Linux-Networking Digest #257, Volume #12 Tue, 17 Aug 99 12:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Network boot disk (Ken R.)
help with slow ppp connection (Samuel Davidoff)
Re: Caldera gurus,help please! (Dustin Puryear)
Re: all networking stops working for no reason (Scott Shoemaker)
Re: masquerade two networks? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Samba and filenames ("Kerry J. Cox")
Re: Networking with Solaris...need help please (Brandon)
IPforwarding in 2.0.31 ("Tris Thorne (LTH)")
2 computer network ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ICQ IP Masquerading ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
samba problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to set up Multihomed Linux ("Nuno Jonet")
Re: DSL IP-address question (Greg Leblanc)
Re: multiple 3c509 ISA NICs (Greg Leblanc)
Newbie trying to redirect url ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Ken R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network boot disk
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:29:39 GMT
I am considering setting up a Linux box as a network ghost server on a
NT4 lan. I would like to know how to set up the network boot disks, and
server (ie samba). I have Novell as my ghost server, currently. The NT
network is using tcp/ip as the default. Any help would be appreciated.
Ken
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From: Samuel Davidoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with slow ppp connection
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:47:38 -0400
I'm using chat and pppd to connect to my ISP through my USRobitcs 56k
modem on LinuxPPC. My problem is my connection seems slower than it is
on the mac side.
I have /dev/ttyS0 set to 230400 baud through stty.
I have setserial flagged at spd_vhi (though this isn't neccesary)
My pppd options include '115200' (for some reason 230400 won't work),
'crtscts' and 'bsd_cmp 15,15' i think these are the relevant settings.
the chat log reports that i am connection above 50000 so i'm guessing
the problem is with pppd.
so, any ideas what the problem could be?
btw, does anyone know a reliable way to check modem connection speeds?
I've been judging from ftp transfers, and netscape loadings.
thanks,
sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: Caldera gurus,help please!
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:48:11 GMT
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:46:46 -0400, "Gregory F. Borzecki"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I Just installed Caldera 2.2 and I have a problem. It is the headless
>server, but it will not allow any connection from the other hoasts. I
>tried to start remote X-session, telnet and ftp. Each time connection is
Can you login from the console? You can? Good. Can you ping other
machines on the network? You can? Good. Can you ping the Linux machine
from other PC's? You can? Good. Can you telnet to localhost from the
console and successfully login? You can? Good. Can you telnet to your
ip address from the console? You can? Good. Can you telnet from
another machine? No? Check your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny.
Otherwise, let me know.
>beeing refused by my headless machine. Does anyone know what gives. Is
Is it being refused or is your client timing out?
>Caldera 2.2 so "secure" that it wont allow for any incoming connection.
>Which files I should edit? Thanx for any help.
If I remember correctly Caldera has a "help" account with no password.
I could have a bad memory on this one, but I'm pretty sure I blasted a
partition while in this account. Make sure you remove any vendor
supplied accounts that you don't need.
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From: Scott Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: all networking stops working for no reason
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:02:13 GMT
I have decided to reload the RH6 Linux from scratch. Afterwards, I will
see if the server exhibits network stability. If it does, I will add
netatalk and the other components I have installed to it one by one
(only a few), and see if any of those are causing the problem. The
networking worked for about a week after the initial install as far as I
know. I have not made many changes to it since. I am at a loss as to
what else to do. Since the server is not in use, it will not be that
tough. I am curious to see if I get the same results. I will post a
message with these results.
Scott
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Torralba) wrote:
>
> I'm having the same problem. Fresh install and it does that. I do a
> "host ..." and it just sits there. I do a "route" and it just sits
> there toward where that "default..." would show when the darn thing
> works. Sheyt!
>
> George
>
> On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:19:58 GMT, William B. Cattell
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I have an Acer Aspire/P120 running RH6 that does the same thing
(stops
> >communicating). I run a telnet session into it and leave top runing
just to
> >keep it going. As you did - I first thought bad hardware so I
replaced the NIC
> >- it still happened. Since seeing your post I'm starting to think
it's RH6
> >except the same thing happens when the Acer is an intraNetWare
server.
> >
> >The search continues...
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Scott Shoemaker wrote:
> >>Please Help!!! I am running RH 6.0 on a new Intel box that I have
not
> >>put into production use yet, because I have a problem where I am
unable
> >>to keep the server on the network for an extended period of time.
From
> >>the point that the server starts it will stay on the network from a
few
> >>minutes to a few hours, and then mysteriously drops ALL network
access.
