Linux-Networking Digest #113, Volume #12 Wed, 4 Aug 99 19:13:51 EDT
Contents:
DHCP and PPP ("R. Alcazar")
Re: DFE-530TX D-Link NIC (Rod Smith)
Re: Configuring Mail with an @Home connection ("gus")
Re: PPP (Dial-out) connection requirements ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: More IPCHAINS question - Help ! ("Jan Johansson")
Re: IP-MASQUERADIG please heeeeeeeelp ! ;) (Chip Transisto)
Re: Samba or NFS? (David Kaczynski)
Re: Major Problems with PPP - ISP and RedHat out of ideas (Denis Leroy)
Re: Network cards for both WindowsNT and Linux (Jan-Albert van Ree)
Re: Linux and MS Proxy Server HELP! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: users can't mount cdrom ("gus")
SLIP and Ethernet won't coexist on Linux connected to HP (Van Snyder)
Re: pump 0.6.7 (Stephen Satchell)
3c905b works at 100base? (Wei Yang)
Setting up DCHP for clients behind the Linux Box... (dead_grandmother)
PPP with Qwest ISP? (Glen Morrell)
Ifconfig help (Sam Levy)
Re: PPTP won't authenticate through ipmasq ("John Hardin")
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From: "R. Alcazar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DHCP and PPP
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:48:43 -0500
Hello all,
I've tried to setup my PPP connection based on the recent article provided
by Linux Journal. I've had my PPP connection working properly for quite
some time, but there was an extra step in the article that raised my
attention.
I'm running RHL6, 2.2 kernel. After configuring PPP0 under linuxconf the
article stated that I should configure a network adaptor under for DHCP with
a net device of PPP0. Is this necessary? I achieved a working PPP
connection without this. What effect does setting the DHCP device have on
an otherwise fine PPP connection?
My Linux setup is just a standalone workstation and I've setup a dummy eth0
device so I can setup DNS, Apache (virtualhosts), etc. *I don't have a lan
yet... doh!* When I try to create the dhcp adapter (adaptor 2) linuxconf
loses that configuration! The next time I run linuxconf, the settings that
I had made disappear or appear as if they have never been made! I've have
both dhcpd and dhcpcd packages installed. What is the problem?
Please advise.
R. Alcazar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: DFE-530TX D-Link NIC
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 20:56:14 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Sean McAvoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> the 530tx should use the tulip Driver included in RH6.0
> try loading that module up... should do it
The DE-530TX, yes, but *NOT* the DFE-530TX. (Bless D-Link for their
oh-so-different names for radically different cards.)
> Tom wrote:
>
>> Hey, anyone know how I can get this PCI card to work in RedHat Linux 6.0?
>> I've managed to gather that it needs a Rhine driver of some sort, and even
>> managed to download the source code for it, but I don't seem to have gcc
>> installed to compile the driver. Even then, I'm not sure what to do with it.
I believe that Red Hat ships with the driver. Certainly it's included in
the kernel source for 2.2.5. Check your /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/net
directory for a file called via-rhine.o. If it's there, try adding the
following line to your /etc/conf.modules file:
alias eth0 via-rhine
There are ways to get the system to recognize the module after you've done
this, but I'm foggy on the details at the moment, so I'll take the easy
way out and say to reboot.
I do recommend that you install GCC, though. It's in the package egcs.
To do anything with the kernel, you'll also need the kernel sources and
kernel headers packages, or a kernel tarball from another source.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
Author of _Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux_, from Que
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From: "gus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring Mail with an @Home connection
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 18:00:27 -0400
What dist are you using?
How hard do you want to make it?
I've got Redhat 5.2 & installed Netscape. Somewhere, buried in the middle
of the book that came with the software, I found some simple instructions
for configuring the system to dial through the modem. Real good
instructions - I had to enter the ISP phone number, select a few choices
like DHCP, etc.
Then, in NS, I had to enter the user name, password, etc. for my account.
As best as I understand (I'm still new to Linux), I can use Pine to send
mail right ot of the box. I think you'd have to configure fetchmail to
receive anything. I haven't gotten that far yet - I'm still using Netscape,
or (yuk) Windoze...
Hope this helps...
Jeff Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:37a7b502.20932336@news...
> When configuring a mail server for Linux, do I just configure
> Sendmail? Does this program both send and receive email? What does
> Fetchmail do?
