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Re: [Wlug] Cable Modem

by John Stoffel

Bill> I'm about to take the plunge and get hooked up to Charter Cable Bill> for internet access. Does anyone have any Bill> experience/recommendations for cable modems? Is it better to Bill> buy my own, and from where? I just ended up buying it from Charter, since they're really hard to find elsewhere. I'm happy with the Motorola SurfBoard I've got now. John

Feb. 28, 2001

Cable Modem

by Bill Mills-Curran

I'm about to take the plunge and get hooked up to Charter Cable for internet access. Does anyone have any experience/recommendations for cable modems? Is it better to buy my own, and from where? TIA, Bill

Feb. 28, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Network problem: mine or theirs?

by ccb＠acm.org

Hmmm. Perhaps they have a proxy in-line and the proxy is having trouble. ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. VA LiNUX Systems Systems Engineer, Northeast US 25 Burlington Mall Rd., Suite 300 +1 617 543-6513 Burlington, MA 01803-4145 ccb(a)valinux.com www.valinux.com

Feb. 26, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Network problem: mine or theirs?

by Andy Stewart

Hi all, I've isolated this problem to one machine on my home network. Other machines on my home network seem to be OK. That would put the problem in the "mine" category. :-) Now, to figure out what's going on..... It appears not to be DNS as a ping command to a variety of hosts at least returns the correct IP address. Time to do more investigation. Later, Andy Frank Sweetser wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 10:20:34AM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a problem accessing the Internet. On precisely every other attempt, I > > get failures. > > > > For example, every other unique URL I click in Netscape gives me the following > > error: > > > > A network error occurred while Netscape was receiving data. > > (Network error: connection reset by peer) > > Try connecting again. > > This doesn't look like a DNS issue - it sounds like the tcp stream that > Netscape opened to suck down a file got closed abrubtly. Try starting > up a running ping to a site while you're browsing it to see if there's > any packet loss. > > -- > Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 > Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | > I have plenty of common sense, I just choose to ignore it. > --- Calvin > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Andy Stewart, Founder -o) | If God had intended Men to Smoke, He Worcester Linux Users' Group /\ | would have put Chimneys in their Heads. Worcester, MA, USA _\_v | http://www.wlug.org |

Feb. 24, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Network problem: mine or theirs?

by Frank Sweetser

On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 10:20:34AM -0500, Andy Stewart wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a problem accessing the Internet. On precisely every other attempt, I > get failures. > > For example, every other unique URL I click in Netscape gives me the following > error: > > A network error occurred while Netscape was receiving data. > (Network error: connection reset by peer) > Try connecting again. This doesn't look like a DNS issue - it sounds like the tcp stream that Netscape opened to suck down a file got closed abrubtly. Try starting up a running ping to a site while you're browsing it to see if there's any packet loss. -- Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu, fs at suave.net | $ x 15 Full-time WPI Network Tech, Part time Linux/Perl guy | I have plenty of common sense, I just choose to ignore it. --- Calvin

Feb. 24, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Network problem: mine or theirs?

by Marc Hughes

You can set up a caching nameserver on your local machine that queries the root DNS servers fairly easily. That way you could be sure if it was their DNS servers or not (by not using theirs). Have you tried another web browser (ie lynx, opera, mozilla) to see if it's netscape? Can you ftp to remote sites without problem? -Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Stewart" <astewart(a)world.std.com> To: "WLUG" <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:20 AM Subject: [Wlug] Network problem: mine or theirs? > > Hi all, > > I have a problem accessing the Internet. On precisely every other attempt, I > get failures. > > For example, every other unique URL I click in Netscape gives me the following > error: > > A network error occurred while Netscape was receiving data. > (Network error: connection reset by peer) > Try connecting again. > > I suspect that my network provider's DNS server is having problems. Since I'm a > DHCP client of AT&T Broadband, I tried removing all but one of the nameserver > lines in the /etc/resolv.conf file to see if one of them was flaky. After > trying all 3 provided nameservers uniquely, either this isn't the problem, or > they're all flaky. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Andy > > -- > Andy Stewart, Founder -o) | It is easier to change the specification > Worcester Linux Users' Group /\ | to fit the program than vice versa. > Worcester, MA, USA _\_v | > http://www.wlug.org | > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

Feb. 24, 2001

Network problem: mine or theirs?

by Andy Stewart

Hi all, I have a problem accessing the Internet. On precisely every other attempt, I get failures. For example, every other unique URL I click in Netscape gives me the following error: A network error occurred while Netscape was receiving data. (Network error: connection reset by peer) Try connecting again. I suspect that my network provider's DNS server is having problems. Since I'm a DHCP client of AT&T Broadband, I tried removing all but one of the nameserver lines in the /etc/resolv.conf file to see if one of them was flaky. After trying all 3 provided nameservers uniquely, either this isn't the problem, or they're all flaky. Any thoughts? Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder -o) | It is easier to change the specification Worcester Linux Users' Group /\ | to fit the program than vice versa. Worcester, MA, USA _\_v | http://www.wlug.org |

Feb. 24, 2001

Re: [Wlug] PPPD 2.3.11 on kernel 2.4.1

by John Stoffel

You need to upgrade to ppp-2.4.0 to work with kernel 2.4.x, I ran into the same problem myself. 2.4.1 seems quite good so far, though 2.4.2 is out and has some fixes for a potentially nasty bug. John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel(a)lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-952-7548

Feb. 23, 2001

PPPD 2.3.11 on kernel 2.4.1

by Peter Gutowski

I've got kernel 2.4.1 up and running and am pleased that all seems to be relatively well. My boss has an iMac at home and dials in via a ppp connection to one of my linux boxes running now 2.4.1. I've played with various ppp options and have removed just about everything from the /etc/ppp/options file. Feb 23 11:37:15 lx1 pppd[10485]: pppd 2.3.11 started by a_ppp, uid 0 Feb 23 11:37:15 lx1 pppd[10485]: ioctl(PPPIOCGFLAGS): Invalid argument Feb 23 11:37:15 lx1 pppd[10485]: tcsetattr: Invalid argument Feb 23 11:37:15 lx1 pppd[10485]: Exit. Here's the current modules: (root on lx1) peterg # lsmod Module Size Used by iptable_mangle 1884 0 (unused) iptable_filter 1848 0 (unused) ip_tables 13016 2 [iptable_mangle iptable_filter] slip 5688 0 (unused) bsd_comp 4172 0 (unused) ppp_deflate 41148 0 (unused) ppp_async 6060 0 ppp_generic 13088 0 [bsd_comp ppp_deflate ppp_async] slhc 4836 0 [ppp_generic] 3c59x 23420 2 (autoclean) agpgart 21900 0 (unused) I also happened to read something this morning on lwn.net (http://lwn.net/2001/0222/kernel.php3) that suggested that certain ppp things weren't working because the MTU min size was higher than ppp wanted to set. As it suggested i've done: `echo 256 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/route/min_adv_mss` to no avail! I keep suggesting (lately increasingly less subtly) that he consider a cable modem but so far he still wants to do it this way. Any ideas? -- Peter Gutowski peterg(a)powervue.com http://www.powervue.com/~peterg

Feb. 23, 2001

Re: [Wlug] easter egg in staroffice 5.2 calc...

by askec

It's in StarOffice 5.1 too. -- end Adam S. Keck | | askec(a)conncoll.edu Millbury, Ma 01527 | "Got Linux?"

Feb. 23, 2001