> >> I have tried replacing all of the cabling and the NIC in the server
and
> >>I still have the same result. I even went as far to swap out the
> >>network switch that I was using. I can reboot the server and it
will
> >>stay up for awhile. After doing some testing, I have found that as
long
> >>as the server seems to be doing something on the network, that it
tends
> >>to stay up longer. I.E. -- I set up a continuous ping to the gateway
> >>router and found that the server stayed up much longer (all night)
than
> >>if it were sitting doing nothing.
> >>
> >>Here is some additional information.
> >>
> >>1. I am running samba and netatalk which both seem to be working
fine
> >>when the server has not dropped access.
> >>
> >>2. When the server slips off of the network, it disappears from the
> >>Apple network, and I am unable to ping the server from a client or
vice
> >>versa via TCP/IP. I am able to ping the server from the server
itself,
> >>and the Network Configurator says that the interface is active. The
> >>activity lights on the both ethernet cards that I have tried to use
on
> >>this server do not flash after the network access hangs up.
> >>
> >>3. When I do a netstat -r from the server, I see the same
information
> >>before and after it hangs, but after it hangs, the last line in the
> >>table (the default gateway) takes a little longer to show up
sometimes
> >>(but it eventually does). It looks like the following:
> >>
> >>destination gateway genmask flags mss window irtt iface
> >>198.213.30.9 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
> >>198.213.30.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
> >>127.0.0.1 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 l0
> >>default 198.213.30.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
> >>
> >>4. I am having no other trouble with any of the other devices
(about 75
> >>devices) on the same network.
> >>
> >>I am really confused as to why this is happening and what to try
next.
> >>I was unable to find any documentation on this particular issue and
I
> >>would appreciate any input.
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance for your help!
> >>
> >>Scott
> >>
> >>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: masquerade two networks?
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:24:13 GMT
To set a Novell server up as a router at the system propmpt load
inetcfg and select "Protocols", "TCP/IP" and set "IP Packet Forwarding"
to "Enabled (Router)". Then set up your routing table.
On my "B" network I have the workstations set with the Novell server
set as the gateway and on the Novell server I have a default route set
to the Linux machine. I also have a route on the Linux machine back to
the "B" network with the Novell server as the gateway. I can ping from
the "B" network all the way to the outside address of the Linux box but
I can't reach the Internet from the "B" network. But I can from the "A".
Keith
In article <7padur$eme$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Andrey Smirnov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I understand that hosts on network 'B' have Novell server (router)
setup as
> the default gateway?
>
> Under this assumption you need to make sure that Novell box has Linux
> machine as it's default gateway.
>
> PS. I'm not that savvy on the Novell these days, but how can you set
it up
> as a router?
>
> Good luck!
>
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Samba and filenames
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:04:04 -0600
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Quick question. I have samba working great on a couple Linux boxes
both at home and at work. However, when I save certain things from off
my Linux box onto the shared CD-RW Windows 95 machine, take that CD home
and then move it off of the Windows 98 machine at home over onto another
RedHat 6.0 Linux box, the filenames all become capitalized.
Unfortunately, I have to use the CD-RW on a Windows 95 machine because
everyone here uses Windows except myself.
Just wondering if there is a setting in the smb.conf file I need to
change or if it is in Windows 95/98? I'm suspecting Windows. I never
had this problem before when using 95 at home, but now that my wife is
using 98 (she's migrating to Linux very soon), we share the CD-RW. Any
ideas?
Thanks.
KJ
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certain things from off my Linux box onto the shared CD-RW Windows 95 machine,
take that CD home and then move it off of the Windows 98 machine at home
over onto another RedHat 6.0 Linux box, the filenames all become capitalized.
Unfortunately, I have to use the CD-RW on a Windows 95 machine because
everyone here uses Windows except myself.
<br> Just wondering if there is a setting in the smb.conf
file I need to change or if it is in Windows 95/98? I'm suspecting
Windows. I never had this problem before when using 95 at home,
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From: Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Networking with Solaris...need help please
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 10:29:38 -0400
First, the interface names in Solaris will be different. It has a couple
different possible names depending on the type of device.
ifconfig -a
should show the device. If not the installation setup will have created a file
called /etc/hostname.<interface>
These are the equivalents of the commands above
ifconfig <interface> 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.15
route add default 192.168.1.1
the format of route for Solaris is
route <command> <address> <gateway>
It determines the type of adress it is for you and determines the interface by the
address. Since the gateway
for 192.168.1.0 was set to 192.168.1.15 and and interface X has an address of
192.168.1.15 it automatically
sets it to that interface.
