Linux-Networking Digest #477, Volume #12 Sun, 5 Sep 99 09:13:42 EDT
Contents:
Routing with red hat 6.0 ("KronoS")
Re: DNS nightmare Help... ("Philippe Wetterwald")
ipfwadm & restricting irc users ("Jock Mackenzie")
Re: Routing with red hat 6.0 (ioleann)
Death telnet (ioleann)
hylafax help (ioleann)
Re: Linux CookBook Project Online! (Darren Winsper)
question about ports ("Thomas Meyer-Piton")
PCMCIA card for Apple's AirPort? (John Grant)
ppp unstable W/ netscape 4.08 under mandrake 5.3 (Mlle C�cile FARINA)
Re: Configuring linuxconf ("Pieter Meijer")
RH 6.0 won't see network card (Nick)
Re: demand dialing PPPD always dials upon start (Dave Elkan)
Re: connecting to 'net via linux (Tim Haynes)
Re: Ipchains rule for IRC? (Chris Anderson)
Re: RH 6.0 won't see network card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH 6.0 won't see network card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NFS corrupts files to/from SGI (James Vincent)
Re: networking slows down (Bob Tennent)
Someone messed up passwd? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Intranet mail/www/ftp (Dibas Neupane)
Re: DNS nightmare Help... ("Carl R. Friend")
network module experimenting...help! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPP problems from Win NT ("Anders S. Buch")
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From: "KronoS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Routing with red hat 6.0
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 00:51:36 -0700
Please forgive my newbiness
I just got a cable modem install and am trying to set my linux machine up as
a router, however i am completly dumbfounded. Could someone please send me a
link to a page that will walk me throught this ordeal?
Thanks,
KronoS
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From: "Philippe Wetterwald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS nightmare Help...
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 09:42:53 +0200
Valentine,
Which package/daemon is DNS server?
Thanks,
Philippe.
Valentine Murzenok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
spiA3.5036$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >If from a remote PC (Win98) I use the explorer (network is configure
using
> >TCP/IP address as 198.162.0.1 and DNS is set ON with IP addresses as my
> >Linux box and two IP addresses provided by my ISP):
> >The Linux box Diald call the ISP provider,
> >While the modem is connected I can ping from the remote PC a valid
Internet
>
> have you got dns server installed?
> if not, i would suggest to install caching DNS server on 192.168.0.1
> and every PC on the network will have 192.168.0.1 as a DNS
>
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From: "Jock Mackenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ipfwadm & restricting irc users
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 18:25:20 +1000
I am currently running RH 5.2 as a firewall/ip masquerade box for a small
network of win95/98 and linux boxes. This has worked well until the other
day when one of the employees ran mIRC on a win98 box. He was connected to a
dalnet server and opened a DCC to download an mp3, on his return the win98
machine was crippled, when he rebooted it there was no partition table on
its hard drive! Has anyone heard of this type of thing? I suspect that by
using DCC he opened that machine to an attack from the internet. How would
one go about locking down irc ports or improvising some sort of security
using ipfwadm or similar? Any replies gratefully acknowledged.
J. Mackenzie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ioleann)
Subject: Re: Routing with red hat 6.0
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 07:59:46 GMT
try http://www.linuxrouter.org
they've got a very helpful mailing list as well
However if you want to give internet access to your LAN, you might
want to check IP Masquerade : http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net for the
config file and the howto to understand it all
enjoy
ilan
On Sun, 5 Sep 1999 00:51:36 -0700, "KronoS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Please forgive my newbiness
>I just got a cable modem install and am trying to set my linux machine up as
>a router, however i am completly dumbfounded. Could someone please send me a
>link to a page that will walk me throught this ordeal?
>
> Thanks,
> KronoS
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ioleann)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Death telnet
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 07:41:00 GMT
Hi all,
sorry for the crosspost but i really don't know who to ask for today's
little worries.
I've set up a RH6.0, kernel 2.2.5-15 lately and plugged the box to my
little home network.