>
> If I want to receive email from the outside world, do I need a static
> IP and a name registered with InterNIC? In the meantime, can my
> server just collect the mail from the @Home mail server, or does my
> mail program have to collect it directly from @home?
>
> Will QMail do all of this?
>
> At this stage in my Linux learning, I am just trying to figure out how
> to send email out from my server to the world, but I would like to
> figure out how to receive email via my server.
>
> thanks for any help or direction!
>
> Jeff Peterson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PPP (Dial-out) connection requirements
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:25:22 GMT
In article <7oa9he$nj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7oa59h$t6r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I have to set up my PPP such that :
> >
> > (i) It doesn't disconnect if the connection is Idle
> > (ii) It automatically reconnects if my ISP drops the connection.
Even
> if
> > it means multiple reconnection attempts [maybe - with predefined
> breaks]
> >
> > Or in other words I want my m/c to be connected to the internet all
> the
> > time 24x7.
> >
> > What all PPP options do I use ?
> >
> > will the 'persist' option lead to automatic execution of the
> chatscript
> > when the connection drops ?
> >
> > Any Sample script ?
> >
> > TIA
> > Rajeev
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
> >
>
> Yes the persist option is what you need. But if your address is
> dynamically allocated, every time your connection drops you will have
a
> different IP. So you may want to look at auto-config scripts.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
Where can I find the auto-config scripts ?
Thank You
Rajeev
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: More IPCHAINS question - Help !
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 15:13:25 GMT
> I can make it a yes by changing the contents of
> /proc/sys/ip_always_defrag to be 1 vice 0 (on RH 6.0) and rebooting?
No, when you reboot the proc values goes back to default. You have to make
that modification every time the system restarts.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chip Transisto)
Subject: Re: IP-MASQUERADIG please heeeeeeeelp ! ;)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 22:24:49 GMT
Reply-To: Chip Transisto
my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file has this at the bottom:
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp.o
/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ
On Wed, 04 Aug 1999 19:37:15 +0200, doc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi all,
>
>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*
>
>what did i mke wrong ???
>and there are no logs in /var/log/messages :(
>
>hope someone can help me
>thx in advance
>
> d.o.c.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Kaczynski)
Subject: Re: Samba or NFS?
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:03:51 GMT
Reply-To: Delete the "." between "HUS" and "HMAIL" to reply.
On Wed, 04 Aug 1999 03:19:48 -0400, Lindoze 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>which is better Samba or NFS?
Overall, NFS, in my opinion.
>which is better for windoze + Linux?
Samba.
>which is better for Linux + Linux + Internet?
NFS.
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From: Denis Leroy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 00:26:38 +0200
The modprobe error in the /var/log/messages suggests that you have an
incomplete kernel built ? (missing modules). Are you running RH 6.0
straight out of the box ? If you are, it's supposed to have everything
you need for PPP (network support, PPP support).
If I understand correctly, you were able to connect manually to your
ISP right ? If you type 'ppp' at the ISP side, does it start sending the
PPP protocol frames ?
What you can do is try to setup the ppp connection manually. Read the
man pages for 'pppd' and 'chat', those are the only 2 programs you need
to use. You shouldn't have to use the 'route' program, pppd takes care
of that for you if you use the defaultroute option. Try with and without
PAP authentification.
-denis
Pete Foley 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...
>
> 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
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Jan-Albert van Ree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Network cards for both WindowsNT and Linux
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 23:26:03 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef:
>
> 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 $19"
The 3Com905TX and 905B-TX are very well supported under Linux and perform
very well. I run several of these cards, without any problems.
Only thing I'm not sure about is if 2 3Com905 cards can work together in
one machine... I used a 3Com509B and 905B-TX in one box without any
problems though.
I once oned a Dlink card (different type) They seem to be supported pretty
well to in Linux, but performance is somewhat less. But for a major price
difference and in a low-traffic network it won't really matter. Pick
whichever you like best and what fits your budget...
If you only have 2 PC's and you're not planning on buying a hub be sure to
check if they can work using a UTP Crosslink cable... not all cards will
accept them!
--
Jan-Albert "Sliver" van Ree | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3D Sims Archive maintainer | http://www.3dgamers.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux and MS Proxy Server HELP!
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:54:33 GMT
> Howdy,
>
> I have just set up RedHat 6.0, and want to run it as my main operating
> system. On my local intranet I am running MS Proxy Server 2.0 on NT
Server,
> and in my current Win98 system I have the WSP (winsock proxy) Client
> installed for all winsock requests (so it makes the internet seemless
in
> windows). How do I access the proxy server in Linux? Is there no WSP
> Client
> equivalent for linux? Is there another way of setting up linux so it
can
> use the proxy server?