You should also try the newsgroup alt.solaris.x86
Brandon
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From: "Tris Thorne (LTH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IPforwarding in 2.0.31
Date: 17 Aug 1999 14:56:49 GMT
Hi folks
I have an IP forwarding problem (I *think*) in an old 2.0.31 kernel. I am
using it because a previous project built a "Wide Area Link Emulator"
(WALE) traffic shaper/bandwidth limiter into it.
(http://ece.iisc.ernet.in/netlab/)
It is for an IP telephony project - investigating the effects of a poor
network on the H.323 protocol suite.
I have set up the following in the laboratory:
________________
Windoze2000-Host
Ether 192.168.1.2
===========================
|
|
_|_________________________
eth1 192.168.1.4
Dual Homed Linux2.0.31 router
eth0 192.168.1.1
=============================================
|
|
_|_____________
ether 192.168.1.3
WindozeNT-Host
========================
IP Number HWaddress Card
192.168.1.2 00:10:4b:42:cd:ec 3Com905 removable on the pci
192.168.1.4 00:c0:4f:4b:9f:7b 3Com905 on the motherboard*
192.168.1.1 00:60:97:2e:27:c3 3Com595 removable on the pci
192.168.1.3 00:c0:4f:c9:83:e8 3Com** on the motherboard
* it's a 905, but I needed the up-to-the-minute driver from Donald Becker
to run it, so maybe its a slightly different chipset or sthg
** I cant remember what that one is but it's a good one, and works fine.
A while ago, I got a RH6 2.2.5 kernel routing properly, so I became
familiar with the ins & outs of the routing & arp table.
The problem with this 2.0.31 kernel is that it will not forward packets
across from 192.168.1.4 --> 192.168.1.1 and vice versa.
>From 192.168.1.2 (Windoze) can ping 192.168.1.4 but no further
>From 192.168.1.3 (Windoze) I can ping 192.168.1.1 but no further
>From the router shell I can ping everything. (when its all set up - see
below)
so my goal is to get a ping from 192.168.1.3 to get across to 192.168.1.2 &
vice versa - then I can run MS Netmeeting on the hosts, and control the QoS
with the bandwidth limiter on the router kernel. I have ipv4 going, and
also ip_forward seems to be running (at least its echoing 1).
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong or what I'm not doing at all to get
this working! please! This project's got to be finished this week!!
Also, I am a bit perplexed (& vy interested!) by this: I do not actually
need to do any arp entries on the router:
After booting, I can ping eth0. of course. (that's all I can reach though)
entering the route to 192.168.1.3 with #route add -host 192.168.1.3 dev
eth0
then I can ping 192.168.1.3
I have to insmod the latest 3c59x.o driver for eth1, and ifconfig it up,
and ifconfig its address to 192.168.1.4 (this is all OK)
But I cannot ping 192.168.1.4 yet!
entering a route to 192.168.1.4 with #route add -host 192.168.1.4 dev eth1
only *then* I can ping it (192.168.1.4)
And of course setting up a route to 192.168.1.2 with
#route add -host 192.168.1.2 dev eth1
allows me to reach that one (192.168.1.2)!!!
the system seems to take quite a while for the first ping to go through -
like it is having a bit of trouble looking up the hardware address of the
NICs.
but it seems to enter the right arp settings itself - although they are not
flagged "permanent". - and it "forgets" them after a while but a ping
restores them again....
Anyone that can explain this, I would be interested!
But my real cry for help is how to get IP forwarding running properly on
this kernel!!! please! anyone!! help!
I'd be glad to help anyone with any other queries, I have a *bit* of
experience on routing!
Thanks
Tris (pretty much still a newbie :-< )
ps - The problem is not caused by the WALE modifications on the 2.0.31
kernel - I have tried to do the same thing on a RH5.2 kernel v2.0.36 with
no modifications, and get the same problems. I *think* the problem is just
something I am not configuring right in the kernel, but I am pretty lost
for what it is!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 2 computer network
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:31:19 GMT
I am trying to hook 2 computers up in a network using cat5 cable and
network cards. I am not using a network hub. Could someone please tell
me which two wires on the network cable I need to cross.
Thank you
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ICQ IP Masquerading
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:01:41 +0100
How do you set up port forwarding?
