Re: Ascend Pipeline 25 bridging WON'T work with 5BRI

jvian@computer-services.com
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 09:54:13 -0500

At 11:41 PM 6/3/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Robert Hanson wrote:
>>
>> what does work at 128k with the 5BRI..... ??
>
>BS-Pro, any of the Ascend hardware with the routing option (if
>you have your BRI's in a hunt group and don't try to do dynamic
>bandwidth on demand), the new box from Trancell, and others...
>
>The key seems to be getting your lines set up right and staying
>away from flawed hardware (or flawed features of questionable
>hardware).
>

In my experience, the BS-Pro doesn't do 128K.
In fact, I can't reliably make a dual channel connection at 128K, but have
to use 112K instead.

Even a 112K connection is a nightmare. The BS-Pro has a problem with
halting data flow when it sees a heavy load, and then MAY later open up and
resume communication. The only sure fix is to power cycle the modem to
restore it.
Motorola has admitted they have a problem (Simon posted a message on
the subject a short time ago) but don't have a fix yet.

I have 3 sites with BS-Pro dialing in to a 5BRI and all experience the same
problems. All BS-Pro modems I have will be replaced with livingston OR-U
routers soon.

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