Re: [leaf-user] NIC driver for Netgear FA310TX / Bering-uClibc 2.0?

2003-12-22 Thread Victor McAllister
Craig Caughlin wrote: Hi folks, I can't get my NICs to initialize. I'm using Bering-uClibc (from Bering-uClibc_2.0_img_bering-uclibc-1680.exe) and 3 Netgear FA310TX (Rev-D2)cards. I've tried using both the natsemi.o tulip.o drivers by themselves and with the pci-scan.o driver, none of which

Re: [leaf-user] ppp filter problem in uClibc 2.0

2003-12-26 Thread Victor McAllister
Eric Spakman wrote: Hello Victor, Which version of ppp-filter.lrp did you use? Eric Spakman Just tried uClibc 2.0 for a friend with a serial modem. Everything works fine until I substitute the ppp package with the ppp-filt package. libpcap.lrp is loaded, which is required for the

Re: [leaf-user] Qmail questions

2003-12-29 Thread Victor McAllister
Michael D Schleif wrote: Kory Krofft [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003:12:26:21:47:40-0500] scribed: snip / using the host command, I can get the dmz host to resolve other names and reverse lookup other ips but not it's own. I altered the /etc/tinydns-private/root/data file to read: =localhost:127.0.0.1

Re: [leaf-user] machine access by hostname

2004-01-22 Thread Victor McAllister
Ukiah Smith wrote: I have a small home network running leaf bering as a firewall/NAT router. My network is made up of Linux machines and one Mac OS 9 machine. I am using dhcp to assign internal ips to all of my machines. Right now each machine gets an ip based on boot order and if its old lease

Re: [leaf-user] Bering, TinyDNS private data file syntax

2004-02-05 Thread Victor McAllister
Brock Nanson wrote: I've successfully configured tinydns to resolve internal machines, but I'd like to extend this functionality. At present, my web and mailserver is in a DMZ (bering). No problem getting access from outside. But of course, trying to connect from inside by domain name

[leaf-user] cheap Compact flash source

2004-06-08 Thread Victor McAllister
I have setup several leaf systems booting off CF. The cheapest source for ide to CF adapter with the flash included is http://cfd.linnix.com/ he sells a 4 meg cf with ide adapter for $12 US including shipping. (EUR 10.08 including shipping.) Looks like he uses a header for the CF plug -

[leaf-user] uClibc 2.2.rc3 dhcpd

2004-06-10 Thread Victor McAllister
I have been running Bering 1.2 without a reboot for 270 days - had to take it down for network changes so decided to try uClibc 2.2.0_b3 I have two internal networks - both of which are served by dhcpd I am trying to get dhcpd running - my /etc/dhcpd.conf file looks the same as the one I used

Re: [leaf-user] uClibc 2.2.rc3 dhcpd

2004-06-11 Thread Victor McAllister
Richard Doyle wrote: On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 12:01, Victor McAllister wrote: I have been running Bering 1.2 without a reboot for 270 days - had to take it down for network changes so decided to try uClibc 2.2.0_b3 I have two internal networks - both of which are served by dhcpd I am trying

Re: [leaf-user] bandwidth tracking

2004-06-29 Thread Victor McAllister
ALParada wrote: Hello, Is there an easy way to monitor who is hogging up all the bandwidth? For the last couple of days our router has been saturated and slowing our network to a crawl. I am not looking for anything fancy just enough to figure out who the culprit is. I am running uClibc with

Re: [leaf-user] to few interfaces

2004-06-30 Thread Victor McAllister
Ben Wang wrote: I use one of these. http://www.axiomtek.com.tw/product_detail.php?model_num=NA-1281majorcat=Network+Appliancessubcat=Network+Appliances or http://www.axiomtek.com.tw/product_detail.php?model_num=NA-0041majorcat=Network+Appliancessubcat=Network+Appliances Looks really

Re: [leaf-user] dns resolution - Dachstein

2004-07-16 Thread Victor McAllister
Doug Sampson wrote: Hi all, I'm having trouble getting a Mailman server (using Exim 3.35) to resolve names properly. It is situated in the DMZ (192.168.2.x) of a network using Dachstein CD102. I have an Exchange mail server in the internal network (192.168.1.x). I have tinyDNS running on the

[leaf-user] Re: [leaf-devel] LEAF on Linksys Routers

2004-07-26 Thread Victor McAllister
I wonder if these Axiomtech people would be willing to sell a bunch of these at a good price to LEAF users. They have a lot more options than Linksys and run a compact flash. They would be worth two or three times the price of a Linksys.

