Re: [leaf-user] Strange problem with Ap1000 and Wisp Dist!

2003-06-04 Thread Samuel Abreu de Paula
In the Ap manager, the signal level is about 55-60%
In the wisp, thats the output of iwconfig:

netcs0IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:ESSID  Nickname:NICK
  Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462GHz  Access Point: 00:02:2D:XX:XX:XX
  Bit Rate:1Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3
  Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:2347 B
  Encryption key:
  Power Management:off
  Link Quality:14/92  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-86 dBm
  Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:2061  Rx invalid frag:18527
  Tx excessive retries:9644  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


Thanks for the help.

Samuel Abreu


On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:19:54 +0300
Vladimir Ivaschenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 What are the signal levels from both sides?
 



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RE: [leaf-user] syslinux question: putting bering on a diskonchip

2003-06-04 Thread Marc E. Fiuczynski
I am using a linux rescue disk to copy over a bering distribution to the
disk-on-chip device.

Both the fdisk utility and syslinux seem to recognize /dev/hda1 as the IDE
drive.

Any way, I'll try to create a bering disk for which I have incorporated the
ide drivers into initrd.lrp. I didn't do that yet, as I would have to remove
some other package on the bering floppy in order for the larger initrd.lrp
package to fit. Maybe by following the instructions more faithfully it'll
work out.

However, I am concerned that syslinux (version 2.04) keeps stating something
about /tmp.

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Hi Marc.  If the disk-on-chip is anything like my setup, the /hda1 device
will be the wrong device.

With Bering, it will probably be /nftla1.



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Re: [leaf-user] adding iproute2 policy on boot

2003-06-04 Thread Lynn Avants
On Monday 02 June 2003 02:03 pm, Steve Wright wrote:
 Gurus,

 I have built a script that configures iproute2 on my LEAF box.  I tried
 placing this script in /etc/network/if-up.d/ and then backing up - which
 saves my script quite nicely.

 When I restart networking from the menu I notice this script being run
 more than once, when ideally it should be run once on boot /
 network-restart.

 What is the best way to hook this script in ?

The networking script in /etc/init.d
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[leaf-user] Broadcom BCM5802 Security Processor

2003-06-04 Thread Charles Holbrook
Does anyone know if the latest stable bering release has a module to
handle this piece of hardware.  If there is no module for it in the
default modules directory, has anyone tried to implement this piece of
hardware and if so how?

Here is the link to the hardware that I am trying to get up and running.
www.broadcom.com/products/5802.html 



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Re: [leaf-user] Strange problem with Ap1000 and Wisp Dist!

2003-06-04 Thread Samuel Abreu de Paula
I made more tests here, and i find one thing strange! When the wisp-dist is sending a 
file in direction of ap1000 (To a station behind the ap1000), the signal in AP Manager 
goes to 40%, and i get some packet loss, when i stop the transmission, the signal back 
to 60%!

In the other station if i try the same thing, the signal still the same, and the file 
is transmitted ok.

What can be happened in the signal??? Is most likely be a hardware problem??? or in 
antenna?

Thanks

Samuel Abreu


On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 11:19:54 +0300
Vladimir Ivaschenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 What are the signal levels from both sides?
 



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RE: [leaf-user] syslinux question: putting bering on a diskonchip

2003-06-04 Thread Erich Titl
Hi Marc

Marc E. Fiuczynski wrote the following at 19:27 03.06.2003:
I am using a linux rescue disk to copy over a bering distribution to the
disk-on-chip device.
If the system reconizes the disk as an IDE device, I would believe it. Some 
time ago I had difficulties running syslinux on my bering system. IIRC it 
was due to a permission problem. I used an old DOS disk then to prepare my 
DoM and it went smoothly (actually I am a little ashamed to have to resort 
to a M$product to do that, but then, resources are resources)

HTH

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Re: [leaf-user] PPTP w/dachstein

2003-06-04 Thread Lynn Avants
On Saturday 31 May 2003 11:35 am, Fisher, Brian wrote:
  I am currently trying to setup a VPN via pptp. My understanding is that I
 need to do three things on my Dachstein firewall first. They are: 1) load
 the ip_masq_pptp module
   2) open protocol 47
   3) open port 1723

You don't need to load the ip_masq module *unless* you are forwarding the
connection through to another client machine to authenticate. Otherwise,
you need to port_forward through the ports to the specific client machine.
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[leaf-user] Broadcom BCM5802 Security Processor and Cavium Nitrox Lite SecurityProcessor

2003-06-04 Thread Charles Holbrook
First of all let me apologize for double posting on the same issue.