I want to fix ICQ chat as well without that module because I dont see the point in
downloading and compiling something if I can fix it with a few billion lines of
portfw commands.
Alex.
Frank Waarsenburg wrote:
> ICQ itself works without problems using Masquerading. The problem arises when
> you want to start chatboxes or filetransfer. I've setup ICQ as "I am behind a
> firewall, other, address range" and then I give all ICQ users a small range (12
> is minimum, so I use 20). I've put the ranges in Ipmasqadm portfw and everything
> works like a charm...
>
> Frank
>
> Tony C wrote:
>
> > As mentioned in one of the follow ups there is a module for ICQ when using
> > IP Masquerading. Now what I don't understand is when you actually need to
> > use this module. I am running RH 5.2 and ipfwadm with 2 Windows 98
> > machines on a local net. The linux machine connects to the local net and to
> > a DSL modem for internet access. ICQ works like a champ without the module.
> >
> > Perhaps you have your Masquerading rules set up incorrectly? Maybe you could
> > share them here for others to revuew and comment.
> >
> > Cheers
> > TC
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <7nbc4k$4ve$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > >I have two systems running on my LAN: one running Red Hat 6.0 and IP
> > >Masquerading, and the other running Win95. IP Masquerading works great
> > >with the internet, but when I try to use ICQ on my windows machine, it
> > >only gets as far as the linux server. None of my requests actually reach
> > >the internet. Does anyone know how to get IP masquerading to be able to
> > >run ICQ on a windows machine?
> > >
> > >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: samba problem
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:41:44 GMT
I have a problem with the configuration of the smb suite.
I am trying to configure a linux server with some windows 95/98
concurrent workstations.
In the linux box I want a shared disk for exchange data between users
and system printers (3).
>From the windows workstation I can correctly work on the shared disk
but not the printers, the same printers that work perfectly
using the command lpr from the linux box.
In the "network resource" windows of the Win98 workstations I can see
the three printers but when I try to print a box opens with the
following error:
"Problem in printing due to a unknown error"
My smb.conf and printcap files are the following.
************************************** smb.conf
***********************************************************
[global]
workgroup = stc
server string = Samba Server
hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
dns proxy = no
lock directory = /var/lock/samba
share modes = yes
[homes]
security = user
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
create mode = 0750
writable = yes
[Stampante1]
path = /var/spool/lpd/lpt1
printer name = lpt1
browsable = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mode = 0622
print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
[Stampante2]
path = /var/spool/lpd/lpt2
printer name = lpt2
browsable = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mode = 0622
print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
[Stampante3]
path = /var/spool/lpd/lpt3
printer name = lpt3
browsable = yes
writable = yes
public = yes
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
create mode = 0622
print command = lpr -r -h -P %p %s
[tmp]
comment = Temporary file space
path = /tmp
read only = no
public = yes
[public]
comment = Public Stuff
path = /home/public
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
write list = @staff
************************************** printcap
***********************************************************
#
# This printcap is being created with printtool v.3.27
# Any changes made here manually will be lost if printtool
# is run later on.
# The presence of this header means that no printcap
# existed when printtool was run.
#
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet Default 1
lpt1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpt1:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lpt1/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet Default 1
lpt2:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpt2:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lpt2/filter:
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet Default 1
lpt3:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lpt3:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp2:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lpt3/filter:
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***********************************
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From: "Nuno Jonet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to set up Multihomed Linux
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 16:15:23 +0100
Hi people
I'm just another newbie to Linux, although I have some experience with
TCP/IP networks with Windows(95/98/NT).
I have two networks currently running NT Server. Here are the details:
Net A - 192.168.10.0
NT Server A - 192.168.10.15
DHCP running (192.168.10.20-192.168.10.254)
No WINS, No DNS
LMHOSTS
Net B - 192.168.20.0
NT Server B - 192.168.20.15
DHCP running (192.168.20.20-192.168.20.254)
No WINS, No DNS
LMHOSTS
Some guy working with this set-up thought of multihoming both NT servers and
connected them with a crossover cable... It works but is very slow and also
very limited due to MS's "brilliant" network enginnering.
What I would like to have are some suggestions on how to set up a multihomed
Linux box to route the traffic.
I've allready tried it, and even though PING worked across subnets, I
couldn't see machines across subnets through Network Neighbourhood.
Here's what I managed to do :
Red Hat 5.2
RTL8029 -> eth0 192.168.10.1
3COM 3c509 -> eth1 192.168.20.1
IP forward is on
Gateways on client machines are set to 192.168.*.1 for each correspondent
subnet.