I can ping everyone and the box is pinged fine.
When it gets to telnet (incoming) the RH freezes. No other way out but
a reset.
Outgoing telnets either give a freeze or a 100% loss.
It's the 8th RH6 box I set up in a month and I must say I've never
seen anything like that.
TIA for all hints and pointers.
ilan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ioleann)
Subject: hylafax help
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 07:44:37 GMT
Hi
I'm trying to install hylafax as a faxserver on a RH6.0 for a 10 Win
9x network.
The binary is pretty straightforward to install and the docs explain
how to setup a new fax. So far so good. What it doesn't explain is how
to use the client to send and receive faxes, let alone from Win 9x
machines on the network.
Thanks for all help, especially as this was supposed to be fully
operational last week. oops
ilan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.samba
Subject: Re: Linux CookBook Project Online!
Date: 5 Sep 1999 09:18:19 GMT
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 12:09:27 -0500, teknite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perfect timing as I am fumbling around trying to install Samba
> albeit on a SuSE system.
What problems are you having? I have SAMBA on my SuSE 6.1 system and
I can give you some general pointers as to where you could be going
wrong.
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Stellar Legacy project member - http://www.stellarlegacy.tsx.org
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with regard to a Segfault South Park story.
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From: "Thomas Meyer-Piton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question about ports
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 11:41:14 +0100
i have a linux SuSE 6.1 configured as a mail, file, dhcp and internet
server. it is my standard gateway for my private network (6 computers) and i
haven't found out yet how to get linux route some ports i need. for example
icq or games like unreal which uses ports like 7272... i found a command in
the manpages called 'sockets' but couldn't find it on my CDs. what can i do
to open the ports?
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Sincerly / Mit freundlichen Gruessen
Thomas Meyer-Piton, MCP
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Grant)
Subject: PCMCIA card for Apple's AirPort?
Date: 5 Sep 1999 10:10:50 GMT
Anyone know of a PCMCIA wireless LAN card that will work under Linux and
talk to Apple's new AirPort? A friend of mine says he's going to get one
of those AirPorts for his Mac collection and I'd like to have my Linux
laptop able to connect to it when he does.
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From: Mlle C�cile FARINA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp unstable W/ netscape 4.08 under mandrake 5.3
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 12:40:02 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can't use the news W/ NS 4.08 or I lose the connection.
I can't use ppp twice W/out rebooting : let's I get connected to pick up
my mail, then go offline, write my answers, and then go back online to
send... well I get dropped after a few seconds :-(((
I tried ppp-on as root, or usual user
Where can I monitor things to try to understand what's going on ?
HOWTO was no help neither the FAQ, or I didn't find it.
Since my access to usenet is tricky please send me your advices directly
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
W/out the spam protection of course...
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From: "Pieter Meijer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Configuring linuxconf
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 12:54:19 +0200
David D. Shochat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Pieter Meijer wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone help me please.
> > I want to use linuxconf to configure the webserver, but I don't have an
IP
> > adress myself. Is it a must to have an IP adress, or is there a
workaround?
> >
>
> If you want to have a real website that the world can access from day to
> day, you need a fixed assigned IP address and a registered domain name
> (you don't want people to have to access your site by its raw IP
> address).
The website has a fixed assigned IP adress and a registered domain name.
My problem is that I have a dynamic assigned IP adress and linuxconf ( on
the webserver ) wants me to have a fixed assigned IP adress.
Pieter
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Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 20:52:32 +1000
From: Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 won't see network card
Hi there,
I am wondering if anyone knows a way to get RH 6.0 to see my network
card i use RealTek RTL8029
I have tried all different network card modules from the network setup
stage while in installing stage and neither of the network card names on
the list will accept it - even the Ne2000 and compatibles
is there a way to make it work?
would appreciate any help
With thanks,
Nick
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From: Dave Elkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: demand dialing PPPD always dials upon start
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 21:01:09 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am having pretty much exactly the same problem with my PPPD client using
demand.
