[speedtouch] Re: modem_run and two modems

2002-04-02 Thread Alex Bennee
Rob said: okies ... little more detail.. truing to fire up modem2 when modem1 is in use by ppp already :- albert# albert# /usr/local/bin/strace /usr/local/bin/modem_run -v 1 -d /dev/ugen1 -f /us r/local/libdata/mgmt.o -m snip open(/dev/ugen1.5, O_RDWR)= 4 ioctl(4,

[speedtouch] Re: stability

2002-03-27 Thread Alex Bennee
Although the user-mode drivers use kernel features such as pppd and usb they in themsleves shouldn't panic the kernel (thats half the point of them being user-mode). A kernel-panic is definatly a kernel problem (even if it is triggered by the user-mode code). Alex. Greg MATTHEWS said: I'm

[speedtouch] Re: Basic iptables firewall script

2002-03-21 Thread Alex Bennee
Richard A Lough said: If you run less than, say, eight IP addresses, you can add additional filtering, eg 192.168.1.1/28 True. But I'm gready so I use the whole class C address space on my lan, including a block of 100 or so DHCP'd addresses just for LAN parties :-) Alex

[Cooker-firewall] Cookfire homepage

2002-03-12 Thread Alex Bennee
It could just be me but when I search for cookfire stuff on the Mandrake site all I come across is this mailing list. I have a few quick questions if you could indulge.. 1. If I rsync cookfire can I create ISO's ala the normal cooker method 2. Does cookfire mirror cooker (same lib dependancies?)

Re: [Cooker-firewall] Cookfire homepage

2002-03-12 Thread Alex Bennee
Florin said: Hi there, ... and welcome to this mailing list :o) but let's get back to those sheep ... - cookfire is the iso (branch) of the old snf firewall based on 7.2. - the new firewall is not an iso anymore but a bunch rpm packages within cooker, the snf-language packages to be more

[speedtouch] Location of config data

2002-03-06 Thread Alex Bennee
Having just restarted my adsl link after 15 days of uniterrupted service I came across a problem with the adsl start script. Basically Ihadn't copied the config values into it so it failed to start adsl. This is going to be a problem for packages upgrading as config data will be lost if the

[speedtouch] Re: Strange network death when downloading a particular file

2002-03-04 Thread Alex Bennee
Tim Woodall said: Here is the command I am using to get a particular file: (wrapped) I wonder if there are any strange escape values in the file you downloaded. What version of ppp are you running? Alex www.bennee.com/~alex/ Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se

[speedtouch] Re: ameritech, pppoe v pppoa

2001-12-12 Thread Alex Bennee
hi -- i have a (chicago-based) ameritech dsl setup working for windows 98. i've checked that i can log in, that i have the right vpi vci numbers, etc. ameritech has us use a client called enternet (from efficient networks), which uses PPPoE to talk to the modem. Can I just check your

[speedtouch] New release

2001-12-12 Thread Alex Bennee
Is it worth doing another snapshot release of the code, and possibly putting a version number to it. Are there actually any issues that stop us putting out a 1.0 (or even 0.1) release and declaring it ready for public use? Alex. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se

[speedtouch] Re: New release

2001-12-12 Thread Alex Bennee
Alex Bennee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Is it worth doing another snapshot release of the code, and possibly putting a version number to it. Are there actually any issues that stop us putting out a 1.0 (or even 0.1) release and declaring it ready for public use? Alex. I think

[speedtouch] Re: Help with Mandrake 8.2

2001-12-07 Thread Alex Bennee
Be sure to ensure the adsl module is not started before any dependants (like the USB system or networking :-) You can alter this by setting th Snnadsl link number in your rc(345).d directory. I have it set to 87, i.e. pretty much after everything else has started. I also added a 60 second

[speedtouch] Re: Should I stop hacking the kernel module?

2001-11-27 Thread Alex Bennee
Duncan wrote: Anyway, I was hacking away on it the other day when a luminous thought struck me: Why not use the user space driver instead? Indeed. I think the user-space option offers a lot for people that just want to get it working with minimal fuss. I had tried to get the kernel- mode

[speedtouch] Re: PPPD does not reconnect, only after reboot!

2001-11-27 Thread Alex Bennee
pppd[2954]: PPPoATM plugin_init Mmm, your using the kernel-mode drivers? wrong list I'm afraid. The user- mode drivers use a plain old vanila pppd with an external program to to the AAL5 encapsulation. Alex. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire :

[speedtouch] Re: SMP or not ?

2001-11-26 Thread Alex Bennee
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 01:13:24AM +0100, Damien Charlet wrote: Before deciding between buying an USB modem or spending the sup. $$$ for an ethernet one, I'd like to know something: Are these drivers SMP safe ?? Edouard Gomez wrote: Our driver has been used successfully with SMP (Dual

[speedtouch] Re: Latest modem_run test results...

