Linux-Networking Digest #386, Volume #12 Fri, 27 Aug 99 15:13:40 EDT
Contents:
RH 6 and PCMCIA Ethernet: How to get it going after the installation? (Kenny
McCormack)
Re: VMware - wow! (Jason Pell)
Re: TFTP Server??? (H.Bruijn)
Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading? (Eric deRiel)
Re: help for dial-in (Hassan Monzavi)
SLIP server ("Servicio T�cnico")
Re: linux box vs switched hub (H.Bruijn)
Re: Volume spanning with ext2??? (Jayan M)
Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading? (W.G. Unruh)
L'Onda ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How do you create a hard link? (Bob_Deep)
Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading? ("Chris L")
Re: Want to set up server but DSL is on a LAN... help? (George Torralba)
Re: PPP auto-dial on Netscape startup? (W.G. Unruh)
Re: PPP, no chat (Clifford Kite)
Re: Firewall Rules (bill davidsen)
Re: Slow connection to ISP (W.G. Unruh)
Re: PPP Dial-up Help Please: (W.G. Unruh)
Re: Help: pppd and 56K (Jimmy Lio)
Re: diald problems ("Howard Soper")
Re: VMware - wow! (Eric deRiel)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RH 6 and PCMCIA Ethernet: How to get it going after the installation?
Date: 27 Aug 1999 12:15:07 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recently installed RH6 on a laptop. When I did the installation, I did
not have a supported PCMCIA Ethernet card available, but I did select PCMCIA
as a thing to be installed and, as far as I can tell, it did install it.
The various pieces seem to be there, including the /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia
script, /sbin/cardmgr, the pcmcia configuration files, etc. But, it
doesn't seem to be running. I have tried putting a supported card in
and rebooting, but it just doesn't seem to find it.
If I run "/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start" by hand, it returns immediately.
There is a script file somewhere (/etc/pcmcia.conf or something similar)
that contains the lines:
PCMCIA=No
something=
something=
something=
So, clearly, the RH scheme of things, it is not active. How do I make it
active? For what it is worth, I have looked at both control-panel and
linuxconf - they don't seem to have anything related to it. In general, I
don't like GUI config tools - have never needed one before and don't plan on
starting now...
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From: Jason Pell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: athome.users-unix,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VMware - wow!
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:51:34 +1000
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You must have a base OS on which to run a virtual machine, thus the reason
it is called a _virtual_ machine..
steve mcadams wrote:
> Sorry to butt in and sound like a basher, but can someone explain to me why
> this vmware gizmo has two versions, one for Windows and another for Linux?
> A true virtual machine operating system would run on the hardware and
> Windows, Linux, BeOS, or whatever would run on top of it transparently. Is
> this a crude hack, or what is going on?
>
> > In article <B3Ps3.2187$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > "VMware products provide developers and users with the ability to:
> > >
> > > Run multiple operating systems concurrently on a single PC--without
> > > repartitioning or rebooting.
> > > Interoperate among each of these operating systems.
> > > Isolate and protect each operating environment, and the applications
> > and
> > > data that are running in it.
> > > Encapsulate and manipulate each operating environment, and have the
> > > availability to roll back and restart, or move an environment among
> > > differently configured machines. "
> > >
> > > www.vmware.com
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You must have a base OS on which to run a virtual machine, thus the
reason
<br>it is called a _virtual_ machine..
<br>
<p>steve mcadams wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Sorry to butt in and sound like a basher, but can
someone explain to me why
<br>this vmware gizmo has two versions, one for Windows and another for
Linux?
<br>A true virtual machine operating system would run on the hardware and
<br>Windows, Linux, BeOS, or whatever would run on top of it transparently.
Is
<br>this a crude hack, or what is going on?
<p>> In article <B3Ps3.2187$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<br>> "me" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<br>> > "VMware products provide developers and users with the ability
to:
<br>> >
<br>> > Run multiple operating systems concurrently on a single PC--without
<br>> > repartitioning or rebooting.
<br>> > Interoperate among each of these operating systems.
<br>> > Isolate and protect each operating environment, and the applications
<br>> and
<br>> > data that are running in it.
<br>> > Encapsulate and manipulate each operating environment, and have
the
<br>> > availability to roll back and restart, or move an environment among
<br>> > differently configured machines. "
<br>> >
<br>> > www.vmware.com</blockquote>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: TFTP Server???