Re: [leaf-user] Install Package w/o go back to DOS

2004-08-09 Thread Victor McAllister
Chris Lee wrote: Hi, I am using Bering-uClibc_2.2-beta5 HDD version. Is it possible to download and install additional packages w/o go back to DOS? Regards, Chris Lee If you use a floppy - mount it - cd to it and lrpkg -i packagename You could also move the package over the wire with scp

[leaf-user] dnsmasq lookup problem for eth2

2004-09-06 Thread Victor McAllister
I recently switched to using dnsmasq and uClibc 2.2 after using dnscache for years. I have two internal masqueraded networks. policy is loc net ACCEPT and dmz net ACCEPT I have ACCEPT loc fw udp53 andACCPET dmzfw udp 53 and the appropriate ACCEPTS for tcp

[leaf-user] dnsmasq lookup problem for eth2

2004-09-06 Thread Victor McAllister
I violated rule one of troubleshooting - find the general area of the problem before trying to home in on the details. The problem was not in dnsmasq. I had forgotten to set up the second network under the /etc/shorewall/masq in shorewall. eth0 eth1 eth0 eth2 dnsmasq

Re: [leaf-user] Mailing List

2004-09-17 Thread Victor McAllister
Everyone, Traffic on the list is unusually low. Is something wrong with the list I should be aware of? I imagine the traffic is low because people are reading the manuals. Many posts used to be repeats - same problems encountered by others - but with LEAFs excellent documentation perhaps we are

Re: [leaf-user] Bering uClibc

2004-09-22 Thread Victor McAllister
Askari wrote: Hello all, I need to use Bering uClibc with floppy disk, is it can use for sharing dial up internet connection ?. Thank's ARIE I recently used uClibc to make a dial out box (among other configurations) and everything will fit on a 1680 floppy. make the floppy using the image

[leaf-user] Re: On Bering and modems.

2004-09-22 Thread Victor McAllister
James Neave wrote: Hi, I'm going to be setting up a 56k based Bering box for my parents home network. Did you have any trouble getting the modem to work? What type did you use and is it internal or external? And thanks for all the stuff you've already written, really handy! James. Askari wrote:

[leaf-user] Re: On Bering and modems.

2004-09-22 Thread Victor McAllister
James Neave wrote: Hi, Victor Wrote:- I added the list in. I built a few Bering dialout boxes for others - worked reliably for 2 years. I have used both internal and external modems. If internal - use an ISA modem - not pci - that are almost always

[leaf-user] WINSCP dropbear and editing LEAF conf files

2004-09-22 Thread Victor McAllister
I couldn't get WINSCP to connect with dropbear in uClibC. I found a post from David Pits in the archives. Thought I would add to his post. To make WINWSCP work with dropbear: Open Winscp3 Under advanced options in the left hand panel Click SCP under Environment Under shell - click the

Re: [leaf-user] HW write-protect boot medium?

2004-09-30 Thread Victor McAllister
Erich Titl wrote: At 12:14 30.09.2004 -0400, Glenn A. Thompson wrote: *Anyway* the above link lists the price at ~ $14, which is *way* cheaper than memorystick+adaptor. Only problem (for me anyway) is that the TS32MDOM40V won't fit in a Soekris 4501, which I think is going to be my next

[leaf-user] setting up a WRAP

2004-10-02 Thread Victor McAllister
Erich - how do you setup the compact flashes for your WRAP boards? I was thinking of setting up an old PC with three Netgear 311 boards and getting uClicC to work first - then just transferring the CF to the WRAP board. Is that how you do it? I like the little cases that PCEngines sells for

Re: [leaf-user] 3.4. Configure dnsmasq dhcpd

2004-10-02 Thread Victor McAllister
Stephen More wrote: On http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/guide/bk05ch03.html#id2599715 It says you can turn on dhcpd by adding the following to the config: dhcp-range=192.168.1.1,192.168.1.199,12h When I added it to /etc/dnsmasq.conf and rebooted uClibc 2.1 I got bad option dhcp-range. Is this an

Re: [leaf-user] 2.2 iso and boot floppy

2004-10-03 Thread Victor McAllister
Stephen More wrote: The floppy image that exists on the 2.2 iso image is missing the leaf.cfg. So I created a leaf.cfg with LRP=root config etc local modules iptables dhcpcd keyboard shorwall ulogd dnscache dropbear weblet PKGPATH=/dev/cdrom:iso9660 syst_size=6M log_size=2M The system now boots,

Re: [leaf-user] PPP connection

2004-10-28 Thread Victor McAllister
Askari wrote: Hello all, I need to know how to setup ppp connection (dialup connection) to the internet with Bering-uClibc. I already have floppy image file include ppp.lrp and pppoe.lrp, and i need to setup my LAN like this : Int---modem---bering uClibc |

