Linux Networking

networking problem
I have two computers. Sheaf (192.168.0.2) runs Mandriva 2006, Porter (192.168.0.3) runs Ubuntu 5.10. They are connected to a NetGear Wireless ADSL router (model DG834G) (192.168.0.3), by ethernet cables. I can ping from sheaf to porter, but not from porter back to sheaf. Both machines can go through the rout... 26 Apr 2006 08:11

tandem proxies
Hi, My university requires that I use a proxy to get past the firewall to access the internet; however, I need to connect to another computer outside the university to access journals etc--the latter proxy requires authentication while the former does not. Currently, the way I have setup is to export a shell var... 25 Apr 2006 09:49

dhcpd.conf setup
Hi, I am trying to setup 2 NFS servers on a network. I am trying to write dhcpd.conf file that all servers in subnet to have 1 global nfs server name and some servers in that subnet to have different nfs server I have something like subnet subnet-number netmask netmask { option nfs_server x.x.x.x pool { ... 12 Apr 2006 19:25

HTTP past a blocked port 80?!
Hiya. A computer im doing some work on has an Internet connection (company provided) that blocks port 80 (Definitely ISP blocking port 80) . The need has come up to access hotmail (login page is HTTP), and i can't figure out a way to bypass the block. Anyone with some brilliant suggestions or clues? Much... 13 Apr 2006 20:52

Abuntu Instead...
For the compaq v2000 series I strongly recommend using the abuntu distro instead of Fedora. That is if all you want is a desktop computer not a developer WS. Abuntu is one of the most complete desktop distribution. It is so complete, that by default it makes use of the variable speed of the AMD Turion 30 in ... 9 Apr 2006 01:22

Marvell Gigabit Ethernet driver
Hi, I'm using a Aopen i915a-HFS Motherboard with a Marvell Gigabit Ethernet card. I already tried the sk98lin driver but it doesn't work. Did anyone successfully used this Card or know the driver for it ? regards Fred lspci: 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.: Unkno... 7 Apr 2006 19:57

ifcfg-VLAN
How does one configure the "ifcfg-eth" fiile, which already has an alias, for VLAN 10? Is this correct? --> ifcfg-eth1:1.10 Then assuming so, in the same manner, can I create three aliases, each with seperate VLANs? --> ifcfg-eth1:1.10 --> ifcfg-eth1:2.20 --> ifcfg-eth1:3.30 The reason for the alias ... 31 Mar 2006 17:24

SME Server - Teamspeak
I have recently installed SME server on an older pc to play with. I installed Teamspeak server on it and it works fine on my internal network. I allowed udp port 8767 passthrough to this server on my router, however the teamspeak server will only allow connections from pc's on my internal network. Is this maybe a l... 31 Mar 2006 11:51

Intel BG2200 problem
I tried to search for help, but I found nothing helpful. The problem is that I can make it working. I have Fedora Core 5, and I can see my card under ¨hardware" tab in ¨network configuration¨ tool. I tried to install firmware, drivers, 802.11 stack. I´try to present what I have: uname -r: 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 [roo... 29 Mar 2006 03:14

How to setup Display variable?
I am working on installing a software in a web server which has Linux running on it. I am connected to the server using SecureCRT. When I tried to run the installation program I got the following warning: " WARNING: This shell's DISPLAY variable has not been set. A valid display is required to execute this setu... 26 Mar 2006 02:39