194.30.30.52. I assigned it some days ago.
>
> Today, I tried to ping myself:
>
> $ ping 194.30.30.52
>
> but I'm not able to 'see' myself:
>
> ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
>
> Then, I tried to ping 127.0.0.1 - it sounds like I'm no more
> 127.0.0.1. Is it possible?
>
> I've another linux machine, where all things go ok, and I tried to
> look at the configurations file: they are almost the same, in the sense
> that where the former has 'polettix', the latter contains 'flaviox'.
>
> I've compared network configurations under the control-panel, too,
> and I found an interesting difference going under the 'Interfaces' tab:
> my 'lo' interface is misconfigured, that is that it is present, but
> contains no IP address (where the 'correct linux machine' contains
> 127.0.0.1), and is not activated. I tried to click on it but it says it
> is not possible to change lo's configuration.
>
> The problem is not to ping myself - it sounds like wget does not
> work at all, together with lynx, ecc. On the other side, Netscape goes
> well.
>
> How can I solve my problem? Does anyone know anything about it?
>
> Good bye,
>
> Flavio.
>
> PS: I can ping other machines within the LAN. Moreover, I can ping
> myself from the other machines.
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From: Janne Blomqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I hate modems...
Date: 4 Aug 1999 18:02:23 GMT
Hi!
I'm having a weird problem with configuring a modem. And no, it's not a
winmodem. Anyway, when i try to start minicom, sometimes it works
and then I can call my isp, but mostly it just locks the entire system!
And apparently it doesn't just lock the screen/tty because even if i issue
'shutdown -r 3' the system should reboot, but it doesn't. Also when I start
minicom and it locks the system, it says 'lock file stale, overriding it'
or something like that. If I remove /var/lock/LCK.ttyS1 minicom just
segfaults instead of starting/crashing the system. wvdial also segfaults
and wvdialconf crashes the system the same way as minicom does. I suspect
that there may be some fault with the kernel, 'cause in the syslog there
are messages like kernel: invalid operand: 0000 and kernel: CPU: 0.
Or may there be some IRQ conflict? Kernel is 2.0.36 and dist debian 2.1.
Please send reply's by email as well. Thanks in advance for any advice.
--
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# Janne Blomqvist #
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hut.fi/~jblomqvi/ #
# Helsinki University of Technology #
# Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics #
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Monte Phillips)
Subject: Re: IP-MASQUERADIG please heeeeeeeelp ! ;)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 18:00:55 GMT
Well to avoid being known as a 'linux freak' I will not tell you the
solution, but I will give you a hint: Your gun is pointed in the wrong
direction.
doc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hope some/one of you linux freaks may help me !
>my problem:
>set up Redhat6.0 with isdn dial on demand (works all fine !)
>and now i'd like to do is to set this linux box as a masquerading
>server, so i did :
>
>/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
>/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
>........
>and then ( i use kernel 2.2.5 with activated ip_masq !!!)
>
>ipchains -P forward DENY
>ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ
>
>
>but non of the clients gets www access :((( even the servers does not go
>online *arrgh*
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From: "Dave Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP addressing through a server
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 16:51:01 GMT
I have 2 boxes set up...a Linux box and a Windows 98 box ethernetted
together. The Windows 98 box has the super duper modem in it going to the
ISP.
How to I set up the IPs to get the Linux box to connect to the ISP via the
PC box's modem? In essence, I'd like to use the PC as a proxy server to
Linux.
Every setting I play with killes the loopback address, thus disabling
ethernet.
Thanks
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trevor Hennion)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.networking.general
Subject: Re: Major Problems with PPP - ISP and RedHat out of ideas
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 02:39:07 GMT
On 4 Aug 1999 17:30:36 GMT, Pete Foley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello,
> I am having serious proplems with attempting to connect to my ISP using
>PPP. I will attempt to provide as much information as possible, so if
>anyone who can help me on this it would be GREATLY appreciated... So here
>it goes...
>
snipped
>-Pete Foley
>
>------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
Hi,
What does your route table look like - post the output of route -n.
Try 'route add default ppp0' once you are on line.
Regards.
Trevor Hennion
Oakhaven Consultants Ltd
Reading UK
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From: "Robert Glover" <rglover@air(dot)ups(dot)com>
Subject: Re: IP Masquerading - Logging
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 17:51:56 -0000
What you want to do can be done several ways. You can:
1. Log the masqueraded packets with ipchains using the -l option.
Unfortunately this means you have to sort through the logs to get
the information that you're looking for.
2. You could make a separate masquerade rule(s) for each
workstation and use the packet counters (ipchains -L option).
This could run into alot of administrative overhead if you have
more than just a few workstations.
3. You might want to look at using a proxy server such as squid.
Roman Kellner wrote in message <7o9rlo$1lb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
We are running different PC's (Linux, Win??) using IP Masquerading to
connect over one gateway(diald and pppd) to the Internet.
