On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 12:15:45AM +0200, Cleto Pescia wrote: > I've run into a weird problem trying to have a PowerMac G4 with MacOS 9.1 > connect to a Debian Linux 2.2 box (kernel 2.2.18). > A friend of mine has a small network of Macs, with several releases of > MacOS, all connected to a Debian 2.2 box acting as firewall / IP > masquerading server for Internet connection. Netatalk is installed and > working as expected, even on the G4. What does not work at all is the > TCP/IP connection between G4 and the Debian server. Only a tiny fraction > of packets is detected by tcpdump when using ping. But ping works from and > to the G4 for all other systems. All IP addresses used internally are > static and belong to the 192.168.1.0 Class C, with the Debian systems' > Ethernet interface configured as 192.168.1.1. > Oddly enough, when I substituted the Debian box with a similar > FreeBSD server, the problem disappeared. > > Does anyone know if this problem is due to a flawed TCP/IP stack in > MacOS 9.1?
hmm! i've got mac os 9 on my powerbook and it connects to the wwweb via my potato 2.2.17 ipmasquerading firebox, just fine. curious! -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #10 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking to run a command or two at REGULAR INTERVALS? Try "crontab -e" for starters (see "man cron" or "man crontab"). You might also investigate the "anacron" package. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...