2001-11-16 Thread Alex Bennee
Alex, I have the same problem but found if you manually disconnect the ADSL line from the modem, at the socket or the cable junction, then try modem_run again it should work. I'm sure it would, unfortunatly my gateway machine sit in the celler at the bottom of my house and I sit in my

[speedtouch] Re: Latest modem_run test results...

2001-11-16 Thread Alex Bennee
I can have a go next week if anyone can answer the questions in my last mail? Alex. Ok i will try to fix modem_run as soon as possible though i don't have the time to do it as i'm currently working for a Linux install in my school (40 PC) (The pinguin will rule da school ;-) --

[speedtouch] Freshmeat entry

2001-11-16 Thread Alex Bennee
Ok things are pretty stable so I've posted an entry to freshmeat. Prepare to be /.'ed :-) Alex. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

[speedtouch] Re: PPP does not connect on FreeBSD

2001-11-13 Thread Alex Bennee
I'm no BSD guru so this may well be wrong. Does BSD have a /etc/chap/peers/ equivilent or is all authentication stored on the ppp config file? Alex. Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

[speedtouch] Re: ADSL Line is blocked? - (yellow

2001-11-04 Thread Alex Bennee
Adrian West wrote: Hamish, Thanks for that. - Interesting. I hear that the Alcatel takes more current than is prudent, from the usb. We have suggested to some people to get powered hubs to ensure the device gets all the powwr it needs. I don't know if this worked, anyone else to

[speedtouch] Re: ADSL Line is blocked? - (yellow light;terminates...)

2001-11-02 Thread Alex Bennee
I'm interested to hear that you have managed to make it work though - that is encouraging. Quite a few people here have BT/Alcatel setups recently, and the success has been very mixed. I think you are the first person I have heard of who has a completely successful installation - our best

[speedtouch] Re: ADSL Line is blocked? - (yellow light;terminates...)

2001-11-02 Thread Alex Bennee
As soon as I get my home setup to the point where modem_run succeeds, I'll try that there! Let me know once you have tried the alternate driver/hardware/system tests for your USB. I guess I've been lucky with my USB subsystem. Did you say if your USB was onboard or an additional PCI card?

[speedtouch] Re: SpeedTouch under RH7.1 problems

2001-10-22 Thread Alex Bennee
Hi, I have downloaded the Linux speedtouch-20011007.tar.gz and followed the instructions on the howto at http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/speedtouch/user.en.php3. All seemed to Please note for future developments you should go to the sourceforge site (speedtouch.sf.net). go well until I

[speedtouch] Re: Possible Data Corruption?

2001-10-02 Thread Alex Bennee
alex wrote: On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 10:16, Hamish Marson wrote: I've just done a check with ethereal on both my laptop (NAT'ed), and directly from the firewall running the pppoa2/modem_run (i.e. No NAT). Looks like the sequence numbers are being screwed... Up until it stalls, the Next

[speedtouch] Re: Possible Data Corruption?

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Bennee
Well... That still didn't work. It seems to vary a lot more than before though. Now it affects individual files of certain sites. Currently I can download all of X 4.1.0 from xfree86, EXCEPT the extract and extract.exe files... Leading me to suspect (Again) it's data content related...

[speedtouch] Re: Firewall on a floppy with speedtouch support anyone?

2001-09-30 Thread Alex Bennee
Hi all, Does anyone know of a firewall-on-a-floppy (FoF) that supports the Alcatel Speedtouch? Not directly. However Smoothwall is a Firewall on a CD but will require some HD space. My setup is a hand-rolled version of Mandrake 7.2 SNF (although 8.1 I believe has rpms for it) Or is it

[speedtouch] Re: losing packets

2001-09-26 Thread Alex Bennee
There does seem to be some usb related errors in /var/log/pppoa2.log. That error is not evident in the last session. But, I tried pinging out from his box again but he is still experiencing about 77% packet loss. So, I don't know how relevant it is to this problem. Here is some

[speedtouch] Re: OAM Cells : a request to check your logs!

2001-09-25 Thread Alex Bennee
Wow. Guess what I have seen in my logs! Anyone know what VCI 7 is reserved for ? (OAM uses VCI 3 and 4). Not as many/random as Tony though. Alex Sep 19 07:09:38 gateway pppoa3[912]: Cell had wrong VPI(255)/VCI(7) (OAM?) PTI=0x00 Sep 19 07:09:38 gateway pppoa3[912]: Cell had wrong

[speedtouch] Re: OAM Cells : a request to check your logs!

2001-09-24 Thread Alex Bennee
Edouard wrote: I didn't expect such results... These cells can't be transmission errors because in this case it would have been a serie of random vpi/vci/pti cells and then an aal5 crc error caused by the transmission error. But there there's no crc error !! Don't wrong VPI/VCI and

[speedtouch] OAM Cells : a request to check your logs!

2001-09-21 Thread Alex Bennee
Hi, A month or so ago I added some code to the pppoa3 code base to dump reports of ATM cells that didn't match the VPI/VCI of the connection or had the OAM PTI bits set. I know OAM cells exist (ITU spec I.610 describes how they work) and I know they are seen on the windows drivers (as counter

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