Linux-Networking Digest #620, Volume #12 Fri, 17 Sep 99 11:13:41 EDT
Contents:
Ping problem ("Jorge Rodrigues")
Re: NetWare to Linux? (DHobbs)
Re: diald-0.99.1 make problem? (Tim MacDonald)
d-link network cards ("clueless")
Re: Newbie linux installation via NFS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Ping problem (Bob Tennent)
Re: DHCP question on RH 6.0 (Bob Tennent)
Re: Slip Overruns (Rainer Canavan)
Re: A How configure sendmail without a permanent domain name? (Mohd H Misnan)
Re: Dhcp and pump problem (Bob Tennent)
Top 10 IP talker (Roar Pettersen)
Re: No "socket" command (but the man page exists). (Maxwell MacLeod)
Re: WinNT Can't See Linux Box ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux and RoadRunner cable modem (Andy Johnstone)
Re: Sendmail always connects to DNS Server (Roar Pettersen)
ppp connection via already established IP link ? (Bela Ban)
Re: Ipchains, Firewall, Too much! (jkrainak)
Need help about hubs with RJ-45 and bnc ports (Alessandro Spinelli)
Traffic Shaping ("Michael Anderson")
Re: Ping problem (Jim Thomas)
2nd Gateway ("KrIoN")
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From: "Jorge Rodrigues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ping problem
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:41:57 +0100
I have a curious problem with ping in a RH5.2 P166. I can ping any machine
except my own, ie. i can't ping 127.0.0.1, my ip address, or my dns name.
Thanks for your time.
Jorge Rodrigues
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: DHobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,dc.org.linux-users
Subject: Re: NetWare to Linux?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:35:20 -0400
Karl wrote:
>
> The powers that be where I work are considering dumping NetWare in
> favor of Linux. Has anyone out there been through this type of
> conversion?
>
> Good idea, bad idea? Hints, tips, stories and any other thoughts
> would be appreciated.
What are you going to do with it? Mail, web, router, DNS, firewall,
directory server, even desktops it works wonderfully.
I got rid of a Cisco and dropped a 486 with Linux and four NICs as the
router for three subnets, it got those WIN machines off on their own
subnet and they can chat all they want and they don't interfere with the
rest of the machines.
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From: Tim MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: diald-0.99.1 make problem?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:01:08 -0400
Hi,
This is courtesy of the diald mail list ... (I had the same problem!)
*******************************************************************
The address family AF_NETLINK is defined by 2.0.35 but is not supported by the
kernel. The code in proxy_tap.c and proxy.c that uses netlink is conditional
on AF_NETLINK. Put this after the last #include in diald.h...
/* AF_NETLINK should be undef on 2.0.* kernels but it is not */
#include <linux/config.h>
#ifndef CONFIG_NETLINK
#undef AF_NETLINK
#endif
The next problem I had was the buggy setenv provided by /usr/lib/libwrap.a.
To get rid of it run the 'fixwrappers' script as root.
After that every thing worked just fine.
Kurt R. Hoehn wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed diald-0.99.1.tar on my linux machine (distrabution RH 5.2)
> and when I compiled it, it complained about the netlink.h in the proxy_tap.c
> file not found. I did some searching around and found a netlink.h in the
> /usr/src/linux/include/net dir so I copied it to the /usr/include/linux dir
> and then the compiler really complained about structures and errored out on
> a declaration not found "NETLINK_TAPBASE". Any help would be great.
>
> Thank You
> Kurt
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From: "clueless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: d-link network cards
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 00:34:05 +1200
Hey can anyone tell me if d-link 220P ISA network card should work on redhat
5.2? And if so what have i done wrong as it won't find the device at boot.
thanks in advance
Gary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie linux installation via NFS
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:42:57 GMT
Blacka wrote:
> Ok, I just bought a Pentium 90 with the intent of installing linux on it. I
> am trying to learn linux on this box. It doesnt have a cd rom however, but
> it has a network card. I was planning installing it via NFS, using my other
> machine which has a cdrom drive. Problem :The network card won't load in DOS
> (it's running a slim version of DOS 6.22).