If I type "pppd :10.0.0.2" to initiate the demand bit, it dials pretty much
straight away, (which confuses the shit outta me) so I have to take evasive
action and kill the modem so I dont run up excesive bills.. so yah.. I will
turn my modem on again.. and hey presto, it dials again.. dont know whats
going on.. Apart from that, everything works fine..
I am running RH6.0
I have a DHCP, IP Masq and the demand pppd bit going..
does anyone know how to fix this lil bug? Have I overlooked some minor
detail??
Please help.
I used the following link to help me set it up.
http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Linux/
Cheers
Dave
Fan Yang wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I have setup RH6.0 PPPD with demand dialing. It works out fine.
>
> It will automatically connect when there is network traffic and
>
> disconnect upon inactivity.
>
> But everytime when I start pppd, even if there is no traffic, pppd
>
> will sleep for about one minute and then start dialing. After the
>
> specified period of inactivity, it will disconnect. After that,
>
> everything is normal again.
>
> This is annoying since I plan to put pppd in the system startup script.
>
> Anyone experience similiar problem ?
>
> I am pretty sure I don't have software which tries to connect when
>
> it happens.
>
> Fan
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Haynes)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: connecting to 'net via linux
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 11:10:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nick Drage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> doodled in uk.comp.os.linux:
> >> Carl Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> > Linux box without any trouble. i did this by assigning each an IP that
> >> > I invented at random.
> >> Change these to the private range 192.168.0.x
> >> Where the 0 may be anything between 0-255 these addresses won't conflict
> >> with an internetconnection.
> >
> >ITYM 'anything between 2 and 254', preferably.
> >0 = the network itself, 1=traditionally a gateway box into/out of the
> >network, and 255 should be a broadcast to all the boxen on the network.
>
> Er, wasn't he refering to the third octet, not the fourth?
>
> So assign anything from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.254.x, avoid 192.168.0.x
> because all 0's can cause problems sometimes - AFAIK.
Ah. I should've been clearer that it was the x that should be restricted, not
the 0 in the 3rd octet.
OTOH I also know of no reason why a network can't have a zero in it - after
all, that's what the netmask is for, to say 'this is where the network stops
and hosts begin', more or less. Besides which, I run with a 10.0.0.0/16 subnet
here (for the hell of it) with no problems at all :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Anderson)
Subject: Re: Ipchains rule for IRC?
Date: 5 Sep 1999 11:33:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: On 4 Sep 1999 10:27:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Anderson)
: wrote in comp.os.linux.networking:
: >-A forward -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 -d 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 -j ACCEPT
: This is redundant as both the source and destination are on the same
: subnet and therefore don't require routing. If your box is actually
: forwarding these packets then you are simply echoing what has already been
: sent and therefore doubling your network traffic for no reason.
Actually my network does have a couple of subnets with a policy of deny.
But for a single network with netmask of /16 it is redundant.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 won't see network card
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 11:50:56 GMT
check to see if you're using the correct IRQ and DMA...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I am wondering if anyone knows a way to get RH 6.0 to see my network
> card i use RealTek RTL8029
> I have tried all different network card modules from the network setup
> stage while in installing stage and neither of the network card names
on
> the list will accept it - even the Ne2000 and compatibles
> is there a way to make it work?
> would appreciate any help
> With thanks,
> Nick
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH 6.0 won't see network card
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 11:53:26 GMT
err... check you IRQ and DMA settings (i believe I have sent this once
before just a few seconds ago, but hell.. win98 right... :)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I am wondering if anyone knows a way to get RH 6.0 to see my network
> card i use RealTek RTL8029
> I have tried all different network card modules from the network setup
> stage while in installing stage and neither of the network card names
on
> the list will accept it - even the Ne2000 and compatibles
> is there a way to make it work?
