Linux-Networking Digest #521, Volume #12 Wed, 8 Sep 99 22:13:44 EDT
Contents:
Re: Does AOL support Linux connection? (Dan Glover)
Re: Mgetty isnt playing nice... ("wolfee")
good 100Mb/s NIC for Linux? ("Eugene")
Re: NIC stops responding ("M. Smith")
Re: good 100Mb/s NIC for Linux? (Scott Nolde)
Re: No Link light ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DSL Connection Using Linux ("Doug Newman")
Re: Networking problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: connecting 2 lans (midknite)
Password problem
NIC Diagnostics ("Y. T. Chow")
Re: Tulip.c NIC Driver Compiling Problems (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: D-Link DFE 530-TX - not workin under RHL6 (seth)
Re: linking private IP with ISP assigned IP ("Y. T. Chow")
Re: Dial-in from Win95 (Clifford Kite)
Re: IP forwarding (Chris)
Re: NFS: User-space vs, Kernel servers (L J Bayuk)
Re: AMD K7 550mhz for 199$ (Marc Schuette)
Re: Windows using PPP (Bill Unruh)
SMTP-MAIL signal 11 ?? (Doug Boberg)
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From: Dan Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Does AOL support Linux connection?
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:32:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>If they don't officially support Linux, then you will have to know what
>you're doing to get everything set up, but it shouldn't be hard to do.
>The hardest part will be knowing your ISP's name servers, to put them in
>/etc/resolv.conf. (Windows dialers usually learn this information
>dynamically at dialup time. For Linux, it has to be hard-coded.)
The latest versions of the ppp package support dynamically assigned DNS
(though this wasn't properly documented in ppp-2.3.7-ish when it first
appeared). See "usepeerdns" option in the man page for ppp-2.3.9. The
other (and frequently better) answer is to run your own DNS.
Dan
--
Dan Glover ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Today's Excuse:
system needs to be rebooted
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From: "wolfee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mgetty isnt playing nice...
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:29:02 GMT
yep seen it all to often
i swaped to terminal logging and no problem
the problem is the pap-secrets file
delete it if you dont need it
or maybe someone has found a way of geting around it when you need pap for
your provider and want pap for your dial in modems on ppp-2.3.5 and later
Ye old grumpy Tech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<i8Nv3.2212$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a few mgetty problems, and although I've done extensive
> searching for a fix I can't seem to find where my problem is...
>
> Here's the situation:
>
> I've got a box setup with a RocketPort 16-port serial card running,
> devices are ttyR0-ttyR15.
>
> Currently I've only got one device being used with mgetty - ttyR0.
>
> I'm trying to setup autoppp, to answer calls and establish a ppp
> session.... this I HAVE done. Here is an excerpt from my logfiles:
>
> Aug 22 13:42:21 asterisk mgetty[982]: data dev=ttyR0, pid=982,
> caller='none', conn='57600', name='', cmd='/usr/sbin/pppd',
user='/AutoPPP/'
> Aug 22 13:42:21 asterisk pppd[982]: pppd 2.3.7 started by a_ppp, uid 0
> Aug 22 13:42:21 asterisk pppd[982]: Using interface ppp0
> Aug 22 13:42:21 asterisk pppd[982]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyR0
> Aug 22 13:42:25 asterisk PAM_pwdb[982]: (ppp) session opened for user obr
by
> (uid=0)
> Aug 22 13:42:25 asterisk pppd[982]: user obr logged in
> Aug 22 13:42:25 asterisk kernel: PPP BSD Compression module registered
> Aug 22 13:42:25 asterisk kernel: PPP Deflate Compression module
registered
> Aug 22 13:42:25 asterisk pppd[982]: local IP address 111.111.111.111
> Aug 22 13:42:25 asterisk pppd[982]: remote IP address 111.111.111.111
> Aug 22 13:42:28 asterisk pppd[982]: CCP terminated by peer
> Aug 22 13:42:28 asterisk pppd[982]: Compression disabled by peer.
> Aug 22 13:42:34 asterisk mgetty[995]: init chat failed, exiting...:
Invalid
> argument
> Aug 22 13:42:34 asterisk mgetty[995]: failed in mg_init_data, dev=ttyR0,
> pid=995
>
> As you can see, 4 seconds after the ppp connection is established mgetty
> disconnects the modem...