Is there an easy way (script, tool) to log (graphics?) the Internet IP
traffic caused by the different stations?
I guess this should be quite simple thinking of the facilities of
Linux, but
I'm not sure where to start.
Thanks in advance
Roman
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From: Eric Wyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sharing files on a serial line??
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:46:39 -0800
Hi!
I have a windows 98 machine and a linux machine side by
side. I plan to eventually (when money permits) put a
network card in each to network them.
In the meantime......I would like to be able to share files
back and forth using a serial cable connected to the back of
each machine. I don't really care if the method is as
simple as ftp, or a direct file transfer, I just need some
good way (i would settle for half-way decent) of getting the
files from one machine to the other without burning CD's.
I have read the HOWTO for SLIP, but it doesn't seem like
exactly what I'm needing.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Is this even possible?
I'm running WIN98 on a P233 and RH5.1 on an AMD 486 if that
makes any difference.
Thanks,
Eric
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: uugetty - can't get RINGBACK to work
Date: 4 Aug 1999 10:14:10 -0500
Santiago Fisher ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: CONNECT="" ATA\r CONNECT\s\A
I got uugetty to work more than two years ago, version 2.0.7h, and
saved all the pieces I used, gettydefs, uugetty.ttyS1, and inittab line.
The only difference that, in my opinion, might be significant is that
I used a two-second delay before answering on a RING,
CONNECT="" \dATA\r CONNECT\s\A
but I'd rate the probability of that helping with RINGBACK as small.
If you'd like me to send the pieces I saved then mail me at
kite at inetport dot com .
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
/* A salute to Inspector Baynes, of the Surry Constabulary, the only
police Inspector to ever best Mr. Sherlock Holmes at his own game.
"The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge", by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. */
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: PPP problems
Date: 4 Aug 1999 10:25:31 -0500
Joe Bowman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: doesn't seem to be the case. The error I'm getting when I try to dial
: into my ISP is:
: "LCP: timeout sending Config-requests"
This very likely means that the chat script hasn't let the ISP start
PPP at it's end of the line. Post the chat script and chat -v log
messages for us to see. Include timestamps with the log messages.
--
Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
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From: Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: eth0 _still_ hangs
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:46:08 -0500
iNET wrote:
>
> I posted yesterday, and my RH 6.0 system hangs when the kernel boots
> when eth0 is being loaded. I know that it must be a hardware conflict
> in the setup of eth0, but since my system won't boot, I can't go in to
> make changes. I tried "append" at the prompt, but I don't know what the
> irq and io are, so I can't pass them to the loader. Is there a way at
> boot up to disable eth0 so my system will boot, or is there a way to
> determine the irq and io just by looking at the slots, etc. on the
> motherboard?
At the lilo prompt (I'm assuming you are using lilo), type "linux
single" (or whatever you named your linux boot segment to be, followed
by the word "single") and it will start you up in single user mode
without doing all the init routines. It's not a really elegant
interface, as you don't even get your paths set up for editors and the
like. However, if you know your way around you can run your editor by
using the path name in front of the editor command. Then, edit your
init routines to skip the ethernet device. Then you can reboot as
normal and do the real configuration you need to do.
Be sure that any network aware packages may be affected by losing your
eth0 device. Specifically, I had a problem with sendmail, the databas
server and Samba utilities locking up when they couldn't look up any
host names (and I didn't have my /etc/hosts set up properly). So if you
have those services enabled, you may want to disable them while you work
on the ethernet device.
Good luck
Roy
--
"If it ain't broke, you're not tryin!" - Red Green
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From: Roy Grimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network cards for both WindowsNT and Linux
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 11:22:07 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I want to buy a low-end network card for both WindowsNT and Linux
> (RH6.0). One local store Axion Tech seems to have good reputation. But
> their tech support says none of their cards have drivers for Linux. I
> just can't believe it. Can anyone help? Their NICs page is at
>
> http://www.axiontech.com/cgi-local/hardware.asp?category=Network&subcat
> egory=ADAPTERS
>
> I'm particularly interested in their best sellers, i.e. "3COM:3C905BTX,
> ETHERLINK XL, 10/100MBPS, PCI, TWISTEDOEM, PCI for $50" or
> "D-LINK:DFE-530TX, 10/100 MBPS ETHERNET PCI ADAPTERPNP, NWAY AUTO
> NEGOTIATION, FULL DUPLEX, LED STATUS for $19"
They probably tell you they don't have drivers for the NICs because, the
driver software is usually distributed with the kernel. Last time I
checked (2-3 years ago with kernel 2.0.35) the 3Com905 series of network
cards had a driver that was functional but still under development.
Recent releases should have updated drivers that will work with most of
the major brands.
> Is there one central place on the Web that lists all NICs supported by
> Linux?
http://www.linux.org/help/beginner/platforms.html lists several sites.
> Thank you very much for help.
>
> Yong
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Good luck,
Roy
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"If it ain't broke, you're not tryin!" - Red Green
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