>
> I know the obvious answer would be to replace NT Server with linux,
but I am
> trying to take linux one step at a time (i am relatively new to it)...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated... And may i just say, LINUX
RULES
> :-)
I have my linux laptop on my company's M$ hell network which includes
MS Proxy Server. Unfortunately, there isn't a real good solution to
the problem, but you may want to check out
http://www.inet.no/dante. I've tried this to no avail a few months
back. I think they have added some bug fixes to make it work a bit
better. Of course you can use Netscape which has SOCKS client
built in to access the web, but general network configuration is bit
trickier.
./~christopher
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From: "gus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: users can't mount cdrom
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 18:35:19 -0400
I ain't the big linux expert, but as a Net Admin in a corporate environment
with 150+ users, there are arguable reasons for making it difficult to
freely use CD-ROMs:
1. Software piracy - not so much an issue with OSS, but a BIG issue in the
Windoze world if some vendor catches you. Remember Xtree? When Joe
HomeUser brings his favorite apps from home, he puts the entire organization
at risk.
2. Got any idea how hard it is to maintain 100+ PCs, no two of which are
configured the same way??? Lotsa organizations won't put CD-Roms on client
PCs for this reason. They set a standard setup of approved (& licensed )
software...
I'm not trying to start a flame war - I just think that the guys who
distribute linux might be leaning in the above direction when setting the
defaults.
The good thing about Linux is that you can make it work any way you want by
writing scripts. I do not, however, know of any way to switch CDs without
having to umount the old one & mount the new one...
It doesn't seem so strange to me; you have to do the same thing on a Netware
server.
Mostly, I've found that, at work & at home, the CD is used mostly for
installing software...
There might be some clever software somewhere that monitors the CD drive, to
see if you put in a new CD... You might want to poke through whatever
"Jukebox" source you can find & learn how they do it...
Jeff Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:37a9ab35.44553265@news-server...
> Hello,
>
> Why can I only mount the cdrom drive as root?
>
> here is /etc/fstab
>
> /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660
> noauto,ro,user 0 0
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root users 37672 Oct 6 1998 /bin/mount
> brwxrwxrwx 1 root users 11, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/scd0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 guest users 4 Mar 26 04:23 /dev/cdrom
> -> scd0
>
>
> Shouldn't this be automatically setup by mainstream linux
> distros? Linux will be useless as an OS for the desktop as long
> as braindead problems like this exist. Linux sure needs a set of
> desktop standards.
>
> I like Linux, but setting up some things is a complete waste of
> time. I am not interested in knowing how to make my cdrom
> mountable by guests. There should be a standard script to handle
> this.
> --
> Jeff Greer
> B.S. computer science, University of MO - Rolla
> --------------------------------------------------
> Windows NT has crashed,
> I am the Blue Screen of Death,
> No one hears your screams...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Van Snyder)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.hp.hpux
Subject: SLIP and Ethernet won't coexist on Linux connected to HP
Date: 4 Aug 1999 22:14:13 GMT
I have a small network of two Linux systems, connected by Ethernet.
I've chosen IP numbers from what I've been told are a series reserved
for "internal networks", viz. 196.168.0.11 and 196.168.0.12.
I connect one of them to an HP 720 running HP-UX 10.20 using SLIP.
The SLIP connection is identified as 196.168.0.1. The Linux
computer and the HP workstation both have "real" IP numbers.
The Linux-Linux network works fine.
So long as the Linux ethernet interface is disabled, the Linux-HP
connection via slip works fine.
If I start SLIP with the Linux ethernet interface active, it connects,
but can't see the name servers, the HP machine to which I connect, or,
indeed, anything on the same network as the HP machine.
Any ideas how to make both kinds of networking work simultaneously?
--
What fraction of Americans believe | Van Snyder
Wrestling is real and NASA is fake? | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: pump 0.6.7
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Satchell)
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:33:57 GMT
Two things:
1) Get the latest version of pump from ftp://update.redhat.com and
install it.
2) If it still doesn't work, find the invocation of pump and add the "
-h" flag. That's what did it for me on my PacBell (NevadaBell) ADSL
link.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Menze) wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>I am using pump 0.6.7 to try and connect to the internet using DHCP via
>a USWest DSL line. When I run "ifup eth0", It says "determining IP
>information for eth0", then after a minute it returns "operation
>failed." The DSL modem lights up for that minute when it is trying, so
>I beleive that the problem is that I am getting no response back from
>the DHCP server at USWest. I have tried sending it the hostname, but
>that doesn't seem to work either. Thanks.