[leaf-user] dnsmaq version 2.16

2004-10-28 Thread Victor McAllister
I tried uClibc 2.2.2 with dnsmasq 2.16 dnsmasq complains that it cannot create a leases file and refuses to start. /etc/init.d/dnsmasq looks the same. Anyone noticed this? --- This Newsletter Sponsored by: Macrovision For reliable Linux

Re: [leaf-user] dnsmaq version 2.16

2004-10-29 Thread Victor McAllister
K.-P. Kirchdörfer wrote: Am Freitag, 29. Oktober 2004 04:02 schrieb Victor McAllister: I tried uClibc 2.2.2 with dnsmasq 2.16 dnsmasq complains that it cannot create a leases file and refuses to start. /etc/init.d/dnsmasq looks the same. Anyone noticed this? No; just booted the base image

[leaf-user] log of how I installed LEAF to a WRAP box

2004-10-29 Thread Victor McAllister
After using LEAF on various PCs for years, I decided to go for the WRAP http://www.pcengines.ch/pic/case2.jpg I present my log of how I setup a LEAF WRAP box for possible use by others I purchased the WRAP board and case direct from pcengines in Switzerland. I purchased a 12 v. power supply from

Re: [leaf-user] log of how I installed LEAF to a WRAP box

2004-10-30 Thread Victor McAllister
(simple write protect). It is used in cojunction with WINSCP3 to keep the modules needed for mounting the CF on another machine. The order you use in insmod or rmmod the modules is important. #! /bin/ash # by Victor McAllister # rm-ide # This script removes various modules to # disable

[leaf-user] Re: Wrap vs Soekris

2004-10-30 Thread Victor McAllister
Eric House wrote: Victor, I saw your post on the LEAF list on getting going with a WRAP board. I have a Soekris (4501) and need another, and can't decide whether to go with what I'm familiar with or to use the excuse to try something new. Do you have any opinions on which is the better board for

[leaf-user] 2.4.26 kernel for wd1100.o

2004-10-30 Thread Victor McAllister
According to Erich Titl's instructions on LEAF. Quote: The Bering kernel has the softdog driver compiled statically into the kernel. It must be made a module in order to use the wd1100 driver. uClibc seems to use both softdog and wd1100 as modules but the WRAP board still does not reboot with

Re: [leaf-user] WinSCP with Bering Uclibc 2.2.2 (Dropbear)

2004-11-08 Thread Victor McAllister
Troy Aden wrote: Hello list. I am trying to get WinSCP to connect to my Bering box running Dropbear. I know that I am being authenticated because I have tried it with a false password and gotten rejected. What happens is that it tells me starting the session and times out I am allowing shh

Re: [leaf-user] Dropbear

2004-11-15 Thread Victor McAllister
Joe Nelson wrote: I seem to be missing the scp binary in my particular dropbear.lrp. I'm using version 0.38 of dropbear. Any ideas on what to do? Is it as simple as grabbing a new lrp for dropbear or would I have to replace keys, etc? Thanks. dropbear has scp client built in. I use winscp3

Re: [leaf-user] Dropbear

2004-11-15 Thread Victor McAllister
use that, but I want to be sure that my keys aren't messed up etc. (This is a production system with clients on it.) Any idea if I'll need to make new keys if I drop in a new dropbear.lrp? -Original Message- From: Victor McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 15

Re: [leaf-user] Weblet + WebConf

2004-11-27 Thread Victor McAllister
Marko Nurmenniemi wrote: There is a minor problem in using these two tools at the same firewall. Logging in weblet is unable to draw summaries Pretty Shorewal Logs if I delete logs from webconf side. This seems to be due to...deleting the log-file.Some other functions are also miss behaving

Re: [leaf-user] 2.4.26 IDE Modules for Soekris

2004-12-03 Thread Victor McAllister
Joe Nelson wrote: I'm trying to get the newest kernel installed on my Soekris net4501. In the past I've used the following three modules: /kernel/drivers/ide/ide-mod.o /kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.o /kernel/drivers/ide/ide-probe-mod.o I only see /kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.o in the latest kernel

Re: [leaf-user] Leaf.cfg?