>
> Here is my setup for mgetty.config:
>
> port ttyR0
> debug 4
> init-chat "" \d\d\d+++\d\d\dAT&FL0M0 OK
> # statistics-chat "" AT OK ATI2 OK
> statistics-file /tmp/statistics.2864
> modem-type data
>
> I've got no idea why the connection is dropping, has anyone seen this
error
> before?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Owen B-R
>
>
>
>
>
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From: "Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: good 100Mb/s NIC for Linux?
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:12:37 -0400
Hi everybody,
I'm planning to buy a 10/100Mb/s network card and I want it to work well
with Linux. I have already 10 Mb/s network cards with Linux (NE2000 PCI) and
they worked great. Is there some similar standard for 100Mb/s? I heard Intel
Etherexpress works well. is that true?
anyhow, I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could post their success /
horror stories with Linux + 10/100 Mb/s ethernet.
thanks,
Eugene
eestrulyov AT uwaterloo DOT ca
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From: "M. Smith" <smith_ml@swbell-dot-net>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: NIC stops responding
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 20:16:54 -0500
fred anger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7r6p1k$7r2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm having a problem on 2 Linux machines where the NIC seems to just
> stop responding. What's bizzare is the fix: unplug the cable from the
> hub, then plug it back in. Before unplugging the cable, the link light
> on the hub is out. Plugging the cable back in, the link light comes
> back on, and traffic flows through the NIC again. Both NICs are 3Com
> 3C905 Boomerangs. Any ideas?
My first guess would be a mechanical fault in either the cable (more likely)
or the card's connector. Sounds like the act of unplugging and replugging
the connection creates enough vibration to re-establish the connection.
If this is consistently happening only at one PC, this is almost certainly
your problem. My first effort would be to replace the RJ-45 connector at
that end, or replace the entire cable. Which is easiest depends on how much
wire-pulling is involved. Faster and cheaper to replace the whole cable if
the machines are in the same room, but easier to replace the plug the more
rooms the two computers are apart.
If that doesn't work, my second guess would be a mechanical fault (bad
solder joint, bent RJ-45 connector pins, etc.) in the NIC itself. You might
also try re-seating the card, but we're getting into remote likelihoods at
this point.
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From: Scott Nolde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: good 100Mb/s NIC for Linux?
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 01:09:19 GMT
For $20 bucks or less, I found a LinkSYS Etherfast 10/100 PCI card a
cinch to get working. I have three LinkSYS cads and all of them are
great. BTW it uses the tulip driver.
Eugene wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm planning to buy a 10/100Mb/s network card and I want it to work well
> with Linux. I have already 10 Mb/s network cards with Linux (NE2000 PCI) and
> they worked great. Is there some similar standard for 100Mb/s? I heard Intel
> Etherexpress works well. is that true?
>
> anyhow, I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could post their success /
> horror stories with Linux + 10/100 Mb/s ethernet.
>
> thanks,
>
> Eugene
>
> eestrulyov AT uwaterloo DOT ca
--
================================================
Scott Nolde
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: No Link light
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:30:52 GMT
Hope this works out. I have the _exact_ problem. (2 comps, one with
RH6.0 and one with win98. Both use CNET Pro120b 10/100 fast ethernet.
Win98 has internet connection. I can ping itself, but not to win98.
strange) I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.
Tom
In article <7p6kf1$6k3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kevin Rosel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It only has an rj45 connector, no coax port on the card.
>
> Vilmos Soti wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Kevin Rosel wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry, the nic is a PRO120 100/10 Mbps PCI Bus Fast Ethernet
Adapter,
> >> although the file to install the Linux driver is called
tulip. What
> do
> >> you mean by checking the media selection?
> >
> >What type of cabling it uses. Some cards can use more than one
cabling
> >such as coax or twisted pair. There are cards for which you have to
set
> >it with a vendor provided utility. Under Linux, you can do it with
> >ifconfig (man ifconfig, and look for "media type").
