Linux-Networking Digest #368, Volume #12 Thu, 26 Aug 99 03:13:34 EDT
Contents:
Multipoint protocol? (Pablo Yaggi)
Re: Would Linux be good for this? ("Patrick Lam")
Browsers and Linux ("Kalkas")
snmp -> wrong values? (Markus Eiden)
odd smbmount problem (Pete Wood)
BIND 8.2.1 make install question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: very slow ethernet connection IN ONE DIRECTION! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPTP linux client (yongtao)
Re: simple networking questions
Re: simple networking questions (Thomas Kaemer)
How do I setup Linux as a POP3 server? ("Salvador Asturias Jr.")
too many TX packet errors (Roger)
Re: IP masquerading prob/question (luke)
Re: connect to www thru linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Total Linux Network Newbie: How do you do it? (Gary)
Re: driver for Asante 10/100 N-way PCI card (Ron Nelson)
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From: Pablo Yaggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multipoint protocol?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:08:22 -0300
Hi,
I build a fast serial port board (sync type) for the isa slot.
Now I have the following configuration, 3 PCs with that kind of boards
on
diferent subnets and a concentrator device that makes possible that all
boards transfer to or recive from the others simultaniusly, this
concetrator acts like a hub, but the devices attached to it doesn't have
MAC addresses.
I want to make a whole net with those PCs, so I could write a linux
driver to use
my boards like a 'cua' device, but what protocol do I have to use or
how, to route the subnets to the whole net?. I can't use PPP because is
a point-to-point protocol.
Do I have to write my own interface driver, like 'eth' ones? if so,
please give me some information about how to do it, because I don't have
any :(.
Thank's,
Pablo Yaggi
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From: "Patrick Lam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Would Linux be good for this?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:55:51 -0700
Exactly the thing you should do (though not neccessary with Linux). Indeed,
you can even use Linux to be your proxy server if you need to connect your
network to the internet as well.
Patrick.
Eric Sotnak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm wondering whether linux would be good for the following:
>
> Suppose I have a mac G3, an older powermac, and a PC P-III 450. I want
> to
> network the three together so that all can use the same printer(s), and
> share
> files (instead of putting everything on zip disks).
>
> If I get ahold of an older model cheap pc, would it be a decent setup to
> install
> linux on it and use it exclusively as a network server for the other 3
> computers? The 3 computers are used for a lot of
> graphics-intensive stuff (mainly pagemaker and photoshop).
>
> Suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
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From: "Kalkas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Browsers and Linux
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:34:09 +0200
I plan to install Linux by using either RedHat 6.0 or Mandrake
Which browser can I use with Linux?
I was visiting Netscape Home Page, and they have Netscape browsers for
Linux.
There are listed following platforms:
Linux 2.0, Linux 2.0 (glibc), Linux 1.2, ...
What kind of Linux would I install with RedHat or mandrake?
Can I use other browsers than Netscape? Which is most appropriate to use?
Could I also find some programs for e-mail, like Eudora, for Linux?
Thank you for your help. I will greatly appreciate your answers.
Regards,
Kalkas
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From: Markus Eiden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: snmp -> wrong values?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 18:57:04 +0200
Hi,
we are using a snmpd to gather the load (input/output-octets) of
the networkdevices (eth0 etc..) of an x86-Linux 2.0.35-Box.
Unfortunately the values we get with the snmp-client
(snmpwalk moses public interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifOutOctets )
differ from the values ipfwadm -A -l
(/sbin/ipfwadm -A out -a -W eth0 -P all -S any/0 -D any/0)
gives us. They are COMPLETLY different.
Any ideas?
Markus
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From: Pete Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: odd smbmount problem
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 22:40:09 +0100
I am trying to mount a WIN95 shared directory on a redhat linux box, and
am using smbmount //gandalf/cd_rom mnt/cdrom -n
The mount works fine however when I issue a ls command not all of the
files in the directory are listed!!
For example ls on the rpms directory gives me everything alphabetically
A... to E... so I cant see the sampa.rpms to re install it - arghh!!
Sometimes all of the files are listed but repeating the ls command a
couple of times reduces the amount displayed ??
for example ls on the rpms directory gives me everything alphabetically
A... to E... so I cant see the sampa.rpms to re install it - arghh!!
smbmount v 2.0.1
When i attempt to smbumount /mnt/cdrom i get the message
/mnt/cdrom probably not smb-filesystem
However umount /mnt/cdrom does work
This same problem also occurs on shares on the WIN95 machine, not just
the CD rom
Has anyone any ideas?
Pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: BIND 8.2.1 make install question
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:36:11 GMT
Does anyome know why when I do a make install for BIND 8.2.1 the
binaries don't get put in the appropriate locations ?
cheers
Warwick
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: very slow ethernet connection IN ONE DIRECTION!