> would appreciate any help
> With thanks,
> Nick
>
>
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From: James Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NFS corrupts files to/from SGI
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 07:44:33 -0400
Hello,
We have experienced corrupted plain text files that were copied over
NFS from an SGI to a Linux box. The SGI runs IRIX 6.5, the Linux box RH
6.0. A simple copy followed by a comparison across the network (back to
the original) gives differences:
$ cp /mango/b431/dbEST/blast_db/human_est_1 .
$ cmp /mango/b431/dbEST/blast_db/human_est_1 human_est_1
/mango/b431/dbEST/blast_db/human_est_1 human_est_1 differ: char
113739618, line 2028112
and that difference is about in the middle of the file.
Is this a known problem, and more importantly does anyone have
suggestions for fixing?
If we perform the same test many times it occurs only occasionaly
making this a real nightmare. We have no faith in any files transferred
by NFS now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: networking slows down
Date: 5 Sep 1999 12:00:58 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
>> I have been recently been experiencing a problem with my networking
>> slowing down. If I ping my other machine, the ping time is normally less
>> than 1 ms. However, occasionally (it has happened 2 or 3 times in the
>> last week), it becomes a lot slower, sometimes taking up to 30 ms.
>> However, if I just restart networking (using the network startup script in
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d), it goes back to the sub-1 time. Any ideas?
>>
I've been having similar problems. Which kernel and distributions
are the people having these problems with? I'm using 2.2.12 and
RedHat 6.0, with many rawhide upgrades.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Someone messed up passwd?
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 11:59:40 GMT
Hello!
A friend of mine have had a break-in on his machine...At least he
thinks so... He says that his passwd file is "the working version" but
he can't log onto...... he knows its the right password he's using, but
still no hope.. He also tried to log on during a single-user mode..no
hope... had to reinstall the whole shit again... He can't find any
traces at all.. Anyone know what has happened??
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From: Dibas Neupane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config,redhat.networking.general
Subject: Intranet mail/www/ftp
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 12:31:08 GMT
Hello,
I installed RH 6 in my computer. As the webserver and mail server in
installed in it. As it installed something@localhost, I would like to make
it [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my users. And As it is installed http://localhost
in
it I would like to http://www.intweb.com for my web server likewise for ftp
I would like to make ftp.intweb.com.
Please suggest me. I have dns solution. I made www.intweb.com:192.168.1.3
ftp.intweb.com:192.168.1.4 and mail.intweb.com:192.168.1.5. NSLOOKUP is
OK. And MX record if for mail.intweb.com.
Please suggest me.
Dibas
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From: "Carl R. Friend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DNS nightmare Help...
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 08:37:31 -0400
Philippe Wetterwald wrote:
>
> Valentine,
> Which package/daemon is DNS server?
> Thanks,
> Philippe.
There may be an RPM for the DNS server (It'll be called BIND, I
believe); you'll need to look on the CD.
As an alternative, you can download the source code from
isc.org and compile it yourself. Be sure to get the documentation
sets; they're invaluable!
On the face of it, it sounds like you need to set up a caching
forwarder. Fortunately, they're easy to set up. You'll also get
the benefit that you can get away from using hosts/lmhosts files
on each machine on your LAN.
Good luck with it!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: network module experimenting...help!
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 12:32:27 GMT
hi all...
i'm new to this....
i'm trying to write a (very) simple network module that receives and
sends packets(a rudimentary protocol).
please suggest some sites where i can find examples of simple network
modules!!
i'm really lost!!
thanks...
arjun
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From: "Anders S. Buch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP problems from Win NT
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 05:02:21 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've set up my Linux machine so that I can dial in from my Win NT
> machine at home. I am able to establish the connection (NT dial-up tool
> dials, verifies user/passwd, then reports that the connection has been
> successfully established and that my computer is being "registered on
> the network"), but when I try to start an internet program (Netscape,
> Internet Explorer, telnet, ping, etc.) the connection doesn't seem to be
> there. For instance, Internet Explorer, when asked to access a URL,
> will churn for a while and then report that it couldn't establish a
> connection.
Can you access other computers by using their IP-numbers? If so, it may
be a name-service problem (I don't know much about NT though).
Anders
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