> >
> >> >> I reboot into linux I get no link light. I can ping my 127.0.0.1
> loopback
> >> as
> >> >> well as my nic 10.10.10.1 No luck hitting my 98 machine with
the
> >> internet
> >> >> connection(10.10.10.2)
> >> >> I checked ifconfig and it looks fine. I have the host name info
> right.
> >
> >If you use IP address then the host name info doesn't matter. That
> >translates a name to IP address.
> >
> >Vilmos
> >
> >--
> >Looking for a job in British Columbia.
>
>
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From: "Doug Newman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DSL Connection Using Linux
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:03:19 -0500
Hello,
the first link is a pppd howto for new Linux users. If you have installed
an ethernet adapter on any of your machines and had it worked you are ready
for DSL. If you have never used telnet or a terminal program then there is
a ten minute learning curve. If you use an external DSL "modem", it handles
authentication onto the network for you. I've got a Dos machine on my LAN
that uses the common connection just fine with the exception that it sucks
at name resolution- the dos stack, not the DSL.
http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/ppp.html
This next is about firewalls and security for Linux users using DSL or
cable.
http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/linux/
As far as I can tell, Linux is supported the same way for DSL as it is for
anything. We support one another. If you do opt for DSL get an external
router or "modem" if it is an option. The internal ones seem to be as
friendly as a WinModem. Also, the external ones usually plug into your hubs
uplink port. And, as I mentioned above, they handle your connection to your
ISP.
I can not address any of your other questions. They are kind of legal and
any of my gueses could get you into trouble.<G>
Doug Newman.
In Yen Tjin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I have a small business operating in Los Angeles area and am thinking to
> expand my business into e-commerce. One best piece of advice that I
> have been given is to use a DSL service. For this, I would like to use
> a Linux machine as my firewall as well as my DNS, mail, and WEB
> servers. I already have applied for a subdomain and have been granted
> with a C domain with 256 IP addresses. In the following, I would like
> to ask several questions to get my company connected to the Internet:
>
> 1. What is the current DSL support on Linux? Is it reliable?
>
> 2. Since this is a small business, it will make more sense if I least a
> residential DSL service with the local phone company. If I leased a
> residential DSL service, chances are that the leasing company will
> provide with one static IP. Is it legal to have my domain connected to
> the Internet through a residential DSL service? If so, how can I have
> my domain setup so that any computer that has my domain IP address can
> go to Internet and surf, send/receive e-mail, and etc.?
>
> 3. Can anyone please point to me the documentation on setting up a mail
> proxy server?
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> PS. Please replace "81" with "80" on my e-mail address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Networking problems
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:07:01 GMT
I've got an HP Pavilion & RH 6.0, and have tried two different network
cards - current one is a linksys 10/100 LAN - to no avail. ifconfig -a
shows that eth0 is there, but when I set up a route, I get the error:
SIOCADDRT: Network is down. I can ping the local card.
It works fine under windoze, but I'd like to run Linux.
- Jon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7p9fca$bsj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Help!!!
>
> I've install Linux 6.0 on an HP Pavilion. Everything went perfectly.
> I used a 3c509 NIC and "ifconfig" tells me both "lo" and "eth0" are up
> and running.
>
> But I can't seem to ping out of or into this machine. When I ping to
> another machine, "netstat -i" shows that there are 25 TRX-OK but 0
> RV-OK.
>
> Thanks very much in advance.
>
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From: midknite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: connecting 2 lans
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 20:34:52 -0400
if you're using ip masquerading, did you setup the ipchains stuff?
if not, check the ipmasquerade mini howto
Torsten Mueller wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have Problems with my network configuration.
> I use Suse 6.0 .
> I want to use a Linux PC as a gateway between a 10 MB and 100 MB and the
> Inter Net.
> My network topolog is shown below. the 10 MB is the network
> 192.168.100.0 , the 100 MB network is the 192.168.0.0 both same subnet
> 255.255.255.0
> my /etc/route.conf looks like this:
> 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0
> eth0
> 192.168.100.98 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255
> ippp0
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0
> eth1
> default 192.168.100.98
> a part of my rc.config :
> IFCONFIG_0="192.168.100.100 broadcast 192.168.100.255 netmask
> 255.255.255.0 up"
> IFCONFIG_1="192.168.100.97 pointopoint 192.168.100.98 up"
> IFCONFIG_2="192.168.0.50 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
> up"
>
> What works:
> all pc can use the samba shares on the linux pc.