2004-12-03 Thread Victor McAllister
Joe Nelson wrote: I've been running on a really old version of LEAF and have been trying to upgrade it. I'm trying to get Bering-uClibc 2.2.2 going. Some of the config files are a little different than what I'm used to. I'm running this on a Soekris with a CF card. Before, I had a syslinux.cfg

[leaf-user] http server on LEAF

2004-12-17 Thread Victor McAllister
I am in need of a simple static web server running on a fanless compact flash box. I have used LEAF for so long that it jis easier to run the box on LEAF than to figure out how to get a minimal system from a redhat. (It will not run on the same box as the firewall.) I found an old version of

Re: [leaf-user] Can't save configuration files

2005-01-19 Thread Victor McAllister
Thomas Ginestet wrote: Thomas Ginestet wrote: Hi all, I have successfully installed a Bering 1.2 on my Soekris net4521 but i have a little problem because i can't save any parameters in the config files ( i.e: ip adresses ). I establish the connection to the soekris with serial port (using

Re: [leaf-user] Are shorewall rules transitive?

2005-01-21 Thread Victor McAllister
Tibbs, Richard wrote: Folks, are the rules: accept loc fw tcp 22 accept fw net tcp 22 equivalent to accept loc net tcp 22 TIA, Rick. No. The first one says the local net can access the firewall with ssh The second one says the firwall can accept ssh connections from the whole net (you should

[leaf-user] cfprotec.lrp for uClibc

2005-03-21 Thread Victor McAllister
I made a package called cfprotec to remove the modules from a uClibc box that boots on a Compact Flash. There is no start up script - it just installs two scripts that can be run manually or perhaps run from profile. One script removes the modules for accessing the compact flash - essentially

Re: [leaf-user] Extremely poor throughput

2005-04-27 Thread Victor McAllister
Robert K Coffman Jr - Info From Data Corporation wrote: Just throwing this out there and see if anyone has any ideas. I have an old P75 with 2 PCI slots and 4 ISA slots. I've been using this as a Bering 1.2 router at a customer location. They asked me to add an additional NIC to it to support

Re: [leaf-user] Beringuclibc 2.2.3 on Hard disk

2005-05-12 Thread Victor McAllister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am a new comer to Bering. I managed to install Bering-uclibc 2.2.3 and create a bootable hard drive. I have two questions: 1. If I would like to add other packages at a later stage to the hard disk, what is the best way through a lan? 2. During installation,

Re: [leaf-user] Beringuclibc 2.2.3 on Hard disk

2005-05-12 Thread Victor McAllister
# by Victor McAllister # rm-ide # This script removes modules for # access to the CF ide disk echo MODULES=ide-disk ide-detect ide-core BOOTDIR=/boot/lib/modules LIBDIR=/lib/modules for MODULE in ${MODULES} do rmmod ${MODULE} rm ${BOOTDIR}/${MODULE}.o rm ${LIBDIR}/${MODULE}.o done echo echo

Re: [leaf-user] ide flash drive question

2005-07-14 Thread Victor McAllister
Andrew Nance wrote: I want to run a 32 MB IDE flash memory as my HD for bering uclibc 2.2.3. According to the directions, I need to give it a first bootable partition and DOS format it. Call me a stupid noob but I don't know how to do that. The drive is 6 months old but I have never ever used

Re: [leaf-user] ide flash drive question

2005-07-14 Thread Victor McAllister
Andrew Nance wrote: I want to run a 32 MB IDE flash memory as my HD for bering uclibc 2.2.3. According to the directions, I need to give it a first bootable partition and DOS format it. Call me a stupid noob but I don't know how to do that. The drive is 6 months old but I have never ever used

Re: [leaf-user] inital install boot problem: bering uclibc 2.2.3, soekris 4501

2005-07-16 Thread Victor McAllister
d tatum wrote: i'm trying to configure my soekris 4501 with bering uclibc 2.2.3. it was working fine with 2.2.0, and if i put the old 2.2.0 CF card back in and boot, it works perfectly. i have been using LEAF since LRP materhorn days, but only on one or two machines, so installs don't happen

Re: [leaf-user] CF Card Issues

2005-07-27 Thread Victor McAllister
Richard Amerman wrote: I just backed up all the files off that CF card, did a scandisk and it looks like it fixed everything. I now changed my /etc/init.d/reboot to umount my CF card before rebooting. Though I will plan on always unmounting the CF card when I do not need it. Richard

Re: [leaf-user] Security and LEAF Bering UClibc

2005-08-03 Thread Victor McAllister
forgot to SCP the files to /lib/modules. fi * * * * * #! /bin/ash # by Victor McAllister # rm-ide # This script removes modules for # access to the CF ide disk echo MODULES=ide-disk ide-detect ide-core BOOTDIR=/boot/lib/modules LIBDIR=/lib/modules for MODULE in ${MODULES} do rmmod ${MODULE

Re: [leaf-user] Can't use WCP with Bering UcLibc Beta 4 on CF

2005-08-19 Thread Victor McAllister
Troy Aden wrote: This is strange for some reason I can't use WINSCP to access my Bering box. (I can use ssh fine via cmd line - putty) I could use it fine before. But since I switched to Bering beta 4 on CF whenever I try and login it tells me command/bin/sh failed.. Can anyone help me out