Telnet is working from all subnets
Ping goes across subnets
Only Netbios networking seems to be failing.
Once again, thanks in advance for any help at all that you can provide !!!
Nuno
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL IP-address question
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:12:05 GMT
You should use the network configuration tool that comes with caldera to
set your ethernet card to use DHCP as the boot protocol. This will make
linux use the same method and M$ windows to get an IP address and
related settings.
Greg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Reid Mumford) wrote:
> I have been trying to configure my DSL connection to work under
> LINUX. I am using Caldera 2.2. I have configured my Cisco 675
> modem so that it is using DHCP and NAT and is also configured not
> to use the DOH (dial on hookup) stuff that is used under windows.
> My connection works fine under windows95 and i am quite pleased with
> it. However, i cannot get it to work under LINUX.
> I am using the windows command "winipcfg" to give me all of my network
> information. From this command i get my; IP-address, subnet mask,
> default gateway, and DHCP server information.
> Are these numbers correct to use in linux?
> I recently installed Caldera 2.2 and i had no problem installing my
> network card. It seems like my problem is that i am using the wrong
> IP-address.
> Is there a convenient way to find your IP settings under windows so
> that you can use this information in LINUX?
>
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From: Greg Leblanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: multiple 3c509 ISA NICs
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:14:58 GMT
I haven't tried this yet, but I believe that there is a way to specify
the ethernet address for a nic. I know it's supposed to be hardware,
but it's fairly easy to change, and REQUIRED to change it on some sun
boxes. I'll give this a shot this evening when I get home, since I have
three 3c509s in my soon to be bridge.
Greg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Derek Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The answer, after much experimentation with 3 3c509's, appears to be
that there
> is _no way_ to control which 3c509 is allocated to eth0. It will
always be the
> one with the lowest ethernet address.
>
> Derek Shaw wrote:
>
> > I'm building a firewall, and I want to control which of two 3Com
3c509's is
> > assigned as eth0. My first indication of a problem was that the
Ethernet
> > howto at section 3.2 does not work as described. Further research
lead me to
> > (all praise) Donald Becker, who states on his WWW site:
> >
> >> The 3c509 in ISA mode
> >>
> >> The 3c509 has a unique feature that allows truly safe probing on
> >> the ISA bus. It's an activation mechanism that is similar to (and
> >> predates) ISA Plug-and-Play. This is great, but unfortunately for
> >> us this method doesn't mix well with the rest of the probes.
> >>
> >> The most noticeable aspect is that it's difficult to predict a
> >> priori which card will be accepted "first" -- the order is based
> >> on the hardware ethernet address. That means that the ethercard
> >> with the lowest ethernet address will be assigned to "eth0", and
> >> the next to "eth1", etc. If the "eth0" ethercard is removed, they
> >> all shift down one number.
> >>
> >> A related aspect is that it's not possible to leave an "earlier"
> >> card disabled, enable a card at an address or IRQ different than
> >> the EEPROM setting, or enable a card at a specific address.
> >>
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if there is a workaround? I am using the
loadable module,
> > and have tried editing the conf.modules file to change the order in
which the
> > cards are doled out. It's not critical for this installation, but
I'd like to
> > know if there is any control over which card is assigned as eth0.
Also I'd
> > like to know if there is any interaction of this feature with other
ISA NICs.
> >
> > Please don't reply unless you have direct experience with such a
situation (or
> > you are Donald Becker).
> >
> > --
> > Derek Shaw
> > Business Information Systems
> > Victoria, BC.
> > voice: 250-885-2021 fax: 250-386-4060
> >
>
> --
> Derek Shaw
> Business Information Systems
> Victoria, BC.
> voice: 250-885-2021 fax: 250-386-4060
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie trying to redirect url
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:54:46 GMT
Hi,
A friend of mine want to use my 'network' to do url redirection (or web
forwarding?), I have my own DNS and a couple of IP, but each time I
register a domain, I give a new IP, now that I'm running out of IP and
my friend told me about URL redirection, I want to experience it.
Basicly my friend has his own IP address/domain, and want me to do
something like if you type http://www.adomain.com/ it just goes to
www.hisdomain.com/aPath/
Then I could do for me the same thing, and let my friends have their own
domain and website without blocking any new IP.
Well I'm not sure I'm clear on that, maybe because it's not even clear
for me !
Anyone to help me here, Thx
Christophe
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