> all pc can use the internet.
>
> My Problems:
> win 1 can ping linux on both 10 MB and 100 MB, but not (for example) win
> 4 or win 5
> win 1 can not access resources on win 4 (windows networking)
>
> I think i have to enable ip forwarding or to change the routing on my
> linux box ??
> How are the right steps to this? In the NET3 Howto i saw the point
> bridging. is it that what i am looking for ? ( but if i enable bridging,
> are the samba shares on my linux box accessable ?)
--
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gpg key / infos http://www.cryogen.com/midknite/gpg.html
gpg print: F6B6 076D 4BFC CD14 7C14 1A2F 61DA BDE5 7A88 D6C3
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Password problem
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 09:12:19 -0700
I have got Linux installed and set my Password and Login on
my system by an Prefessional. But starting my sytem after 3
days of installation it says that the Password has expired
-3days. I have also accesed through Root but unable to
login. Pls. help. Couldn't find a way. Thanku.
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From: "Y. T. Chow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: NIC Diagnostics
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 01:12:26 GMT
Is there a diagnostic to determine if Linux recognizes and can use the NIC
without pinging another PC on the LAN?
I'm having problems getting my Linux PC to recognize the LAN and I'm pretty
sure I've got the network settings right but I'd like to determine if it's
really a hardware issue. Linux boots up and gives an OK for eth0 but I'm
not sure if that means it actually recognizes and can use the NIC. The card
is SOHOware Fast Ethernet NIC and I've compiled and inserted the latest
tulip.c driver (v.0.91).
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Tulip.c NIC Driver Compiling Problems
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:31:15 GMT
John Soltow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
[unreadable garbage deleted]
Try again without HTML, then people might be able to read it.
Michael
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From: seth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: D-Link DFE 530-TX - not workin under RHL6
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:31:11 GMT
Hey i tried that and it didnt work! could you be a little more specific
help!
ZYON wrote:
> The module fo the DLink DFE 530-TX is the via-rhine.o, you only need to
do
> the following: at any point of your system
> modprobe via-rhine.o
> Next, in /etc directory edit conf.modules and insert
> alias eth0 via-rhine
> Reboot you machine, and you should see some lines refering to your card,
> it should work!!!
>
>
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From: "Y. T. Chow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linking private IP with ISP assigned IP
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 01:18:34 GMT
Chris McDonald provided the following advice to me for the scenario that
you're talking about. Note that he has Win98 SE which comes with Internet
sharing built in (called Internet Connection Sharing or ICS). There are
HOW-TOs that I've seen for masquerading that apply to non-SE scenarios
(check out Red Hat's support pages to start with).
================================
The problems you are having with the Ether net cards might not be fixed by
giving it a static IP address. I was using a Linksys EtherPCI2 Card in my
linux box and it wouldn't find my LAN with both hands, a map and a flash
light. I switched to a 3Com 3C509b Ethernet card and it worked like a
champ, so that's something to consider as well.
Now, on to the settings:
In LinuxConf, Under Network/Client Tasks
Adapter 1 Enabled,
Configuration is Manual
Primary Name + Domain: Linux.Home
IP Address: 192.168.0.69
Net Mask: 255.255.255.0
Net Device: eth0
Kernel Module: 3c509
Under Network/Name Server Specifiaction
I don't have "DNS Requred for normal operations" checked
I used my ISP's DNS Numbers and their search doman <ispname>.com
I also wrote a quick how to on doing this that I posted to another group. I
put it below incase it's actually worth something to you <laugh>
Well, I said if I got it working I'd put a how to up here...so here it goes:
I have a 4 computer LAN at home...My main computer (Dilligaf) is running
Win98 SE with Internet Connection Sharing, and my problem was with getting
my Linux box (Red) To find my network and use my computer as its gateway for
the internet. The problem that I originally ran into was that the Linux box
wouldn't even FIND the network, let alone the internet. This turned out to
be a problem with the Linksys LNEPCI 2 Ethernet card I was using.