Date: 26 Aug 1999 12:00:54 +0800
I have the similar problem, but it's more serious, I got full
download speed from machine A to B and got only 50KB/s from the opposite
direction. Finally, I found that one of machine with a 100/10M Ethernet
card cause the problem, it seems that if not all the cards/hub support
full duplex operation, don't turn on it in all the cards, then the problem
just gone. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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From: yongtao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPTP linux client
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:33:32 +1700
Try to swap the following to lines in pptp.c:
Before:
228: read(sock, &m_call_id, sizeof(m_call_id));
229: read(sock, &m_peer_call_id, sizeof(m_peer_call_id));
After:
228: read(sock, &m_peer_call_id, sizeof(m_peer_call_id));
229: read(sock, &m_call_id, sizeof(m_call_id));
Let me know if it works for you.
Yongtao
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7pv626$ko1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mbohlmann@my-
deja.com wrote:
>
>
>Greetings,
>
>I am trying to tunnel using the PPTP client
>for Linux. However, it does not appear to
>be connecting right. I am a pppd novice and
>have tried a few different things without
>any luck. I am running a fresh install of
>RedHat 6 and have compiled the pptp client.
>
>At the command line, I am entering:
>
>pptp my.tunnel.server.com debug user mikeb
>require-chap
>
>In /var/log/messages:
>
>Aug 24 17:12:14 myhost (unknown)[7849]:
>log[pptp_dispatch_ctrl_packet:pptp_ctrl.c:637]:
>Outgoing call established.
>Aug 24 17:12:14 myhost pppd[7964]: pppd 2.3.7
>started by root, uid 0
>Aug 24 17:12:14 myhost pppd[7964]: Using interface
>ppp0
>Aug 24 17:12:14 myhost pppd[7964]: Connect: ppp0
><--> /dev/ttya2
>Aug 24 17:12:44 myhost pppd[7964]: LCP: timeout
>sending Config-Requests
>Aug 24 17:12:44 myhost pppd[7964]: Connection
>terminated.
>Aug 24 17:12:44 myhost pppd[7964]: Connect time
>0.5 minutes.
>Aug 24 17:12:45 myhost pppd[7964]: Exit.
>
>In chap-secrets, I have:
># client server secret IP addresses
>mikeb * mypass *
>
>I'm guessing the problem is that the PPTP server
>isn't sending back the IP address information
>although I could be wrong.
>
>Any thoughts? E-mailed reply appreciated, but
>I will be checking the newsgroup as well.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: simple networking questions
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:49:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>if a machine has both an ethernet connection (say, DSL) and a modem PPP
>connection at the same time, which connection gets preference for things
>like telnet and netscape?
Preference has nothing to do with the interfaces, per se. It's all about
the routes. If you are simply trying to use your ppp interface
while configuring your dsl via ethernet, make sure your default
route is pointed at our ppp device.
your routes should look something like the following for above situation:
# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
172.16.0.254 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
So your connect routes (10.0.0.0 in this case) will go via your ethernet
device. Everything else will go out your ppp device.
Then, when you wanna test your dsl connection, add a route for some
internet address you know is active (let's say www.yahoo.com for grins).
Ping it via your ppp interface, make sure it's there.
Name: www.yahoo.com
Addresses: 204.71.200.74, 204.71.200.67, 204.71.200.75, 204.71.200.68
# ping 204.71.200.74
PING 204.71.200.74 (204.71.200.74): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 204.71.200.74: icmp_seq=0 ttl=247 time=92.7 ms
64 bytes from 204.71.200.74: icmp_seq=1 ttl=247 time=177.5 ms
# route add -host 204.71.200.74 dev eth0
which will make your route table look something like:
# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
204.71.200.74 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 eth0
172.16.0.254 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
10.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
Then traceroute to 204.71.200.74 to see it gets through your dsl connection.
If it does, change default to your ethernet and have fun...If it doesn't
work, rinse and repeat.
>also, if your system is connected via ethernet (say, DSL again) where does
>gateway and subnet mask information go?
Depends on your distribution. On redhat based distro's, /etc/sysconfig/network
>how do you tell the ethernet card what your static IP address is? is that
>the role of ifconfig?
If config stands for "Interface Config." This is the utility you to config
your interface.
# ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255 up
Type "man ifconfig" and "man route" for more info.
R. Marc
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From: Thomas Kaemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: simple networking questions
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 07:32:13 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> # route add -host 204.71.200.74 dev eth0
With this route you will only get a time out, because this host isn't a
part of the subnet eth0 is connected. You should add the gateway to your
ISP with this line :
# route add -host 204.71.200.74 gw x.x.x.x eth0
CU Thomas
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From: "Salvador Asturias Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: How do I setup Linux as a POP3 server?