Date: 27 Aug 1999 17:07:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:33:32 -0500, Todd K. Tuttle allegedly wrote:
>David,
>
>Thanks for the answer.
>
>Pardon me for being a pest, but where exactly do you need to put the file
>you want to have the router to access. In "/", or in "/home/ftp" ? Do you
>need to specify the exact location such as "/var/tmp/ciscoimage" etc., in
>the copy command?
specify the directory tftpd needs to have acces to in /etc/inetd.conf
tftpd dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/tftpd in.tftpd /boot/cisco
Now tftpd can only read in the directory /boot/cisco
since tftpd has no acces control at all never give it acces to /
the tftp programme requires you to give the full command, so
get /boot/cisco/ciscoimage
will get it.
>
>Also, if you don't mind, where can I get more information on the
>"hosts.access" file settings and parameters?
hosts.allow , hosts.deny and hosts.access rae part of tcpd
man tcpd
It uses the tcp/ip wrappers to secure acces to telnet, ftp etc.
--
Herman
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If a trainstation is place where trains stop, what is workstation?
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Subject: Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading?
From: Eric deRiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:31:44 GMT
Tom Verbeure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well. The point is that they are already doing regular scans of the
> network (not constantly) to check for subscribers who are running a
> server. The contract with the ISP explicitly forbids running servers,
I'm sorry, but this is just inane. What is defined as a server? Does
this mean that in.telnetd is a contract violation, because it listens on
ports and accepts remote connections? What about inetd? If you can
finger a site, you're essentially connecting to a server. Even
Windows computers run "servers". Who *are* these people?
I went to the mat with my ISP over the same issue. After a brief
squabble with a front-line management type over whether or not a
masquerading "server" was a contract violation, they agreed that
masquerading "services" could be run without issue (just as long as it
wasn't a "server" that was running them..?).
On the other hand, other people who use the same service in other
localities report varying degrees of vigilance. I assume that
enforcement of such foolishly nebulous policies ends up being a matter
for local site managers to decide. These days, the ISP has taken to
restricting upload speeds across the board -- a far more effective
(and IMO legitimate) way of preventing bandwidth consumption.
> firewalls (!),
Are you serious? This is one I would seriously consider ignoring, or
if you feel you can stick your neck out, let your provider know that
you're running a firewall anyway and they and everyone they ever met
will be screwed to the wall when their clients start getting hacked
constantly because they're not allowed to secure their own sites.
> proxies etc and states that only one computer can be
> attached to the network.
Well, that's true, isn't it? Only one computer is attached to the
network. The local legal system may not take the same view, of
course: has anyone challenged this sort of practice before? (For
that matter, has anyone in the US?)
e
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From: Hassan Monzavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: help for dial-in
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:57:35 -0600
Hi;
Thank you for your reply. I fixed the following, but still I have this
problem. As long as I remember I always had this problem. Is it possible
that it is normal?!
I did the following changes:
> If the UART is 16550A then the highest speed you should attempt, under
> ordinary circumstances, is 115200. Asking for more is asking for trouble.
I fixed it. Now both machines have this:
/sbin/setseria /dev/ttyS2 uart 16550A port 0x3e8 irq 4 spd_cust baud_base
11500 divisor 1 session_lockout
> Is modem hardware handshaking enabled on the "client"?
If do you mean, 'stty crtscts < /dev/ttyS2'?
yes. For both machines.
> : exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/modem 230400 \
> : asyncmap 20A0000 escape FF kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP:$REMOTE_IP \
> : noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
>
> Speed should be no greater than 115200, as previously remarked. The
> escape FF option is very rarely appropriate and can cause trouble with
> some ISPs, remove it. The 20A0000 is very likely a distribution error
> which should be 200A0000 . The defaultroute option is not appropriate
> for a "client" attached to the Internet, although pppd will not replace
> an existing default route.
I fixed it as follow:
exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/modem 115200\
asyncmap 200A0000 kdebug 0 $LOCAL_IP \
noipdefault netmask $NETMASK defaultroute connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
Note: I didn't eliminate 'defaultroute' because modem is the only way of
the client to the internet and without it there is no rout to other hosts
other than server itself.
> : FS# B115200 CS8 CRTSCTS # B38400 SANE -ISTRIP CRTSCTS HUPCL #@S login: #FS
>
> Since you specify FS for uugetty in the inittab entry this is the only
> entry that's used. It's been 2 years since I did uugetty but I think the
> B38400 should be B115200 (or vice-versa). That would be consistent with
> the rest of the entries you included in the post.
