Network Setup

486 Linux to Windows 98se Gateway 550 Essential Networking

Setup and Install 2003-Jan-12th 23:48 (-700 GMT)

By jnbek

System Information

System this was setup on:

Gateway Essential 550

Pentium III
550MGHz 320MB RAM
20/80 gig Hard Drives
1.44MB 3.5 Floppy Disk Drive
ADAPTI 48X CD-Rom
USB HP cd-writer 8200e
3Com Fast 10/100 Ethernet PCI Card
v.92 56k internal WinModem
Windows 98se / QNX Neutrino 4.0 DualBoot

AmBIOS 486DX2/50

Intel 80486
33/50 MGHz 32 MB RAM
340MB HDD
1.44MB and 1.2 MB Floppies
ADAPTI 24X Cd-Rom
3Com 3c509 10MB Etherlink III Card
14.4k Hayes External Modem
RedHat 7.0 (Guinness), Kernel v2.2.16-22

After Physical Installation:

Download 3c5x9cfg.exe here
Note: 3c5x9cfg is a DOS application you will need a DOS/Windows Startup disk
Run 3c5x9dfg.exe and disable PnP in the Install Menu
Save, Close 3c5x9cfg.exe, Reboot into Linux

After Reboot:

insmod -k 3c509
modprobe -r 3c509
Edit /etc/modules.conf (or conf.modules)

alias eth0 3c509
alias eth1 ethertap
options 3c509 io=0x320 irq=10
options ethertap io=0x300 irq=10

Save Changes
insmod 3c509
modprobe 3c509
insmod ethertap
modprobe ethertap
lsmod Note: Make Sure the Module Loaded Before Continuing
/etc/rc.d/init.d/./network restart

Note: You will need to check if you have Samba installed

CheckingFor/Installing Samba:

rpm -q samba*
Insert Linux Distro and Navigate to the RPM directory:
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -ivh Samba*
Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf
Note Please Consult the Samba Maunal Pages for more information

[global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = Samba Server hosts allow = 192.168.10. 127. printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes printing = lprng guest account = pcguest log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 password server = If needed include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m For Samba on Multi Machines socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 interfaces = 192.168.10.1/3 192.168.11.1/3 For Multi Net Interfaces remote announce = 192.168.10.255 192.168.10.1 local master = no domain master = no preferred master = no domain logons = no name resolve order = hosts lmhosts bcast wins support = no dns proxy = no [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = no printable = yes [tmp] comment = Temporary File Space path = /tmp read only = no public = yes [pchome] comment = PC Directories path = /usr/pc/%m public = no writeable = yes [public] path = /share/public public = yes only guest = yes writable = yes printable = no
Note the above example is to base a real smb.conf file from

Setup Windows 98se:

Jan. 14th 12:27p (-700 GMT)
Developed A Problem of some kind. Computer freezes for approx, 60 seconds every 5-25 seconds.Which really sux, because WinAmp will skip back over the same 20 seconds of music the entire time it takes to unfreeze. I feel it is an OS error, of course WinWillItCrash 98se Stikes Again !!! :|| Other symptoms include Strange Clicking noise from the Ethernet Card on occasion when the Pc freezes. On the evening of the 13th gave the Blue Screen of Death informing me of some .VXD file recently installed being corrupt. Only thing i've installed since then..... me uninstalls the internet answering machine now.... brb
OK. first i shut it down. Last Night i removed the Direct Update Client, thinking it was the problem, with some releif of the freezes which had gotten to every time i opened or closed a window or sometimes just moving the mouse would freeze the PC. I also shut off all internet necessary apps, (ie. the No-Ip client, AIM, MySQL, Winamp Browser) with the result being less frequent freezing. Still unsure of which thread is causing the error.
Right Clicking My Computer ---} Properties ---} Device Driver, reveals a problem with the ethernet card internet connection sharing drivers. Properties for the Internet Connection Says The NXID.VXD device loader(s) for this device could not be load the device driver (Code 2). To fix this, click Update Driver to update the device driver." When i do so, it tells me "The device driver C:\WINDOWS\INF\ICSHARE.INF is already installed", but yet the problem remains shown in the System Properties. On to Google I guess.
Going into the System Properties ---}Device Driver, also reveals a problem in the mouse configuration, i recently switched mice and never informed Windows. The Strange Clicking sound occurs when i move the mouse or press any mouse keys. So PC freezes could be due to Mouse Configuration.

Linux PC update:

Have Samba up and running but not sure if all is correct yet due to Windows Problems
After Power Outage Last Night it was revealed to me that i must re-insert the modules to the Kernel for the eth0 card, on start-up it did not initialize. ;(

Network Project Update, Saturday, Jan, 25, 2003 14:36 (-700GMT)

I have decided to put this project on hold due to obligations for employment, school pressures and until i get my triple boot setup working.
Will Upgrade Windows 98se to Windows XP
Will reinstall the QNX Neutrino
Will also include a FreeBSD 5.0 or maybe RedHat 7.3 boot for stabilty
An upgrade to AT&T Broadband internet with 3mb/sec down and 1.5/sec up also included in this projects future

Windows PC ChangeLog, Sunday, Feb 2nd, 2003 16:42 (-700GMT)

OK The Locking of this PC is getting irritating
I unistalled Java SDK 1.4.1
Uninstalled Each Mail Server
Began Search of Possible Errors in mySQL
Removed 3 Large Databases from mySQL
Found And Fixed Error in c:\apache\httpd.conf
- Error Sat in the Directory Aliases
- Alias :81/javamail "C:/Apache/javamail/" <Directory "C:/Apache/javamail"> Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews ExecCGI AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory>
- Not Sure What Possesed Me to Put That Line There
- I Slap Myself
- I Also Ask The Wife To Slap Me
Restarted Windows 98se
Everything Loads Relatively Fast
Windows Does Not Lock Up While Offline
After Starting AOL 8.0, the freezes resume, usually every minute at first, but after not touching anything for about 15 minutes the freezing comes every 10 minutes or so.
So Something is Still Jacking The Ports
A Considerable Gain In Performance Is Noted

Windows PC ChangeLog, Sunday, Feb 6th, 2003 21:57 (-700GMT)

Uninstalled Apache Tomcat server
Uninstalled the AODB, DBManager Pro
After Right-Clicking My Computer

Goto Properties
Click on Performance

This Reveals to me that now 74% of my resources are free, after only 29% before these uninstalls.
Restart WinBlows
Maunally Stop, MySQL, No-IP, AIM, YIM, and Real Player, as i need those, minus the Real Player
Now reports 89% free, YYYAAAAAYYYYYYY
Start AOL
I get all excited and call my homie to start a party
I call homie back after 25 minutes, and cancel the party
PC froze again
I cry

jnbek