Re: [leaf-user] Re: Can't use WCP with Bering UcLibc Beta 4 on CF

2005-08-21 Thread Victor McAllister
kwon wrote: On 8/19/2005 13:25, Troy Aden wrote: This is strange for some reason I can't use WINSCP to access my Bering box. (I can use ssh fine via cmd line - putty) I could use it fine before. But since I switched to Bering beta 4 on CF whenever I try and login it tells me command/bin/sh

Re: [leaf-user] SCP/SFTP

2005-12-22 Thread Victor McAllister
Doug Sampson wrote: Oh, and I should add that I am using dropbear. ~Doug I'm building a stock Bering uClibc 2.3.1 router and am trying to connect using WinSCP 3.7.6 from the internal network. I keep getting a time-out. Error message says Server refused to start a shell/command. I can

Re: [leaf-user] ez-ipupd

2006-03-24 Thread Victor McAllister
C.Dummy wrote: Hello I successfully installed this package. After longer time I'm loosing ip number. When I do /etc/init.d/ez-ipupd stop it says ez-ipupd error:already stopped. Than I do /etc/init.d/ez-ipupd start and connects no problem request successfully. I'm using dsl so I have put line

Re: [leaf-user] Personal bounty for Bering on WRAP1c - $50US

2006-10-11 Thread Victor McAllister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, Since I have had my Linux manhood totally squashed under the seemingly simple task of geting Bering up on a PC Engines WRAP 1c and after two weeks of effort, I'm now prepared to offer a $50 US bounty via paypal or direct mailed check to the first person

Re: [leaf-user] shell scripts

2006-10-19 Thread Victor McAllister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been running a couple of shell scripts on my Bering 2.# box to do some nightly maint work. I had them in the /root directory and saved them by backing up root. My understanding is that with ver 3 this no longer occurs. Only the config files are saved. I

Re: [leaf-user] PC Engines WRAP - Easiest Install?

2006-12-07 Thread Victor McAllister
Martin Hejl wrote: Hi Eric, I have spent a while digging around in the documentation and the archives and have yet to find the answer I am looking for. I have a PCEngines WRAP with a EMP-8602 (wireless card) VPN1411 (VPN Accelerator). I am using a 3.0GB microdrive. I am trying to

[leaf-user] PC Engines docs missing

2006-12-21 Thread Victor McAllister
I really appreciate uClibc 3.0 - upgrading is so simple. Thank you. I am not complaining - just pointing out some documentation links that are 404. In Chapter 13, LEAF for the PC Engines WRAP found here http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucu-sc1100.html and here

Re: [leaf-user] uClibc 3.0 and /etc/init.d

2007-01-16 Thread Victor McAllister
Bob Coffman Jr - Info From Data wrote: First of all, thanks to the developers for uClibc 3.0. Very nice work. My question is about saving the configuration. I've added a file to /etc/init.d, however, it is not retained when I save the config nor when I save the modules. I would expect

[leaf-user] ulibc 3.1b2 to keep link active

2007-12-29 Thread Victor McAllister
After much procrastination, I finally upgraded a WRAP box to 3.1b2 and it works great. I had to read up on the changes, because I had been running version 2 but it was well worth the upgrade. Future upgrades should be handled almost automatically. Thanks to the uClibc Bering team for the

Re: [leaf-user] Serial access to pristine Bering image

2008-01-01 Thread Victor McAllister
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: On Wednesday 19 December 2007 16:36:40 Mats Erik Andersson wrote: Hello all, would it be a serious security flaw to arrange that at least the bootfloppy provides a serial console in

Re: [leaf-user] ezipupd question

2008-01-21 Thread Victor McAllister
done this with ppoe but not with dhcpcd. On Jan 21, 2008 12:54 AM, Victor McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Last week I set up a uClibc 3.1b3 for a friend using dhcpcd to configure eth0. Now I want to assign a dns name to the box. I haven't run

[leaf-user] ALIX board

2008-02-01 Thread Victor McAllister
Has anyone tried LEAF on the PC Engines ALIX board? If so, what are your experiences? watchdog? It is cheaper and smaller than Soekris. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R)

Re: [leaf-user] ALIX board

2008-02-03 Thread Victor McAllister
Martin Hejl wrote: Victor McAllister wrote: Has anyone tried LEAF on the PC Engines ALIX board? If so, what are your experiences? watchdog? It is cheaper and smaller than Soekris. I don't have any experience yet, but a few ALIX boards will hopefully arrive at my office in the next