>
I fixed it as:
FS# B115200 CS8 CRTSCTS # B115200 SANE -ISTRIP CRTSCTS HUPCL #@S login: #FS
> --
> Clifford Kite <kite@inet%port.com> Not a guru. (tm)
> /* I gave up on politics when no matter who I voted for, I regretted it.
> * -- Pepper...and Salt, WSJ */
>
>
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From: "Servicio T�cnico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SLIP server
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:58:01 +0200
Hi, someone knows how to configure Linux as a SLIP server?
I want to connect another computer to my PC with Linux and i need that the
PC runs as a SLIP server.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: linux box vs switched hub
Date: 27 Aug 1999 17:31:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:28:45 GMT, chas allegedly wrote:
>
>
>Preparing for a discussion with our network administrator...
>
>What are the advantages (if any) of a switched hub over a linux
>router/firewall?
>
they are totally different.
A switched hub is used to build the network, that the device is where
the cables from the NICs come together and the network traffic get's
routed to the correct computers. A switch nows which ip-number is on
which port (unlike a regular hub) so the packets get send directly
to that NIC, rather than send to all of them. Gives less packet
collisions and allows for higher loads then regular hub.
A router connects the localnetwork to other networks, or "the
internet". You have hardware routers (fi from cisco), or you can use a
linux box with a modem and a nic to route network traffic to your ISP
and back.
The firewall acts as a moat and walls like in the old castles
to keep unwanted traffic out.
Read the net3-HOWTO.
ASCII art:
_______________
| switch |______
/ --------------- \ <= network cables
/ | \ \
------ ------- ------- ------- /
| pc1 | | pc2 | | pc3 | | pc4 | ============= internet
------ ------- ------- ------- \
in this situation the local network is on the switch, and pc4 acts as
router/firewall to separate the network from the outside, all traffic to
and from the outside must pass through pc4. This allows you to filter
out anything you do not like.
It would take quite long to explain all the intricate details, but hope
this helps a bit. Your local BOFH will be able to
explain better then I, at least if he's worth his money.
--
Herman
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
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Herman Bruijn hbruijn dix.Mines.EDU
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: Jayan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Volume spanning with ext2???
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:11:00 GMT
I don't know about adding freespace to ext2 partition but,
you can just create another volume with the freespace and
assign (mount) one of your directories on it, for example:
mount your new partition (say hdb7) on /usr and add an fstab entry to
mount it on the next reboot. Of course you will have to mount
this partition elsewhere and move (cp and then remove) all
stuff from /usr on to this new partition before you mount it there..
alternately, you could just add a line to fstab to mount the new
partition as say /newspace, and mkdir /newspace. Things would work
just as if / were a bigger volume, and just a new directory is added
there..
so if I outline a series of steps for the first plan:
- create a new ext2 partition on your new space..
mke2fs /dev/hda7 (that's my example partition)
- mount /dev/hda7 /mnt
- cp -Rd /usr/* /mnt
- rm -Rf /usr
- mkdir /usr
- umount /mnt
- mount /dev/hda7 /usr
or for the second plan:
- mke2fs /dev/hda7
- mkdir /newspace
- mount /dev/hda7 /mnt
and for the fstab
/dev/hda7 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
or
/dev/hda7 /newspace ext2 defaults 1 2
And of course this would be best done booting from a rescue floppy.
Make sure thou hath one before you try any of these..
Have fun..
Jayan
Raymonds Doetjes wrote:
> I want to add some extra free diskspace to my / mountpoint.
> I know that there is a possibility to add free space to a mountpoint
> with ext2 but how do I do that and wich tools do I need for that?
>
> Raymond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W.G. Unruh)
Subject: Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading?
Date: 27 Aug 99 17:25:27 GMT
Tom Verbeure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello All,
>a tech-guy of my ISP claims that they are able to detect a host running
>Linux IP masquerading (and, of course, that it is forbidden by their
>policy to use this.) Is this true? Are there network expert here who can
>comment on this?
Well, I guess be pretty sure. Suddenly they get a telnet port request
with port number 119259 or other ports with
absurdly high numbers. Not foolproof, but very suggestive.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: L'Onda
Date: 27 Aug 1999 15:17:49 GMT
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From: Bob_Deep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How do you create a hard link?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:23:03 +0000
Norman Levin wrote:
>
> WHY OH WHY in linux, is everything symbolically linked? I can't
> believe it is because that many people think ls with the '--color'
> option is that wonderful. There HAS to be a reason people are
> wasting an inode on that symbolic link - but I can't get any
> reasonable answer on this.