I just picked up 10 Iwill G300 Security systems.  Nine of them have the
Broadcom BCM5802 Macro Processor built in, and the other one (which my
boss is looking at really hard as our new hardware platform for the LVS
cluster) has the Cavium Nitrox Lite Macro Security Processor on it.  Has
anyone out there had a chance to install Bering-uClibC on a box with
either of these?  If so what did you have to do to get them to work. 
Are there modules that need to be loaded?  If so what are the module
names?  Also are there any pitfalls that I should watch out for?

On a side note.  It took all of about 5 minutes to get bering 1.2 up and
running on the CF cards.  And since the BIOS has it set up as Secondary
master just change a couple things in the syslinux.cfg and add the ide
modules and it worked great.  If there is anyone out there looking for a
decent mid grade box(~500 per system) that can run bering well you might
want to check these out.  Being on CF makes the boot time roughly 10
seconds from power on to login prompt.  No waiting forever for the
floppy install to finish loading.  And with 3 NICs built into the
motherboard no need to worry about if you have all of the correct
modules installed for the NICs(pci-scan and rtl8139)



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[leaf-user] pppoe-server problems

2003-06-04 Thread Steve Wright
sigh  this isn't working.  What am I missing ?

# grep pppd /var/log/messages
[...]
pppd[2591]: Couldn't set tty to PPP discipline: Invalid argument
Kernel mode doesn't work.  ppp_deflate won't load.

wisprouter: -root-
# modprobe ppp_deflate
insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory
Using /modules/ppp_deflate.o
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateInit2_
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflate_workspacesize
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflate
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateReset
insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateEnd
hmmm,

# find /modules |grep zlib

# find / |grep zlib

nuffing..

wisprouter: -root-
# lsmod |grep ppp
pppoe   7136   0 (unused)
pppox   1000   1 [pppoe]
ppp_synctty 5080   0 (unused)
ppp_generic20216   0 [pppoe pppox ppp_synctty]
slhc4640   0 [ppp_generic]
hmmm, try using the rp module instead of kernel mode..

pppd[2605]: /etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so: undefined symbol: remote_number

grrr, that's equally broken.

stumped sniff 8-(

Can anyone help ?

cheers,
Steve




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Re: [leaf-user] pppoe-server problems

2003-06-04 Thread Lynn Avants
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 09:18 pm, Steve Wright wrote:
 sigh  this isn't working.  What am I missing ?
[...]
 wisprouter: -root-
 # modprobe ppp_deflate
 insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory
 Using /modules/ppp_deflate.o
 insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateInit2_
 insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflate_workspacesize
 insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflate
 insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateReset
 insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateEnd

U zlib.lrp (http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo)

[...]
 hmmm, try using the rp module instead of kernel mode..

 pppd[2605]: /etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so: undefined symbol: remote_number

 grrr, that's equally broken.

Ummm no (recent) rp-pppoe package for Bering, the kernel pppoe is 
what is normally used anymore.
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Re: [leaf-user] Lost of port forwarding with Bering/Shorewall...

2003-06-04 Thread Lynn Avants
On Monday 02 June 2003 08:02 pm, Nicolas Riendeau wrote:
 I was wondering if there is any known issues in Bering (V1.1) and/or the
 Shorewall that came with (1.3.?) that might cause it to temporarily stop
 forwarding a port...

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Re: [leaf-user] ipv6 and policy routing

2003-06-04 Thread Lynn Avants
On Wednesday 28 May 2003 06:37 pm, Steve Wright wrote:
 Heyas All,

 fishing
 Anyone else out there thinking about LEAF, IPV6, bigger networks, and
 policy routing ?