Re: [leaf-user] OpenNTP daemon dying after several days on Bering-uClibc 3.1-beta3

2008-04-06 Thread Victor McAllister
davidMbrooke wrote: Hi, Is anyone else having problems with the OpenNTP daemon dying? I'm running openntpd 3.9p1 Rev 3 uClibc 0.9.28, part of Bering-uClibc 3.1-beta3. I start it, it runs fine for a few days, then it stops. I normally only notice when the clocks on the internal network

Re: [leaf-user] Help with dnscache

2008-12-23 Thread Victor McAllister
Brent Gardner wrote: I have a machine running Bering-uClibc v3.0.2. The machine runs dnscache to provide name resolution for a group of machines. The machine also runs tinydns to provide DNS information about a local domain called corp.local. In order to get dnscache to serve

Re: [leaf-user] Write Protect

2009-08-10 Thread Victor McAllister
you have to keep a copy of three modules on your desktop machine and scp / winscp them over as needed. If you command a reboot, the machine is restored to read write status since the scripts are only run manually via ssh. ** #! /bin/ash # rm-ide by Victor McAllister # This script

Re: [leaf-user] Write Protect

2009-08-11 Thread Victor McAllister
Gordon Bos wrote: Victor McAllister wrote: Write protected hardware requires physical access to the LEAF box. A software write protect has the advantage that you can set and unset the read and write access to the boot media with putty, ssh. I use two scripts loaded by local.lrp

Re: [leaf-user] Problems with Bering uclibc 3.1.1 beta3 on Soekris

2010-07-25 Thread Victor McAllister
On 7/25/2010 1:06 PM, Tim Wegner wrote: I have been happily running various verions of lrp for many years. most recently, LEAF Bering-uClibc 2.3 uClibc 0.9.20 Rev 3 on a headless Soekris net 4801 box. This has been running for five years are so with no problems. I want to upgrade to 3.1.1,

[leaf-user] trying Bering 4 on WRAP box

2010-12-22 Thread Victor McAllister
I did the following to build my compact flash. I put syslinux on a Compact flash and copied the files to the CF from a windows box. I the booted the 486 iso version the CF attached through a USB port mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt1 to mount the compact flash *** edited syslinux.cfg like this

[leaf-user] dhcpcd does not forget the old static address

2010-12-29 Thread Victor McAllister
I am using Bering 3.1 which has been running without fail for over a year. I had a static IP and recently changed to dhcp. I purged all record of the old address in /etc/network/interfaces, added dhcp on eth0. Then I shut off the router so it would reboot with no remembrance of temporary

Re: [leaf-user] Problems with BlackBerry device and Leaf Router

2011-01-01 Thread Victor McAllister
On 1/1/2011 4:19 PM, Jim Dancer wrote: Hi - I have been using Leaf for a while (currently running 3.1.1- latest 2.4 kernel) and have not really had any complaints at all but recently my wife acquired a BlackBerry Torch but she cannot connect to the internet using our local Wifi setup. We are

Re: [leaf-user] bering 4.0 and wrap pcs

2011-01-20 Thread Victor McAllister
On 1/20/2011 5:38 PM, Trev Peterson wrote: Hello there, I'm interested in testing the 4.0 betas on wrap pc boards but want to make sure I don't waste/duplicate work already done. I see the ide drivers for the wrap are not in beta1 but are marked for inclusion in beta2. As such I have the

[leaf-user] wd1100 watchdog

2011-06-02 Thread Victor McAllister
I use several old Wrap and Soekris boxes running leaf firewalls. (Too cheap to replace with ALIX!!!) Bering 4.0 has some great features and implements easily on these boards. Thank you to the development team. One thing I did not find is a WD1100 watchdog module for the 2.6 kernel. Eric Titl

[leaf-user] ip_conntrack

2011-06-08 Thread Victor McAllister
Using Bering 4.0 on WRAP (486 serial) - when logged in as root cat /proc/net/ip_conntrack lists the ports and the connections work ok. however using webconf clicking on active connections it reports cat can't open '/proc/net/ip_conntrack': permission denied

[leaf-user] LEAF developers great work

2011-11-25 Thread Victor McAllister
I have been running home built routers since the Linux Router Project days. I just updated a few WRAP and Soekris boxes with 4.1.1Beta1 running WPA2 wireless g (ath9k). The word kudos means praise and renown. Although LEAF does not get a lot of renown - the project is worthy of praise. I use

Re: [leaf-user] Trying to upgrade to Bering-uClibc 4.x

2012-04-11 Thread Victor McAllister
On 4/11/2012 7:32 AM, Brad Klinghagen wrote: I am trying to upgrade my current firewall which is using LEAF Bering uClibc 3.x something. I'm taking things cautiously because I had read information about changes with the 4.x version, especially around Shorewall, so I wanted to take things