>
> My question is : Since DOS won't load the driver, when I try installing
> Linux via NFS, will linux recognise the Network card and start the
> installation or will it fail?? The network card works fine, its just that
> the driver won't load in DOS.
>
> Thanks Much
> Orrin Jolly
If you are using a distribution that allows an install over nfs and has support
for your nic then everything should work. I've had it work with slackware and
redhat that way.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Ping problem
Date: 17 Sep 1999 12:25:14 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:41:57 +0100, Jorge Rodrigues wrote:
>I have a curious problem with ping in a RH5.2 P166. I can ping any machine
>except my own, ie. i can't ping 127.0.0.1, my ip address, or my dns name.
>
Do you have a loopback line in /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 <your hostname> loopback
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: DHCP question on RH 6.0
Date: 17 Sep 1999 12:22:23 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 06:43:25 GMT, MJ wrote:
>
>I have a machine at work that I loaded RH 6.0 on. We use dhcp (NT
>network) and I get an IP address just fine. I loaded the nameservers
>and default gateway manually since they didn't seem to do it by
>themselves and they don't change and I can access the network fine as
>long as I update the /etc/hosts file with my correct address.
>The question is, is there a way to get the hosts file updated
>automatically with the correct IP address when using dhcp?
>When I run /sbin/pump -i eth0 --status all the parameters seem to be
>there. Is there a "default" IP address I can enter when using dhcp?
>So that I don't have to run ifconfig to see what address I have now
>and then change it in /etc/hosts before the network works?
>Thanks!
>Pointers to docs on this appreciated too, as so far I haven't seen any
>mention of it. Just that you need the loopback and your IP in the
>hosts file and BOOTPROTO set to dhcp but nothing connecting the two
>(like when the IP changes)
>
You don't need to have the IP address in /etc/hosts.
Your hostname should be attached to the 127.0.0.1 loopback address.
Bob T.
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From: Rainer Canavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Slip Overruns
Date: 17 Sep 1999 12:30:31 GMT
Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there
>
>
> Rainer Canavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Now if i run ifconfig sl0, there's an alarming rate of TX and
> > RX overruns, and i just can't believe that.
>
> Did you check your flow control (should be bidirectional RTS / CTS flow
> control)?
Isn't the flow control set by software, i.e. slattach? The cables & the
ports should do hw handshake.
> Do you use 16550's or older com port chips?
It's one of the PIIX (Intel PCI->Isa bridge with Floppy, Parallel, Serial,
whatever) integrated serial Ports. It really should be fast enough. If
there's a problem, I'd expect it to be somewhere in the slip setup.
ttyS03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 10) is a 16550A
The interrupt is correct, I have a clock-doubled Serial port on ttyS1
(irq=3) and therefor I have moved this port to irq 10.
> Regards,
> Rob
Rainer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mohd H Misnan)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: A How configure sendmail without a permanent domain name?
Date: 17 Sep 1999 10:27:24 GMT
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:13:02 GMT, Jacek Sierpinski wrote:
>I have a computer with Caldera OpenLinux 2.2, at home. I haven't a
>permanent Internet connection - I connect to Internet through normal
>phone line. My provider (Polish Telecommunication) doesn't give
>permanent IP and domain addresses, so I can have different addresses at
>different occasions (though from ppp.katowice.tpnet.pl subdomain only).
>Of course, I can't have a hostname identical with any of the possible
>addresses, so I have localhost.localdomain hostname. I don't use
>'Auto-configure Hostname from this IP' option because it confuses
>X-server and I wouldn't have a possibility to open any KDE application
>during Internet connection.
>I want to use sendmail to sent my e-mails. In fact, I use Kmail
>configured to use sendmail. I have some e-mail addresses and accounts,
>all not related to tpnet.pl domain. In most cases, it works good but
>sometimes I receive errors, e.g:
>
>----- Transcript of session follows -----
>... while talking to frad.onet.pl.:
>>>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=2454 BODY=8BITMIME
><<< 553 5.4.3 Policy analysis reports DNS error with your source domain.