I threw in a 3Com 3c509b ISA Ethernet card and reinstalled Redhat 6.0. It
detected the new card just fine and all was well. When I got it up and
running, I hard coded the IP address (Using the 192.168.x.x IP addressing
that ICS uses) That didn't work at first, I could ping my local network but
couldn't resolve any URLs. This was easily fixed by putting in my ISP's DNS
numbers. Since Dilligaf is the gateway, it's not a problem with the IP
filter on the ISP's DNS servers...as a result, I can also use my ISP's mail
servers on Red and my Email works fine.
I'm sure that alot of you would have been able to get all of this working on
the first shot, but I'm still new to Linux, and I know how hard it can be to
find help for odd situations (Like using Win98 as a gateway for Linux
instead of vice versa). The HOW TO's for Linux are great, and newsgroups
like this are worth their bytes in gold. My only intention in this post is
to possibly help someone in the future. I hope it does that.
Chris
===== Original Message =====
From: Y. T. Chow
To: Chris McDonald
Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: Networking Windows 98 with RedHat 6.0
Thanks very much for the tip. Your scenario is exactly what I'm trying to
do. I'd appreciate the Linux box settings. I think I might have a hardware
compatibility problem with my Ethernet cards, though. They're not listed on
Red Hat's Web site and I get a failed message when Linux boots up (fails to
resolve the IP address). But, your tip on setting up a static IP address
might cure that error (I had configured DHCP for the card).
Looking forward to getting your reply and thanks again.
=====Original Message=====
From: Chris McDonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 1999 09 06 5:19 AM
To: Y. T. Chow
Subject: Re: Networking Windows 98 with RedHat 6.0
I have this working on my LAN at home. I use Win98 Second Edition with the
Internet Connection Sharing enabled. It acts as a gateway for my Linux box.
All you have to do is configure Linux to use a gateway that is your Win98
Box's IP address. In my case that is 192.168.0.1. Linuxconf will calculate
the subnet mask. I also had to use my ISP's DNS Servers for Domain name
resolution and assign the Linux box a static IP address. Anything in the
192.168.0.x range will work fine. If you like, let me know and I will Email
you the exact settings from the Linux Box. The important thing is to get
the Linux box to find the Network in the first place. If you can Ping your
win98 box across the LAN, then you can use it for a gateway.
Chris
===== Original Message =====
From: Y. T. Chow
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.redhat
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 1:40 PM
Subject: Networking Windows 98 with RedHat 6.0
Does anyone know of a good, simple, step-by-step document on the Web that
describes how to network a PC running RedHat 6.0 with another PC running
Windows 98? I currently have two PCs running Windows 98 with one of them
also having RedHat 6.0 as an alternative OS. I want to be able to share an
Internet connection using the Windows 98 OS PC as the gateway.
Thanks.
noIDea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am trying to set up a HTTPD and FTP server using a linux box and win98
> box. I have both machines networked, with the win98 machine used for
> dialup, and the linux box for the server. How do I set it up so people
can
> access the linux box?
>
>
>
>
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From: kite@NoSpam.%inetport.com (Clifford Kite)
Subject: Re: Dial-in from Win95
Date: 8 Sep 1999 18:22:58 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am trying to dial-in from my Win95 machine using DUN.After connecting
> I would like to access the web server on the Linux box.
> On the RH5.2 Linux box I have mgetty running, and it works if I use a
> terminal window to enter user name + password.
> *How can I avoid using the terminal window i.e. use automatic PAP
> authentication?
Winxx loves PAP.
> * Do I need Auto PPPP for this?
Yes.
> * My Linux box is standalone, no DNS -- is this OK?
Sure. You just need nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf, "man 5 resolver" .
> Any tips welcome.
Try this URL:
http://www.swcp.com/~jgentry/dialin2.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris)
Subject: Re: IP forwarding
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 01:02:45 GMT
On 8 Sep 1999 16:15:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote in
comp.os.linux.networking:
>>install and configure network forwarding. In most cases, you will have to
>>configure and compile a kernel from scratch to include that option.
>??? Most (all?) modern distributions have it already compiled in. It is
>rarely necessary to recompile a kernel.
Duh! I was thinking of masquerading when I jumped to that conclusion.