[leaf-user] dnsmasq caching

2012-04-28 Thread Victor McAllister
Anyone use dnsmasq for locally caching dns requests? It does not seem to be setup for local caching in its default configuration. Anyone tried it and can comment on its efficiency? Victor -- Live Security Virtual

[leaf-user] dnsmasq experiments

2012-05-04 Thread Victor McAllister
I have been playing with dnsmasq to see if I can improve the way it functions on my 3 network wrap box. here are some of the changes I made to dnsmasq.conf domain-needed bogus-priv I use dhcp-host= to configure each client ** TO prevent windows boxes from filling the daemon log up with

[leaf-user] 4.2.1 Geode serial version problem with iptables

2012-05-14 Thread Victor McAllister
I am using the same leaf.cfg as I used on a 486 serial version 4.2.1rc1 box. However, shorewall wont run. #apkg -l /initrd root copnfig etc modules license mawk iptables ip6tables libm perl shorwall dnsmasq dropbear local mhttpd webconf hostapd libnl libssl libcrpto configdb moddb #svi

[leaf-user] pixelserv.pl

2012-06-11 Thread Victor McAllister
I am thinking of using a spare WRAP box on my network to serve up a transparent single pixel gif using a DNS list of known ad servers through dnsmasq. Anyone one done this with LEAF? Victor -- Live Security Virtual

[leaf-user] dnsmasq problem?

2012-07-03 Thread Victor McAllister
I am running LEAF 4.2.1 Every once in a while i run into long pauses trying to resolve an a DNS address. I have 3 internal networks (one wireless) all of which look to the router for DNS. My /etc/reslov.conf nameserver 127.0.0.1 nameserver isps dns numbers nameserver 192.168.1.254

Re: [leaf-user] dnsmasq problem?

2012-07-06 Thread Victor McAllister
On 7/3/2012 11:24 PM, Erich Titl wrote: Hi Victor at 03.07.2012 19:37, Victor McAllister wrote: I am running LEAF 4.2.1 Every once in a while i run into long pauses trying to resolve an a DNS address. I have 3 internal networks (one wireless) all of which look to the router for DNS. My

Re: [leaf-user] dnsmasq problem?

2012-07-08 Thread Victor McAllister
On 7/8/2012 4:42 AM, n22e113 wrote: I put the dns servers in a separate file /etc/dns.conf to decouple dnsmasq from resolv.conf. This file only has the IPs of my ISPs DNS servers. resolve.conf only has 127.0.0.1 Hi, Victor, I have the same setup as yours, a separate file

Re: [leaf-user] Best place for own shell scripts

2012-11-25 Thread Victor McAllister
On 11/25/2012 6:53 AM, Markus Koelle wrote: Hi, where in LEAF filesystem is the recommended place to store own perl and shell scripts? The scripts should be saved with standard config backup mechanism. Cheers Markus Add the names of the scripts to local.lrp listing the directory and name

Re: [leaf-user] Hardware for LEAF-running WiFi router?

2012-12-06 Thread Victor McAllister
On 12/6/2012 9:30 AM, Eric House wrote: It's time to get a dedicated hackable WiFi router to replace the consumer-grade stuff I keep having to replace (while the Soekris and PCEngines boards running our LEAF firewalls just keep going.) Does this list maintain a -- list -- of hardware known to

[leaf-user] can't boot BVering 5B1

2013-03-31 Thread Victor McAllister
on a PC Engines ALIX I am using syslinux to boot Bering 5b1 serial Geode. The system boots until LINUXRC: Root: /dev/ram0 LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... LINUXRC: Generating default dirs... LINUXRC: Generating /tmp /var/log partitions ... LINUXRC: PKGPATH is empty or unset. Can not install

Re: [leaf-user] can't boot Bering 5B1

2013-04-01 Thread Victor McAllister
On 4/1/2013 5:41 AM, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: Am 01.04.2013 07:04, schrieb Victor McAllister: on a PC Engines ALIX I am using syslinux to boot Bering 5b1 serial Geode. The system boots until LINUXRC: Root: /dev/ram0 LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... LINUXRC: Generating default dirs

Re: [leaf-user] can't boot Bering 5B1

2013-04-01 Thread Victor McAllister
:26, Victor McAllister пишет: On 4/1/2013 5:41 AM, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: Am 01.04.2013 07:04, schrieb Victor McAllister: on a PC Engines ALIX I am using syslinux to boot Bering 5b1 serial Geode. The system boots until LINUXRC: Root: /dev/ram0 LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... LINUXRC