>
>Of course, I sent it as [EMAIL PROTECTED] But, as I see, sendmail
>introduces my real hostname and my real local account name (in this case
>root) while talking to a remote mailserver.
>I get an advice to configure /etc/sendmail.cf file in order to
>masquerade real address. I created /etc/genericstable file:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>and then I created /etc/genericstable.db file by the following command:
>
>/usr/sbin/makemap hash /etc/genericstable < /etc/generictable
>
>Before that, I configured a Caldera generic
>/usr/share/sendmail/cf/cf/generic-col2.2.mc file - I added a line:
>
>FEATURE(genericstable, `hash -o /etc/genericstable')
>
>and then I generated /etc/sendmail.cf file. Now, I have the following
>fragment in this file:
>
># Generics table (mapping outgoing addresses)
>Kgeneric hash -o /etc/genericstable
>
>(I tried also:
> Kgeneric hash /etc/genericstable)
>but it still doesn't work... The error is still the same.
>How configure it?
Have you tried to use your ISP to relay your mail using smarthost?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Dhcp and pump problem
Date: 17 Sep 1999 12:17:49 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 06:37:32 -0400, Bret wrote:
>Brian Evans wrote:
>>
>> I configure dhcpcd to replace Pump, since I had problems with it.
>> dhcpcd-1.xxx is included in rpm format on the Redhat 6.0 cd, and was a snap
>> to install.
>>
>I have two questions concerning that: Why would you run a dhcp server
>when all you need is a client, and then how do you get pump to not run?
>
dhcpcd *is* the client; the server is dhcpd.
Pump is called in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup.
Bob T.
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Subject: Top 10 IP talker
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roar Pettersen)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:52:30 GMT
Hello !
I'm looking for a sofware which look at the subnet,
and generte a "Top 10" IP talker.
Have anybody seen such a software ?
Regards
Roar Pettersen
Bergen , Norway
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Maxwell MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: No "socket" command (but the man page exists).
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:01:02 +0100
Hi Raymond,
thanks! I'm not sure though. The reason I ask this question is because I'm
trying to set up the debugger for the PHP language. The manual page for this
at
http://www.php.net/manual/debugger.php3
Says to configure the socket like this....
How to set up the debugger:
1.Set up a TCP port for the debugger in the configuration file
(debugger.port) and enable it (debugger.enabled).
2.Set up a TCP listener on that port somewhere (for example socket -l -s
1400 on UNIX).
Which seems to indicate that there is a shell command for this. What do you
reckon?
Cheers,
Max.
Raymond Hendrey wrote:
> Maxwell MacLeod wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> > I've found a man page on my system for this command, but the command
> > itself can't be found. If anyone has any ideas how I can install this,
> > I'd much appreciate it!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Max.
>
> Hi,
>
> I believe that the man page you are referring to describe the socket()
> function. This function is part of the C programming language, not part
> of the shell command set. The parenthesis "()" following the command
> indicate that it is a function within a programming language.
>
> Hoping that this helps,
>
> RayH :-)
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: WinNT Can't See Linux Box
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:44:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
eTc Computer Consultants <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> BUT !!!!!
>
> tcp/ip is NOT working correctly with the NT boxes. Here are the
> symptoms:
>
> 1) the nmbd component of samba broadcasts ok to NT boxes (doesn't need
> tcp/ip);
> 2) from the server, I can view shares on NT boxes
(w/smbclient--requires
> tcp/ip);
> 3) from the server, I can ping all the NT boxes (requires tcp/ip, of
> course);
tcpip also on the nt side
> 4) NONE of the NT boxes can ping the server, even if they can see the
> server on the network (presumably because of nmbd getting through via
> netbeui, or other).
big question
HOW do you ping ( ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is NOT the same as ping
<somenamehere>).
because, you need adress resolution for the 2nd and not for the first.
