Re: [newbie] Making DHCP work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > I subscribed to Road Runner (cable using DHCP) two weeks ago and am still > not able to use it... > I got rid of my first problem (making eth0 work) thanks to two Linux > angels, Michael and Greg, that I thank again. > > Now here is what's happening: > > * Eth0 seems to work like a charm (IRQ and IO are specified for eth0, the > boot says "OK" after "Configuring the Eth0 interface" and so on) What type of NIC are you using? > > * DHCPCD has been configured, and also seems to work. Indeed, when I type > "dhcpcd" it says "already running". When you run the command 'ps ax', what does it show for dhcpd? On my machine when running that command it shows; /usr/sbin/dhcpd eth1 If you only have one NIC installed it should say eth0. > > * When I use the command "ifconfig", I have a nice inet adress for eth0. What does ifconfig report eth0 address to be? > > * The "online" led of the cable modem they provided is flashing on and off. Is it doing that while you are trying to access the net or when not doing anything at all? > > > BUT > > * When I open netscape and type "www.linux.org" or any other adress it > answers "unable to locate the server bla bla bla". Can you ping yourself? Can you ping an address on the outside. What does your /etc/resolv.conf file say? I use Roadrunner and here is my resolv.conf; search wor.rr.com nameserver 24.94.163.38 nameserver 24.94.163.39 nameserver 24.94.163.34 Depending on your location, the nameserver addresses will of course vary. > > > I did not configure myself DHCPCD or any connection, I let Mandrake do it: > In Netconf, I simply used the "Basic Host Information" tab, enabling DHCP. > I didn't touch the other tabs as I do not understand that Networking stuff. > I guess there is something to do, and I am pretty sure it is something very > simple, but I don't know what... > > [My computer features a Pentium 733, 128 RAM, Tyan Trinity 400 motherboard. > Good stuff.] > > I thank the Linux angels who will save my computer life again! > > Nicolas
Re: [newbie] DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modem Setup
Another good floppy based Router/Firewall/dhcp/dhclient linux server is the Linux Router Project. It can be run on one floppy or depending on other services you want to run multiple floppies. I have been running the EigerStien2BETA image and has proven to be very stable and no fuss. There are other LRP images available if the word beta scares you. It and other LRP images can be found at lrp.c0wz.com and lrp.steinkuehler.net . I have mine setup to run DHCP, dhclient, dnscache, ipchains and portsentry. Noah Omamalin wrote: > Try www.freecisco.org, the site has a floopy drive > linux server software. It can do routing of your > single ip address and share it with your networked > computers. Also features print server, http server and > ppp modules. Get the Freesco027 version of the > software. I'm very impressed with it and have it > configured in an hour. I have already used it for my > internet cafe business. > > =] > > Noah > --- Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > Has any one had success setting a single Linux box > > using DHCP, pump and > > setting up > > your cable modem? If you have, I am very interested > > on how you got your > > Internet setup > > working. > > > > -- > > Roman > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modem Setup
"Thomas F. RuBane" wrote: > Hi Roman & All: > > I'm using Mandrake 7.1 (With an automatic install) > and a Netgear 310tx which is a tulip chipset compatible card. > My DSL service uses DHCP, but I haven't gotten that working either. I > entered all the information manually (I checked using winipcfg the get the > info). I have installed the dhcp-client. Previously, linux would recognize > eth0, but I could not get it up using ifconfig. I did a reinstall of linux, > and now doing ifconfig -a will not even show that there is an eth0 > interface. Have you set the NIC to use dhclient?
Re: [newbie] network problems
Alex Haun wrote: > I just installed Mandrake 7.1 on my system. At first, I installed > over 7.0 to keep all of my preferences and such, but because of a > recurring problem with the theme manager not changing the colors in > the panel and in windows (whereas in root it would work fine) I > decided to go ahead and do a clean install of 7.1. During the > installation, I entered the same network info that I was using for > 7.0 three days ago, yet after the install, when I boot into Linux, > I have no internet access. I've tried tweaking around in netconf > but it doesn't help. I have a 3com 3c905-B card and all the forums, > etc say that particular card always works. The only thing I know to > do is to reinstall 7.0, then upgrade to 7.1 on top of it (because > the internet worked when I did that). BUT... when I do that, > sometimes (seems random) the theme manager will not change the > colors of the pager and the windows (such as the window color when > you open the theme manager)... that's not hugely important, but > it's really annoying. Also, reinstalling over and over takes > FOREVER, since the size of 7.1 is greater than 7.0 (which is a good > thing: ). Is there ANY way to get this working inside 7.1 without > upgrading 7.0?? If upgrading is the best route (since networking > always worked in 7.0) how can I give users the correct permissions > so that the theme manager will work correctly? Thanks,Alex Haun You need to provide more information about how you have things configured, what services you have running, is this a cable connection, etc, etc. And please use plain text.