 /fishing

I belive someone got a LEAF ipv6 box up and running after jumping through
many hoops. LEAF is running on several very large networks already. 
Policy routing isn't something that has been very actively pursued yet,
though has been done. If your seriously looking into doing some major
policy routing setups, cish is a Cisco/Checkpoint-type shell that was
worked into an ancient version of LRP that did policy routing IIRC...
maybe hacking into that image would provide some good ideas. David 
Douthitt made a 'cish' package, though I don't know if anyone has ever
actually used it and what it contained except possibly the menu shell
itself (that may be older than the 'cish' image itself).

I lot of ideas, but never seemingly enough time...
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Re: [leaf-user] Broadcom BCM5802 Security Processor

2003-06-04 Thread Lynn Avants
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 02:05 pm, Charles Holbrook wrote:
 Does anyone know if the latest stable bering release has a module to
 handle this piece of hardware.  If there is no module for it in the
 default modules directory, has anyone tried to implement this piece of
 hardware and if so how?

I believe there is atleast one available NIC that comes with this chip
built-in, though last I heard it was unsupported with Linux IIRC. 
You'll likely have to search the kernel-devel archives to glean any
better information on any possible Linux kernel support.
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Re: [leaf-user] Lost of port forwarding with Bering/Shorewall...

2003-06-04 Thread Jeff Newmiller
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Lynn Avants wrote:

 On Monday 02 June 2003 08:02 pm, Nicolas Riendeau wrote:
  I was wondering if there is any known issues in Bering (V1.1) and/or the
  Shorewall that came with (1.3.?) that might cause it to temporarily stop
  forwarding a port...
 
 Not that I am aware of.

Insufficient memory can cause packets to be dropped.  I started out (long
before Bering) with an 8MB 486 with a ppp dialup, and it used to stop
responding to console input occasionally as well as not accepting new
connections, and would unfreeze after awhile.  I correlated the freezes
with heavy traffic. (I also recommend at least 16MB now.)  Some gaming
applications create many udp connections that exacerbate the memory
problems by filling memory up with connection tracking data even when you
think you have enough.

Also note that tmpfs and kernel buffer memory may be in competition for
the same RAM in small memory configurations.

On an unrelated but similar topic, coming from the inside now with
Bering, dnscache performs poorly when the upstream pipe is clogged,
leading to host not found errors when surfing the web.  If I wait long
enough before refreshing the browser, dnscache will eventually complete
the lookup, and the browser will (slowly) get the web page.  In this case
memory is okay but available bandwidth is low leading to timeouts.

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Re: [leaf-user] pppoe-server problems

2003-06-04 Thread Jacques Nilo
Le Mercredi 4 Juin 2003 03:59, Lynn Avants a écrit :
 On Tuesday 03 June 2003 09:18 pm, Steve Wright wrote:
  sigh  this isn't working.  What am I missing ?

 [...]

  wisprouter: -root-
  # modprobe ppp_deflate
  insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory
  Using /modules/ppp_deflate.o
  insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateInit2_
  insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflate_workspacesize
  insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflate
  insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateReset
  insmod: unresolved symbol zlib_deflateEnd

 U zlib.lrp (http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo)
No. From Bering (1.1 onward) /etc/modules file:
snip
# Modules needed for PPP connection
#slhc
#ppp_generic
#ppp_async
# The three following modules are not always needed
#zlib_inflate
#zlib_deflate
#ppp_deflate
/snip

Since kernel 2.4.20 ppp_deflate depends on zlib_inflate and deflate modules 
available here:
http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bering/latest/modules/2.4.20/kernel/lib/
add then to /lib/modules, declare them in /etc/modules and that will fix your 
pb.
 [...]

  hmmm, try using the rp module instead of kernel mode..
 
  pppd[2605]: /etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so: undefined symbol: remote_number
 
  grrr, that's equally broken.

 Ummm no (recent) rp-pppoe package for Bering, the kernel pppoe is
 what is normally used anymore.
the pppoe plugin provided in pppoe.lrp should work. 