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 23:18:55 -0500
Does Linux have everything it needs to setup a POP3 server, or will I
need to install a separate package for that? And, how do I do that? He
have a couple of POP3 servers running on WinNT at work, and I'm thinking
that it would be better to let Linux handle that.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
Salvador
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger)
Subject: too many TX packet errors
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 06:09:46 GMT
Hi,
When I run ifconfig I get this:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:C9:0A:54:38
inet addr:192.168.81.1 Bcast:192.168.81.255Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:12395 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14085 errors:510 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:505
collisions:554
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x210
What's with all the TX packet errors? Is that something wrong with my
network card? I'm running RH5.2 as an IP Masq, and whenever I'm
access the Net with my Win95 machines, I get these long pauses and an
error like:
eth1: XMT status = 0xffff8841
The network card in question is an Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+ ISA. The
driver is compliled into the kernel. Any help would be appreciated.
Roger
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From: luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP masquerading prob/question
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 03:22:23 GMT
My bad, it seems i can only use some ftp servers, for instance,
ftp.netscape.com seems to work ok, but ftp.sunet.se says 500 Illegal
Port Command!!
I have no idea what that means, and would like to fix it. Any one got
any ideas?
luke wrote:
>
> I have it setup, my cable connection is working with linux, and my win
> machine is connected to the linux through a hub, and i can use most of
> the net through the windows machine, i can use IRC, ftp, mail, www, etc.
> But I cant host any servers on the win machine, like Quake or other
> games that allow gaming through TCP/IP. Is there a way to allow the win
> machine, to host such server?
> thanks
> --
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> each other with razor blades and knives?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: connect to www thru linux
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 05:44:47 GMT
Dear all
Thank you for all your advise.
i finally managed to connect to the isp and am able to browse the www
thru linux.
Using wvdial though.
Thanks once again.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stephen Torri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> First setup modem using modemtool. Then you need to figure out if you
> need PPP or SLIP to your ISP. I used PPP_Install (a perl script) to
take
> care of all my PPP install. You will need to create a device (i.e.
ppp0)
> for your dialup. I use ppp0 for mine. When I want to log into the ISP
I
> use ifup ppp0 (which calls the ISP) and ifdown ppp0 (which
disconnects).
>
> Stephen
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > 12 hrs new to linux.
> > i can't figure out how to connect to the internet / www through
linux.
> > i'm using redhat 6.0.
> > please help !
> > Thanks
> >
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>
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From: Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.networking.general,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Total Linux Network Newbie: How do you do it?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 06:30:56 GMT
Ben Vince wrote:
> I have been using ed Hat Linux 6 for about 2 months now and i have used
> previous versions as well. I have a Windows 98 Peer to Peer network
set-up
> at the moment which works well. But i now want to get more serious and
try
> a Linux Network. I've read about and according to the sites that i have
> visited i need to set up a TCP/IP protocol and then use SAMBA for Linux.
> Does that sound correct? Whilst reading the webpages the setup looks
farely
> straight forward (I HOPE IT IS!?!). Do you think you could help me out
with
> setting it all up as i'm very keen in setting up a Linux network and and
> knowing a bit more about TCP/IP. Please could you keep it basic though
> because i very new to Networking, i only currently have a NetBUIE (HOW
EVER
> ITS SPELT?) setup and a IPX one for multiplayer games. Thanks for all
your
> help,
>
> Regards Ben Vince
>
> Please could you email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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Hello,
I am new to Linux also and I found a book called Linux Network Toolkit
that explains step by step how to set up a Linux computer as a file and
print server to win95 clients using samba. I got the book from amazon.com
but later saw it at Fry's Electronics. I have several computers running
win95 and win98 running as clients and it works just fine. The Linux
computer will also share internet access over the network to the
clients.
have fun, Gary
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From: Ron Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: driver for Asante 10/100 N-way PCI card
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 00:32:42 -0600
Dave Halgren wrote:
>
> Hi there.
>
> I've just installed linuxppc-1999 on an old Mac 7300, and I'm having
> trouble driving my Asante 10/100 N-way autosensing PCI ethernet card
> as eth1. eth0, the MACE built-in ethernet, is auto-probed at startup
> by the default kernel and works smashingly.
>
> However, the default kernel won't see eth1 by hook or by crook. So
> I tried compiling in a bunch of various modules with xconfig, and
> now I can get ifconfig eth1 up to bring the device up momentarily (it
> recognizes the hardware address), but immediately afterwards it crashes.
>
> I also noticed that a lot of drivers billed as being modularized are in
> fact not yet modularized, so I tried compiling these into the kernel one
> by one, and got a lot of kernel panics - apparently the "safety" of PCI
> autoprobes is marginal at best.
>
> The crux of the problem is that I can't exactly figure out what sort of
> chipset Asante used on their card. The large chip, after peeling off the
> Asante sticker, was labeled:
>
> PNIC
> LC72C169B
> 9917
> F3M32
>
> which doesn't exactly correspond to anything present in the ethernet
> How-to.
>
> Anybody know which is the right driver for this card, or have any
> other ideas about how I might get it to be eth1 in a sane manner?
>
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; I will summarize and post.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Halgren
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
My Asante Fast 10/100 uses the Digital generic driver de4x5. I have
tried to use the tulip driver with no success also. I only have one card
in my system so I can't help with multiple card problems..
Hope that helped some,
Ron Nelson
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