Re: [newbie] Lib's of 7.2 Beta
Burak Acar wrote: > Hi, > I have recently downloaded Mandrake 7.2 beta version, which I really need > to run my GeForce2 GTS video card properly. Installation was OK. However, > I need to run matlab (5.3) and it requires 'libdl.so.1' library. But 7.2 > has a newer version and I cannot install libdl.so.1 on top of a newer > version. And this new version is no good for matlab. > Any idea about what I can do to get the libdl.so.1 library and make it > used by matlab (and preferably only by matlab). > > Burak Using the older libary my break some other applications but to back down in revisions use this command: rpm -Uvh --oldpackage 'package.name.rpm'
Re: [newbie] large hard disk
Dennis Veatch wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > well for one dos fdisk is limited your bios settings will tell it something > > it cant comprehend, remember how we mention lilo only able to detect so many > > cylanders well in this case dos has the same limitations, my mom had the same > > That is why Linux-Mandrake developed GRUB, it does not have the problem with > 1024 cylinders > > > > > problem she bought a 20 gig hard drive and for some reason her computer only > > registered it as a 2 gig hard drive, this had allot to do with the bios > > settings, your ez bios is merely a program that has to continuley lie to dos > > however it apears not compatible with linux I was in error, Linux-Mandrake did not devlope GRUB, GRand Unified Bootloader, which was originally designed and implemented by Erich Stefan Boleyn. The rest of my statement is correct.
Re: [newbie] large hard disk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > well for one dos fdisk is limited your bios settings will tell it something > it cant comprehend, remember how we mention lilo only able to detect so many > cylanders well in this case dos has the same limitations, my mom had the same That is why Linux-Mandrake developed GRUB, it does not have the problem with 1024 cylinders > > problem she bought a 20 gig hard drive and for some reason her computer only > registered it as a 2 gig hard drive, this had allot to do with the bios > settings, your ez bios is merely a program that has to continuley lie to dos > however it apears not compatible with linux
Re: [newbie] sound cards
Larry Marshall wrote: > > > I think the significant thing in this thread (about whether removing > Windows drivers would help Linux) is whether Linux can get any > information from Windows device drivers. I'd submit the answer is, as I > suggested, no. You are correct. If you are dealing with a dual boot system, the only useful thing windows would be for is to identify IRQs, DMAs and the like. Since a dual boot system runs only one OS at time the two will never meet in the world of drivers. So once you know the IRQs, etc of a device it might be helpful in setting up Linux. However, depending on CMOS settings the device parameters could change across a reboot into Linux. So a partial answer is, turn off CMOS plug and play and if available on the device, jumper it to known IRQs, etc OR run its diagnostic software to change those settings. A great many NICs can be done with the later. > > > > detect what it is, or who made it. So using windows to find a known driver or > > using key things like serial or model numbers you can sort through the text > > Gee...I have that stuff written down in my computer log book...don't you > (grin)? > > Cheers --- Larry
Re: [newbie] Linux/Networking/Firewall
"Wignall, Mark T" wrote: > > In summary, my question is this. Is this the best/only approach I can take > in setting up my environment? Is there a way to accomplish this by setting > up my own route tables? The reason I ask is because when everything is > "idle" on my network, I see blips on the DSL modem about every 3 seconds or > so. I've narrowed it down to the bridge stuff, as I can bring the bridge > down, and the blipping stops. I don't know what is happening, and I don't > believe that the bridge is impacting performance much, still I don't know, > so I thought I'd pose the question to the experts out there. > > Thanks in advance, > Mark Wignall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am by no means an expert with routing, firewalls, etal. However have you considered the Linux Router Project (LRP)? I think it can do what you want from the gaming aspect plus a lot more. Its compact in size (the whole thing will fit on one floppy disk), will run on a 486 on up and a lot more. A good place to start is: http://lrp.c0wz.com/ Since you now have static IPs, my guess, it should be easy.