>
>
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From: wyang@tau (Wei Yang)
Subject: 3c905b works at 100base?
Date: 4 Aug 1999 22:18:01 GMT
Hi,
I have a 3c905B 100baseTx card (Cyclone) and I am using it with my RD 5.1
and Donald Becker's 3c59x.c (v0.99E 5/12/98) driver.
I noticed that at the time the Linux booted, the card is forced to work at
10 Mbit mode, while it works at 100 Mbit mode when I run in Win NT or when
this PC is just power on and the Linux has not booted yet. Does anybody know
how can I make 100 Mbit work under Linux?
Thanks.
--
Wei Yang
Unix System Admin.
Dept. of Physics
Colorado State University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dead_grandmother)
Subject: Setting up DCHP for clients behind the Linux Box...
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:52:07 GMT
i have road runner in the upstate new york area. They allow you to
hook up four computers to the cable modem, each with its own unigue ip
address. Of course this ip is given using dchp.
Obviously, no need to use ip masquerading if i have enough ip
addresses for all the computers on the lan. Installing another type of
firewall.
So, having some problems configuring the linux box to allow road
runner to assign the computers on my lan ip addresses.
Anyone have any suggestions???
your granny
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From: Glen Morrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP with Qwest ISP?
Date: 4 Aug 1999 21:03:57 GMT
Hello,
Has anyone succesfully used Qwest as an internet service
provider with linux? Their technical support service is completely
unhelpful in this regard. They use PPP and claim to not use CHAP. I
seem to be unable to connect with the old scripts I used to use for
ATT Worldnet. Their technical support people don't seem to really
know how their dialup system works, and they continually resort to
simply stating that "only Windows is supported," as if PPP were
proprietary to Windows. Anyone done this before with Qwest?
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks in advance,
Glen Morrell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam Levy)
Subject: Ifconfig help
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 21:02:20 GMT
I'm having a problem trying to use ifconfig to change the ip number of
of my ethernet interface. If I issue an ifconfig eth0 down command the
card will no longer ping other boxes on the network.
I then issue an ifconfig eth0 172.16.x.x up command changing the
interface's IP number from 172.16.y.y. to 172.16.x.x
If I then do ifconfig the display tells me the address has changed to
172.16.x.x and the card should be up but I still cannot ping other
boxes on the network.
if I reboot and allow the old IP number to be set on the interface it
works fine.
is there something else I must do to re activate the card with the new
address.
I know I can change the ifcfg-eth0 file in the
etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory and then reboot but I'm trying
to save the extra reboot.
Thanks for any suggestions
Sam
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From: "John Hardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPTP won't authenticate through ipmasq
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 09:57:37 -0700
David L. Vessell wrote in message ...
>Once I put the NT box back inside the firewall, here's what I'm seeing.
It
>seems to find the VPN server okay, and it attempts to authenticate, but it
>never does. I don't know why, and the eventual error (which is more like
a
>timeout) just says a session couldn't be established.
I use the rasmon status indicator (in the systray) as a debugging tool. If
the little telephone lights up, the control channel has been established.
If the top light blinks, outbound GRE is being sent; if the bottom light
blinks, inbound GRE is being received. Do you see all of these things
happening? If the bottom light never blinks, the firewall rules are
probably blocking the GRE in one or both directions.
>The only thing I've read in any of the HOW-TOs that might relate to my
>problem from a troubleshooting standpoint is that in one place there is a
>reference to grepping for masq in the /proc/ksyms file. I don't see the
>ipfw entries mentioned as being present in a correctly configured PPTP
>arrangement. If this is an issue, then I don't know how I'm supposed to
go
>about fixing it. Did the kernel patch fail? How do I tell? What do I do
>about it?
Gordon's PPTP patches don't export any symbols so you can't use this to
verify his patch.
You might want to visit the VPN Masq home page and try the 2.2.10 patch
(which is stable beta even though it says it's alpha) - the debugging code
is much cleaned up and symbols are exported.
>Any assistance on this matter would be appreciated.
Posting your firewall ruleset would be the first step. Does the discussion
of the firewall rules in the HOWTO make sense? Granted, I haven't updated
it to reflect ipchains, but the concepts are the same.
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