| iforone 2006-05-07, 1:12 am |
| Bit Twister wrote:
> On 6 May 2006 14:53:04 -0700, iforone wrote:
>
> If so it would help, not hinder. 
> That would free up packet band width when Windows gives up.
>
> Dan has indicated the linux lan box looses ping packets on and off
> between it and the gateway with no pattern seen so far. 
>
> I hope Dan comes back with the solution.
....and well as do I
Thanks for the small vote of confidence :-)
Btw - I've had some funky issues too (I'm thinking DHCP (perhaps
NetBIOS) related as well), using this very simple setup;
LAN (1 PC) --> Router (4port) --> CableModem (OutsideWorld).
The reason I even mention it, is because it seems somewhat MS (and
DHCP) related too.
The 1 PC is DualBoot (win98 (/hda) + Debian Sarge(/hdc))...and after
being on Debian for a few days and then rebooting (or even booting into
98 from a cold shutdown on Debian), and then booting into 98, I end up
with that ridiculous 168.xxx.xxx.xxx (mDNS) configuration on my one and
only NIC. A simple [ipconfig /release /renew] does no good at all. I've
had completely disabled NetBIOS, for years (via binding TCP/IP to
NetBEUI instead of NetBIOS, as per www.grc.com (steve gibson)
instructions). This way, those evil ports 135-139 (NetBIOS related) are
obliviated. (<---is that even a word? ...lol).
It's happened in the past as well, and I blame it on MS - and while I
forget how I resolved the issue last time, this recent time, I ended up
removing components from MS's Network Applet (VPN Adapter, Dialup
Adapters, and related clients, since each then ends up with it's own
TCP/IP config entry as well). I haven't had to use those components so
I removed them, though in order for my winmodem to work (for Fax), I'll
need at some point to reinstall the DUN adapter.
I know NetBIOS (over TCP/IP) is different under 2K/XP/2K3 than it is
under 9x OSes, but I'm set on eventually using only static IPs from now
on nonetheless....(this problem recently occured, and I forgot the
appropriate DNS entries (from ISP) to add into my Router's Config, so I
left it (my NIC) as DHCP for now only - as assigned to via the Router).
I don't trust any of it (MS networking components). BTW - I've never
used any WINS for resolving and am not using HOSTS, nor LMHOSTS files
(though have used HOSTS in the not so distant past for blocking
ad-laden sites only when in 98)...it was/is strictly DHCP from my
router, and still is. Debian does NOT seem to ever lose it's settings
(DHCP also; using 'lo' and 'eth0' as /etc/network/interfaces defines).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
I'll refrain from further input about that unless requested.
All in all, my point was I think Static IPs should be used/considered,
especially when there are MS nodes about.
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