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Fwd: Re: [leaf-user] syslinux question: putting bering on a diskonchip

2003-06-04 Thread Erich Titl

From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Tue Jun  3 23:06:08 2003
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 09:05:59 +1200
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Subject: Re: [leaf-user] syslinux question: putting bering on a  diskonchip
Erich Titl wrote:

Hi Marc

Marc E. Fiuczynski wrote the following at 19:27 03.06.2003:

I am using a linux rescue disk to copy over a bering distribution to the
disk-on-chip device.


If the system reconizes the disk as an IDE device, I would believe it. 
Some time ago I had difficulties running syslinux on my bering system. 
IIRC it was due to a permission problem. I used an old DOS disk then to 
prepare my DoM and it went smoothly (actually I am a little ashamed to 
have to resort to a M$product to do that, but then, resources are 
resources)
If people feel strongly about using a ms product to do this (I would), 
then this is what I do.

On my old RedHat 7.3 I have installed LTSP, a thin-client terminal server 
package.  This allows me to boot any old piece of junk on my local LAN as 
a thin client.

I hacked the base LTSP installation so the thin-clients run with a 
modified /etc/passd - with an entry for a root login.

Now it is completely trivial to bring along any i386 LEAF router, plug 
into LAN, etherboot/PXE boot as a thin terminal (local HDD/DOM not used), 
load IDE modules, mount DOM, and copy across what ever I need, unmount, 
sync, reboot, test.  Dead easy, and fast.

Further hacking of the LTSP code would likely render a complete 
development environment for DOM-type routers.  /niiice/.  If anyone wants 
to build such a thing, I would be happy to assist as I know LTSP quite 
well.  I'm a bit busy to do it ALL myself right now.  8-)

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http://k12ltsp.org

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Re: [leaf-user] Improving wireless link

2003-06-04 Thread Steve Wright
Charles,

On the basis that there is some distance involved ;  (an assumption)

My understanding is that some of the cheaper (dlink in particular) 
wireless gear has 'timing issues' when the A/Ps are physically far apart.

In the extreme, you will have to go to a proprietry fix, viz turbocell, 
or replace the A/Ps with something a little more tolerant of distance.

802.11 was never intended to travel great distances.  Indeed it was part 
of the 802.11 specification to actually prevent (ha ha) this from 
happening - the reason for the proprietry RF connectors.

In summary, many standard 802.11 wireless cards will do great distances 
without getting flaky, but I have heard that the dlink gear is not of 
that category.  Other cards such the Orinoco PC-cards combined with 
turbocell work very well indeed at distances up to 20km, and provide 
true data rates in the order of 9MBit/sec (I am told).  I don't like the 
idea of proprietry *anything*, and I wish there was an open-source 
'turbocell'.

In answer to your question, I do not think there is a device you can put 
on the ends of a leaky hose - to make the hose not leak.

sorry.  I hope someone else has a different version to tell.  8-(

/steve



Charles Steinkuehler wrote:

I've built an IPSec VPN tunnel over a point-point wireless link using 
a couple of D-Link DWL-900AP+ boxes and some spare ports on a couple 
of installed LEAF boxes.

My problem is I'm seeing *LOTS* of packet loss, duplicate packets, 
mangled packets (especially longer packets typical of downloads and 
web browsing), and other nastiness making performance across the 
wireless link virtually unusable, despite a fair amount of bandwidth.

It seems to be fairly well known that TCP doesn't handle the bursty 
packet loss typical of wireless networks very well, having instead 
been designed for packet loss typical for congested wired networks 
(where partly garbled packets are quite rare).  I have seen a few 
proposed mechanisms that operate at layer 3, monitoring the TCP 
traffic, and fiddling with the TCP flow to improve TCP performance 
(by doing things like requesting re-transmissions of packets that look 
like they got dropped by the wireless link).

Now for my question:  Does anyone know of a linux implementation of 
anything like the above I could possibly get running on a LEAF box? 
Since I'm tunneling all traffic through a leaf box on each end, it 
seems like I could implement something to transparently deal with 
the lossy wireless hop, but since I'm kind of new to the whole 
wireless thing, I'm not sure what software I'm looking for, or if it 
even exists.

Of course I'm also looking at what options I have for increasing the 
fundamental reliability of the wireless link as well, but I'd still 
like to find something that can tweak TCP operation for running over 
wireless.

Thanks for any pointers,





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