[leaf-user] still can't get Bering 5 to boot

2013-04-05 Thread Victor McAllister
I used syslinux 4 on compact flashes on a PC Engines ALIX geode version for serial. It loads up until LINUXRC: Root: /dev/ram0 LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... LINUXRC: Generating default dirs... LINUXRC: Generating /tmp /var/log partitions ... LINUXRC: PKGPATH is empty or unset. Can not

Re: [leaf-user] still can't get Bering 5 to boot

2013-04-06 Thread Victor McAllister
On 4/5/2013 11:08 PM, Andrew wrote: 06.04.2013 06:11, Victor McAllister пишет: I used syslinux 4 on compact flashes on a PC Engines ALIX geode version for serial. It loads up until LINUXRC: Root: /dev/ram0 LINUXRC: Looking for leaf.cfg... LINUXRC: Generating default dirs... LINUXRC

Re: [leaf-user] still can't get Bering 5 to boot

2013-04-06 Thread Victor McAllister
On 4/6/2013 12:47 AM, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: Am 06.04.2013 09:12, schrieb Victor McAllister: On 4/5/2013 11:08 PM, Andrew wrote: 06.04.2013 06:11, Victor McAllister пишет: I used syslinux 4 on compact flashes on a PC Engines ALIX geode version for serial. It loads up until LINUXRC: Root

[leaf-user] Bering 5 boot problems

2013-04-19 Thread Victor McAllister
I have not been able to boot either PC Engines WRAP or ALIX boards since version 4.2. It appears the reason is that boot modules pata_sc1200.ko is not in the 486.serial initmod used for the WRAP and pata_amd.ko is not in the Geode serial version used for ALIX. I tried to add the module

Re: [leaf-user] uclibc version

2013-08-05 Thread Victor McAllister
On 8/5/2013 6:55 AM, David Fallin wrote: is there a quick/easy way to tell what version we're running? we believe its either 4 or 5, but need to be sure. thanks! mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt cat /mnt/readme first line lists the LEAF Version uname -a gives the Linux version and the

[leaf-user] bering 5.0.1

2013-08-27 Thread Victor McAllister
I was running Leaf 4.2.1 because I could not get the latter versions to boot on my old PC Engines boxes. Just installed 5.0.1 on a PC Engines Geode with a wireless AP. Here are my notes. It was much easier to set up than the notes on the Bering uClibC 5 user guide. I think some of the users

[leaf-user] Leaf 5.0.1

2013-08-29 Thread Victor McAllister
just finished upgrading from version 4.2 to 5.0.1. my mini_httpd_log is filling up with this when I am using a browser connected to webconf from loc. GET /pix/logo1.gif HTTP/1.1 304 - http://192.168.1.254 GET /pix/logo2.gif HTTP/1.1 304 - http://192.168.1.254 I don't see a logo when using

Re: [leaf-user] Leaf 5.0.1

2013-08-29 Thread Victor McAllister
On 8/28/2013 11:00 PM, Victor McAllister wrote: just finished upgrading from version 4.2 to 5.0.1. my mini_httpd_log is filling up with this when I am using a browser connected to webconf from loc. GET /pix/logo1.gif HTTP/1.1 304 - http://192.168.1.254 GET /pix/logo2.gif HTTP/1.1 304

[leaf-user] NSA back doors

2013-09-05 Thread Victor McAllister
The Guardian has an interesting article on how to make it a little harder for NSA to read your encrypted traffic. Evidently they are tapping fiber, have compromised many routers and have back doors on lots of commercial software. The terrorists are not as dangerous to democracy as the spies.

Re: [leaf-user] NSA back doors

2013-09-09 Thread Victor McAllister
On 9/9/2013 9:50 AM, Mike Noyes wrote: On 09/09/2013 08:29 AM, Thomas Nail wrote: -snip- I totally believe that the NSA has and will continue to have significant eavesdropping and signals counter-intelligence capacity, including systems cracking and other nefarious measures. Intercepts have

Re: [leaf-user] NSA back doors

2013-09-09 Thread Victor McAllister
On 9/9/2013 6:28 AM, Mike Noyes wrote: On 09/05/2013 07:47 PM, Victor McAllister wrote: The Guardian has an interesting article on how to make it a little harder for NSA to read your encrypted traffic. Evidently they are tapping fiber, have compromised many routers and have back doors on lots

[leaf-user] 486 WRAP tests

2013-09-28 Thread Victor McAllister
A friend has run LEAF on 486 WRAP boxes for several years, which I set up for him. I recently upgraded his WRAP router to Bering 5.0.1 from 4.3. His system is on a cable network. He ran a speed test repeatedly before and after switching the system to 5.0.1. I know this is not a lab test, but

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