Re: [newbie] Printing in KDE
Larry Marshall wrote: > > Larry, I keep getting double messages from you. > > I keep getting double msgs of everything :-) I was beginning to think, > however, that this had to do with local filtering of inbound msgs but > maybe not. Are you not getting dupes from anyone else? Lots of people > have complained about that here. > > Cheers --- Larry No, so far just you.
Re: [newbie] Modem
Peter Rodrigues wrote: > Everytime I try o connect to the net, it says 'modem is busy'. What can I do > to resolve this? > _ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. Sounds like an IRQ conflict.
Re: [newbie] Printing in KDE
Larry Marshall wrote:
> Thanks for sharing Dennis. I'd try two things. First, just put "lp:" in
> front of the label "laserjet". I haven't done this with Linux but other
> versions of UNIX I've used allow this syntax (multiple labels). If that
> doesn't work, just replicate the laserjet definition and call it
> "lp" instead of "laserjet". This should cause lpr to send output just as
> lpr -P laserjet does. Hope this helps.
>
> Cheers --- Larry
>
> >
> > Here is my printcap:
> >
> > ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet4 600x600 letter {} LaserJet4 Default 1
> > laserjet:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/laserjet:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:\
> > :rm=laserjet:\
> > :rp=raw:\
> > :if=/var/spool/lpd/laserjet/filter:
Larry, I keep getting double messages from you.
Re: [newbie] Modem connection question
You probably do not want to hear this but get a real modem, it will make your life simpler. "Kirby J. Davis" wrote: I have been able to get Linux to recognize my LT Winmodem and dial my ISP. However, as soon as the connection is made it is immediately disconnected with the daemon dying unexpectedly. KPPP then locks up Linux and I have to reboot. Any ideas? Thanks.
[newbie] Printing in KDE
With the default install of LM71, I had problems printing from any application. That is could not at all. Running printtool was not problem and could even run the print tests and that confused me. If I could run those tests, why could I not print from Netscape, Abiword or drop a file on the desktop printer icon? Well in my case here is what I found wrong. 1. The printer icon default under the execute tab was; lpr %f. I changed it to lpr -P laserjet %f. Bingo. 2. In Netscape the print command defaults to; lpr. Changed it to lpr -P laserjet. Bingo 3. Abiword follows the same situation as Netscape. As far as I can tell at this time when I have a printing problem it has been with the defaults that application has for printing AND nothing to do with printcap, lpd, lpr, lpc, etc, etc, etc. To say the least I am not particularly impressed with this bit of KDE/Linux/Mandrake or where ever it may fall. I do not consider it to be a high expectation for an application to figure out what printers a system has available. If it can figure out it needs lpr, then somewhere along the line it should present me with a choice of printers listed in printcap. There was one app that did present me with a choice, though I do not remember which one it was.
Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd
Greg Stewart wrote: > This is starting to sound like my experience with my MDK server attempt. > > What security level did you install... you may wish to explore the msec > scripts to see if there's something in there that's blocking the login. I > spent days ripping the crap out of those scripts and still couldn't figure > it out, but I got too frustrated and installed my server with another > distro. > > It's just a suggestion, hope you find what's going on--if you do, let me > know, maybe I can fix the install I had (I saved the hard drive wondering > whether I would one day figure out what was causing my frustration). > > --Greg > > - Original Message - > From: "Tyler Longren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Well, my ListenAddress was at 0.0.0.0, and it didn't work, so I changed > > it to 192.168.1.2. I suppose I'll change it back to 0.0.0.0. Also, I > > already have re-installed openssh. I installed it once, had these > > problems, so I decided to re-install, and I still have the same > > problems. :) I had no problems with OpenSSH. But then I installed the system using the expert mode which will ask you to install crypto stuff. I selected everything EXCEPT the netscape stuff. So perhaps there is a piece missing. My system is also running the secure kernel.
Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd
Then I suppose the problem could be on the other server you are trying to connect. Tyler Longren wrote: > Well, my ListenAddress was at 0.0.0.0, and it didn't work, so I changed > it to 192.168.1.2. I suppose I'll change it back to 0.0.0.0. Also, I > already have re-installed openssh. I installed it once, had these > problems, so I decided to re-install, and I still have the same > problems. :) > > sorry for all the trouble... > > Tyler > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Veatch > Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 4:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd > > Tyler Longren wrote: > > > I tried connecting to 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.2, and VectraXW > > Ah, I should have looked at my sshd.config. Change your listen address > to > 0.0.0.0. See what that does for you. > > Below is my sshd.config. I noticed also you do not have a random seed > entry. > You may want to try regenerating your keys and if that does not work, I > would > suggest reinstalling ssh. > > # This is ssh server systemwide configuration file. > > Port 22 > ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 > HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key > RandomSeed /etc/ssh/ssh_random_seed > ServerKeyBits 768 > LoginGraceTime 600 > KeyRegenerationInterval 3600 > PermitRootLogin yes > IgnoreRhosts no > StrictModes yes > QuietMode no > X11Forwarding yes > X11DisplayOffset 10 > FascistLogging no > PrintMotd yes > KeepAlive yes > SyslogFacility DAEMON > RhostsAuthentication no > RhostsRSAAuthentication yes > RSAAuthentication yes > PasswordAuthentication yes > PermitEmptyPasswords no > UseLogin no > # CheckMail no > # PidFile /u/zappa/.ssh/pid > #AllowHosts > # DenyHosts lowsecurity.theirs.com *.evil.org evil.org > # Umask 022 > # SilentDeny yes
Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd
Tyler Longren wrote: > I tried connecting to 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.2, and VectraXW Ah, I should have looked at my sshd.config. Change your listen address to 0.0.0.0. See what that does for you. Below is my sshd.config. I noticed also you do not have a random seed entry. You may want to try regenerating your keys and if that does not work, I would suggest reinstalling ssh. # This is ssh server systemwide configuration file. Port 22 ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key RandomSeed /etc/ssh/ssh_random_seed ServerKeyBits 768 LoginGraceTime 600 KeyRegenerationInterval 3600 PermitRootLogin yes IgnoreRhosts no StrictModes yes QuietMode no X11Forwarding yes X11DisplayOffset 10 FascistLogging no PrintMotd yes KeepAlive yes SyslogFacility DAEMON RhostsAuthentication no RhostsRSAAuthentication yes RSAAuthentication yes PasswordAuthentication yes PermitEmptyPasswords no UseLogin no # CheckMail no # PidFile /u/zappa/.ssh/pid #AllowHosts # DenyHosts lowsecurity.theirs.com *.evil.org evil.org # Umask 022 # SilentDeny yes
Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd
Tyler Longren wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I recently installed OpenSSH. I want sshd to accept ssh connections. I > start sshd by typing sshd. Then, to connect, I do ssh 127.0.0.1 (I'm > running as root). It asks for roots password, so I enter root's password, > and it says "Permission denied, please try again" After doing that 3 > times, it diplays: "Permission denied (publickey,password). I also ran > ssh-keygen as root. It saved my key in /root/.ssh/identity, and I entered > a passphrase, but still no luck. > > Can anybody help me get sshd working correctly? > > Thanks!!! > Tyler Longren Instead of 127.0.0.1, try the address you have giving the host.
Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing
I should have read your reply before sending mine off to Bascule. That was better than my point-point reply. The firewall as I have it set up does most all you mentioned. I opted for the easy way out and used the Linux Router Project, notably Charles Steinkulers diskimages. As for the bad form of running most all those things on one box. I agree, however, as you saw its just a couple of workstations and a printer. Besides the ipchains, there is a dnscache, dhcp, ssh, dhclient and portsentry (for grins). - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing > Bascule, > > In his diagram, Dennis indicates that the two workstations are DHCP clients. > Since he is on a private network, behind a firewall, and does not include a > separate server for the DHCP provider service, the firewall itself could > very well be the DHCP server--although he may have another server on his > network doing the job. > > A firewall, can be simply that, a firewall, and nothing else. Or, it can be > several things at the same time... in this case, possibly a DHCP server. It > can also be a router...but not necessarily so. > > As a firewall that "masquerades" an internal, private network, it is doing > some routing tasks, but not all. So, it is "sort of" a router, but not > really. A true router will separate segments of a network by the subnet > mask, and isolate network traffic that does not belong on the other > segments, keeping the different segments nice and "quiet". > > A router can also act as a DHCP server if it is set up to do so. And, to > complicate things even further, a router can also be a firewall. And, in > fact, a router can be a DHCP serving, firewalling, packet-forwarding, DNS > serer if you really, really, r-e-a-l-l-y, wanted it to be. But that's giving > the poor machine a bit of work to do all at the same time, and if you're on > a large internal network, it's not considered "good practice". > > Does that clear things up a bit? Or, have I successfully confused the issue > beyond repair? :-) > > --Greg > > > > - Original Message - > From: "bascule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > could i jump in and ask a couple of questions that might help me > > understand your diagram? i can't help you i'm afraid but i think i might > > learn something from any future answers to your query, does dhcp mean > > that the box is being given it's ip address by a dhcp server? (or is > > being a server - only one needed though right?) in which case which is > > the dhcp server, the firewall? (is this what is called a router?), is > > your network printer configured via the network or by physical switches > > etc.(i.e. how do you assign it an ip?) > > i hope you don't mind my butting in but i am interested in networking > > questions > > > > bascule > > > > > __ > Vous avez un site perso ? > 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! > Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif > > >
Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing
- Original Message - From: "bascule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing > could i jump in and ask a couple of questions that might help me > understand your diagram? i can't help you i'm afraid but i think i might > learn something from any future answers to your query, does dhcp mean > that the box is being given it's ip address by a dhcp server? Yes. The dhcp server is actually a 486 box I'm using as a firewall. >(or is > being a server - only one needed though right?) in which case which is > the dhcp server, the firewall? (is this what is called a router?), Not sure what you mean by that first part. If I understand you right, yes, only one dhcp server is needed. The primary function of the box IS to be a firewall. I could have as easily used static IPs instead of dynamic. Since RoadRunner uses dhcp for my internet address, I figured I would just carry on with dhcp. >is your network printer configured via the network or by physical switches > etc.(i.e. how do you assign it an ip?) With the Jetdirect, the printers IP can be done via HPs webjet software, their JetAdmin software or telnet from a workstation. > i hope you don't mind my butting in but i am interested in networking > questions > Not a problem. > bascule > > > > > Now that you got the picture, the obvious reason for this message is > > the difficulty of getting the Linux box to sent print jobs to the > > laser printer. > > > > The printer is configured to use gateway 192.168.1.200 though I do not > > think this is correct. I have tired it with and without a gateway and > > neither works. > > > > One thing I am confused about is what to enter as the remote queue > > when using printtool. Which by the I can ping, telnet, run the > > printtool test pages and all works just fine. > > > > The only problem I am having is printing from any KDE appications > > including Netscape. When attempting to print nothing happens, that is > > to say, there are no errors that pop up and no port actvity for the > > printer. > > > > Any idea what I am doing wrong here? This should be a simple thing to > > do and yet it has me stumped. This should probably be on the experts > > list. > > > > TIA > > Dennis Veatch >
[newbie] HP Jetdirect printing
Here is my setup of things: | RoadRunner |-- | Firewall | ||192.168.1.254 - Private Network | | _ | |__ | Hub | | |_|-- _ | | | | |-- | LM 7.1 | __ | Jet Direct | |_| | | | HP LJ4Plus | DHCP | Win98SE | || |_| 192.168.1.200 DHCP Now that you got the picture, the obvious reason for this message is the difficulty of getting the Linux box to sent print jobs to the laser printer. The printer is configured to use gateway 192.168.1.200 though I do not think this is correct. I have tired it with and without a gateway and neither works. One thing I am confused about is what to enter as the remote queue when using printtool. Which by the I can ping, telnet, run the printtool test pages and all works just fine. The only problem I am having is printing from any KDE appications including Netscape. When attempting to print nothing happens, that is to say, there are no errors that pop up and no port actvity for the printer. Any idea what I am doing wrong here? This should be a simple thing to do and yet it has me stumped. This should probably be on the experts list. TIA Dennis Veatch