>
Perhaps... It's mearly that nobody understands that the I-node is being
used for the sym link PLUS the fact that most folks are not hurting for
I-nodes these days...
Really, I think it's because sym links are really more universal.
Though wasteful, they will ALWAYS work, even if your system has a
differant partition setup than mine... Heck, I might want 10
partitions, and you only think you need 2.. A hard link on your box,
may not be possible on my box.. So the safe way to do it, if you are
writing an install script, is to just do the sym link and skip all the
problems imposed by hard links...
--
-= Bob =-
Hey.. This is my mail and I charge for SPAM I receive...
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From: "Chris L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can an ISP detect masquerading?
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:56:14 -0500
If you are paying for 56k of bandwidth you should be able to use it any
way you choose. If one computer uses the bandwidth or 5 computers use it
it's the same total amount.
Chris L.
Tom Verbeure wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Well. The point is that they are already doing regular scans of the
>network (not constantly) to check for subscribers who are running a
>server. The contract with the ISP explicitly forbids running servers,
>firewalls (!), proxies etc and states that only one computer can be
>attached to the network.
>I respect that point and have shutdown all services... However, and this
>is really ridiculous, they also forbid using IP masquerading to connect
>a VMWare application to the internet. (In my case, I want to run
>InternetPhone on a Windows box.) In that particular statement, they
>claim to be able to detect IP masquerading.
>But I just want to know: HOW can they detect this?
>
>Tom
>
>
>Vlar Schreidlocke wrote:
>>
>> Does the ISP even have the time to scan and log all this stuff, and
>> why would they bother unless there is a huge surge in bandwidth?
>> Otherwise what would they be protecting themselves against? If they go
>> to all this trouble and then shut you off, there goes their monthly
>> income stream from you and all the other poor fools they waste the
>> time and effort on to sell you on their service, set it up and then
>> kick you off. Seems kind of pointless. It would be like a drug pusher
>> selling you drugs, getting you hooked and then turning you into the
>> police, thus killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
>>
>> Hey, I guess if I lived/worked in an apartment complex/office bulding
>> I could subscribe to a DSL service, wire up the complex with
>> ethernet, run ip-masq, set up my own apartment complex/office building
>> isp and sell the service to all the occupants. That would probably
>> piss the DSL provider off, eh?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (George Torralba)
Subject: Re: Want to set up server but DSL is on a LAN... help?
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:20:12 GMT
Actually you can. I guess you're using uswest.net? If you have the
cisco 675, just add nat entries for your server ip(lan)/ports.
George
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:42:44 GMT, David Crooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Matt Shores wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> There is probably a simple answer for this, but I felt the need to
>> ask. I am using Linux (RH 6.0) and am happily connected via DSL. Now,
>> when I look at my IP, it is something like 10.0.0.2 (LAN I assume).
>> I think everything I do goes out through a router of my ISP (though I am
>> not certain - my network knowledge is next to nothing, obviously :) ).
>> Is there a way I can have a server (I would like to let my friends
>> transfer files to my machine) through this kind of configuration? I
>> have another machine on hand if necessary. Any help is appreciated!
>>
>> Matt
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>The short answer is - no. You don't have an internet IP address of your
>own, so you're out of luck.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W.G. Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP auto-dial on Netscape startup?
Date: 27 Aug 99 18:10:12 GMT
Vic Kelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I'm sure this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it in the
>HOWTO. I am wondering how to configure my system to automatically dial
>PPP when TCP/IP request is made to a network outside my home. I have a
>network in my home (192..168.blah-blah), and I use IP Masq to share the
>outside line between two machines. I would like to have the kernel (or
>whoever) automatically fire up PPP when a request from inside the house
>needs to go out to the Internet.
Get and install and configure diald. This is what it is for.
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: PPP, no chat
Date: 27 Aug 1999 12:48:56 -0500
Matthew O. Persico ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: In order to log into my job, I must use a defender key. The sequence goes
: like this:
: 1) Dial the job. Get a terminal.
: 2) Put my name in the terminal. Put my PIN in the defender hardware on my
: desk.
: 3) Enter the number presented on the screen into the defender. It presents
: a number that I have to type back into the terminal.
: This cannot be chat'ed. I need to dial, interact and then start ppp with no
: dial and no chat, just ppp negotiation.