It's almost always better to compile your own kernel anyway. The distros
tend to include everything but the kitchen sink so that the setup disk
will be bootable even on machines full of obscure & antique hardware.
They take up more memory than neccessary and are slower booting since each
extraneous driver has to search for non-existant hardware. The other
thing to consider is that the i386 distro kernels are so named because the
kernel is compiled for a 386 CPU. If you are running anything
bigger/better/faster than that, a recompile will allow you to turn on
CPU-specific optimizations.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: NFS: User-space vs, Kernel servers
Date: 9 Sep 1999 00:40:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Is there any way to go back to using user-space NFS servers rather than
>using KNFSD in 2.2.x kernels? I don't need speed or security and I'm
>getting really frustrated with this permission denied thing, and I don't
>want to use "experimental" drivers. Whatever happened to "If it ain't
>broke, don't fix it?"
In defense of the hard-working developers, NFS was kind of broken,
in that the performance was bad (compared to the competition),
and locking wasn't available (bad news for some applications).
Switching back to user-space NFS probably depends on your distribution,
and whether you are loading the "Kernel NFS Server Support" as a module
(nfsd). If so, just don't. If not (NFSD was compiled in), you need
to rebuild a kernel without it. Then you should be able to run the
user-space rpc.nfsd.
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From: Marc Schuette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AMD K7 550mhz for 199$
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 15:51:40 -0700
wanker
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey I got your attention ...
>
> Hi! I need a network guru to help me slipt a cable modem connection
> between two PCs.
>
> #1 It's very important that one PC is not depending on the other. Each
> PC can up/down load from/to
> the internet without having the other one on.
>
> #2 I think I need a hub and 2 nics (plus the cable modem which has a
> 10baseT connector)
>
> It is important to me not to have a computer acting as server. If
> possible I want both
> computers to be able to use the internet (in this case a Cable modem
> connection) independantly from
> the other (being on or off). If I connect both my PCs to a HUB then
> connect the hub to the
> internet (my cable modem in this case) I should be able to pull it off?
> i think. do you?
>
> As far as my limited networking knowledge goes, this is how it "should"
> work:
>
> Both computers are connected to the hub so in Win98 I will configure my
> internet connection to that
> IP. Then anytime I want to download or upload to the net the hub will
> repeat all info coming in
> and going out from/to my PCs. (Creating extra traffic but .. still
> successfully creating my
> independant PC2Internet scenario)...right? I know my ethernet cards
> have mac addresses and no IPs
> ... do they need IPs?
>
> Gurus reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> thank you
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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Marc Schuette - Consolidated Supply Co.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Windows using PPP
Date: 9 Sep 1999 01:41:02 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear) writes:
]I am looking for information on how to easily setup our Linux server
]to let Windows machines connect via dial-up networking. I believe
]Windows uses PAP, but some of our other machines using PPP do not.
All Linux machines can use pap
(see axion.physics.ubc.ca/ppp-linux.html)
]Basically, I would like the machine to be abe to let Windows users
]log-in using simple dial-up networking, and have our other Linux
]machines use regular PPP logins using prompts.
Why? Use pap for all!
And use AutoPPP in mgetty (/etc/mgetty*/login.config)
]Any HOW-TO's? I reviewed the PPP-HOWTO but it wasn't very specific.
]Also, I am wondering how to have PAP use the existing passwd
]information instead of having to update a secrets file everytime we
]add a user?
login
option to pppd
and
* * '' *
in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file
(Read man pppd)
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From: Doug Boberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: redhat.config
Subject: SMTP-MAIL signal 11 ??
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 01:03:51 GMT
I seem to be having a trouble with the SMTP... and I'm not
fluent enough to figure this out. Any help would be
appreciated.
Things that work:
messages when sent from local to local mailboxes
messages when sent from local to remote mailboxes
Things that do NOT work:
any message that comes in from another host,
whether its going local or back out to remote.
logfile information:
NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): SMTP-MAIL: died on signal 1
Some information that may be useful:
telnet localhost smtp
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mydomain.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3;
VRFY user
250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender ok
RCPT TO:user
250 user... Recipient ok
DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
TO: Mr. Test
From: Mrs. Test
Subject: test this
sample message
.
451 SMTP-MAIL: died on signal 11
Thanks!!
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