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- From: rwatkins@BBN.COM (Ron Watkins)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: admin related questions
- Message-ID: <l9a2rhINNd58@news.bbn.com>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 15:27:45 GMT
- Reply-To: rwatkins@BBN.COM (Ron Watkins)
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
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- NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
-
- Could someone offer some suggestions for the following
- questions ?
-
- environment
- i have an sgi 4d/420 gtx that is on a very local
- and small ethernet...also on this net is a gatorbox
- connecting to an appletalk.
- printing from the sgi box to appletalk laserwriters
- works fine etc...
- running 4.0.5 currently
-
- now:
- problem1. i want to put another gateway (to the internet)
- on the net.
- i did an "add route net default <address> 1
- and on a "netstat -rn" i can see it is in fact
- a default gateway
- for some reason however, i can't telnet to the
- gateway reliably (it worked once, but i don't
- know how or why) then when i rebooted, and did
- the "add route..." again...it would'nt work
- (pings fail as well) though i can ping, then get
- the arp entry...
-
- can anyone tell me what to check in what files ? and the
- format to put the entry in /etc/gateways...as well as where
- and what format to put the entry in the rc.d2<mumble> so that
- when the machine reboots, it automatically knows about the
- default gateway.???
- yes...network is "on", routed is "on"...the manual doesn't
- say about anything else......
-
- problem2.
- finally installed 4.0.5 after months of disasterous problems,
- with biosym/felix/bruker software...and sterioview problems
- (after using sterio view, one had to reset the machine, which
- ended up wiping out system files)...and this problem is supposedly
- going to be fixed in 4.0.6 (according to biosym) but according
- to sgi people i've spoken to locally, they know nothing about its
- release schedule (they just got 4.0.5 and was told not to install
- it unless the customer was having severe problems...) considering
- the machine was down for 4 days...i guess that was severe enough...
-
- does anyone know when 4.0.6 might be released...
- i know if you put a dumb terminal on a port, after using sterioview
- you type in a command, to fix the screen, then eliminating the
- need for a hard reset workaround...but...
-
- problem3.
- i'd like to make this machine the "internet mail server/netnews
- server" for the site and its users...as well as mac users on the
- localtalk...
- A. can anyone send me sample scripts that i can follow to implement
- such functionality....Eudora and Popper are mac-email public domain
- programs that people seem to recommend (over cc:mail, ce quickmail
- or microsoft mail), but so far i've been unable to find a ftp
- site to get it from...
- B. can anyone send me a pointer to such an ftp site ?
-
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! for comments on any of the problems...
- i'll keep a list of those asking for fowarded information as well
- as compile notes for a FAQ sgi-admin list....
-
- again, thanks...
-
- ron watkins
- rwatkins@bbn.com
-