In the ppp-2.3.9 source package there is an expect
script /ppp-2.3.9/scripts/secure-card and a program
ppp-2.3.9/scripts/chatchat/chatchat.c either of which may do what
you need.
There is also a chat patch, SecurID.gz, at
http://www.inetport.com/~kite/
for the ppp-2.3.5 chat I think, but which shouldn't be hard to modify
for later versions.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Subject: Re: Firewall Rules
Date: 27 Aug 1999 16:36:56 GMT
In article <7q50ie$8tg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
sham khalil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| me too, the external interface is only fixed to eth. i use ppp to connect
| to my isp, then the'll give an ip right after it connected. do i have to
| select the DHCP option? is it save to replace the external ip from eth1 to
| ppp0?
I think that portion might be a bit Redhat-centric, and was given as an
example. You could simply take out the first few lines which get the
interface name and the IP address, and call the script using temporary
environment values or positional parameters.
Like:
# ExtIP=1.2.3.4 ExtInt=ppp0 /usr/local/bin/set.the.firewall
Remember that stuff before a command name on a line is passed to the
command in its environment without changing the caller's environment.
Take this as an example, you might actually be using very different
private networks, for instance, if you do a ppp dial-in to a connection
behind a firewall.
--
bill davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
The Internet is not the fountain of youth, but some days it feels like
the fountain of immaturity.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W.G. Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Slow connection to ISP
Date: 27 Aug 99 17:58:51 GMT
Ganesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I just finished installing RH6.0, aand have sucessfully setup PPP to
>connect to
>my ISP. However, I find that the connection in general is slow -
>retrieval of pages etc. seems slower than what I see on NT.
Quite possibly an irq problem-- ie the modem uses the different irq than
linux thinks it does, so it uses polling instead.
setserial
tells linux which irq etc to use.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W.G. Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP Dial-up Help Please:
Date: 27 Aug 99 18:11:20 GMT
Poohba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I am trying to dial-up attworldnet but am having major problems. I
>downloaded the actual process of setting up the script and everything
>should be okay there but its configuring the kernel that I am having a
I hope you did not recompile the kernel just to run pppd. It was not
necessary.
Anyway, look at
axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html
for step by step for setting up pppd.
>
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From: Jimmy Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.network,comp.protocols.ppp,linux.dev.ppp
Subject: Re: Help: pppd and 56K
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:33:02 +0800
Thanks a lot... My pppd can now connect almost everytime I try... Too
bad that we have a very poor ISP here in Macau. The pppd now fails only
when the line is busy or when the ISP runs into some sort of chaos...
Jimmy the Enlightened....
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From: "Howard Soper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: diald problems
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:12:46 +0100
Thanks for these wonderful words of wisdom - they REALLY helped - Pillock !
If you have nothing to say - do us all a favour and say nothing - your just
wasting bandwidth writing it and people's time and money searching through
your garbage when trying to find someone intelligent out there.
Mike Jagdis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <9R_v3.645$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, thomas wrote:
> >i wonder if somebody out there can explain how to get diald to open my
> >connection to my ISP only when i want to browse the Internet or get my
mail.
> >As it is now, it tries to connect every 10 sec, and when connected it
stays
> >on for ever!
>
> You need to hammer a six inch nail into your forehead and write
> a driver to interface with your biological neural network.
>
> If diald is continuously connecting it is because something is
> trying to send data across the link and diald hasn't been told
> to ignore it. Fix the source of the data or tell diald to do
> what you want.
>
> Mike
>
> --
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VMware - wow!
From: Eric deRiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 18:13:14 GMT
steve mcadams wrote:
> It is my understanding that the Intel x86 architecture lacks a couple of
> instructions that make TOTAL TRANSPARENCY impossible. This is why I was
> initially skeptical.
If being a true virtual machine implies hardware-supported
transparency, then your objection is reasonable. But if a software
layer makes up for the missing functionality, such that the OS running
on the vm still ends up with no knowledge of its circumstances, what's
the difference?
As for the issue of "full processor speed" in VM/ESA, those systems
were certainly subject to slowdowns if loaded enough. I know little
about the architecture at work, but experienced it enough as a user
to be quite sure on that point. :)
VMware still has some glitches, to be sure, and some limitations to
its ability to handle concurrent device access, but as far as my
Windows NT is concerned, it's pretty damn transparent, especially
(ObNetworking) its ethernet bridging.
e
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"We come and go alone, why do they need to know?"
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