>
also, what does nt tell you when you try to access the smb-shares?
like, open a dosbox and type 'net use l: \\smbserver\share '
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Andy Johnstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and RoadRunner cable modem
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:44:24 -0400
Hi all,
I'm trying to move the cable modem to my linux box since i think it
could handle it better. I think i have it almost there, i can ping
domains, but can't connect to anything. I think its because the linux
rrd isn't logging me in correctly. Anyone else have this problem? I'm
also not sure of the login server name, i'm sure that would help. I'm
in the rochester area, anyone up here figure it out?
Thanks
Andy
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Subject: Re: Sendmail always connects to DNS Server
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roar Pettersen)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:56:04 GMT
Hello,
>How can I force the system not to look up the domain name over the email
You don't tell us which Linux distribution you are using, but take a look
at the file /etc/nsswitch.conf.
Should look like this :
hosts: files dns
Regards
Roar Pettersen
Heath Comm A/S
Norway
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From: Bela Ban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp connection via already established IP link ?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:56:08 -0400
Does anyone know whether it is possible to use PPP without a
serial line, but instead over an existing IP connection ? In
other words, can I tell pppd the address of another pppd server
and it goes off and establishes an IP connection using the peer
pppd ?
--
Bela Ban
4114 Upson Hall
CS Dept Cornell University
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/bba/
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From: jkrainak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ipchains, Firewall, Too much!
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:31:21 GMT
I had not read that - it's a good article, but is not quite what I'm
trying to do - I have public addy's on my internal network - I think this
raises some issues because both of the NIC's are assigned IP address' with
the same subnet(???).
Thanks for your reply.
Tom Eastep wrote:
> jkrainak wrote:
> >
> > Redhat 6.0:
> >
> > Well, I have read a number of different articles regarding setting up a
> > Linux box as a firewall and I think I have read too much! Now I'm just
> > confused. I understand the Ipchains functionality but am more
confused on
> > the basic issue of setting up my 2 nics. I'm trying to find an article
> > on "Getting your Linux Box Ready to Use Ipchains".
>
> Have you looked at:
>
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue43/silva.ip_masq.html
>
> -Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alessandro Spinelli)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking,comp.dcom.sys.bay-networks
Subject: Need help about hubs with RJ-45 and bnc ports
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:25:10 GMT
I have a low-cost 10Mbps hub with 12 RJ-45 ports and 2 bnc ports.
I read on the manual: "If the BNC ports are not used, a 50ohm
terminator should be attached on them".
I want to use only one bnc port, how should I connect my cables?
Should I put a 50ohm terminator on the unused port and a T with
terminators (like connecting a PC) on the other BNC port?
Or should I attach a 50ohm terminator in the unused port and directly
connect the cable on the other BNC port without terminator on the hub
side?
I wait a reply ASAP, thank you in advance,
Alessandro Spinelli
Italy
[Please reply to my email address deleting the word NOSPAM from the
address to obtain the correct address]
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From: "Michael Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Traffic Shaping
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 06:09:57 -0600
Hi Folks! My company has me looking into ways for setting up traffic
shaping on our network, that does not need a minimum of a $6000 investment
in a Allot box (not bad, aweful documentation, WAY expensive!) We need
about 12 of these boxes, and the thought of spending $72,000 doesn't sit
well. We're a Wireless Internet Provider, and need the throttles to
allocate speed for our users, however, the Allot only allows one subnet, and
we're looking at a great deal more (plus private networks.) If anyone can
help, please let me know here or via E-Mail.
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From: Jim Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ping problem
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:18:26 -0400
I had a similar problem a while back. I finally traced the problem to a
bad /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo file. Here's what the fixed
version looks like now:
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
With this in place, all kinds of problems evaporated.
Hope this helps!
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Senior Applications Engineer Web: http://www.bittware.com
Bittware, Inc Tel: (703) 779-7770
The sooner you get behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
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From: "KrIoN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2nd Gateway
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:14:21 +0200
Hallo All !
I have one question. I live at campus and we have here 2 Gateways. 1st
Gateway works behind the firewall and I can't use FTP or ICQ for example.
The 2nd Gateway works only with ssh. I do "route add -host 134.99.162.xxx"
for the 2nd Gateway and it doesn't work.
thanx
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