Re: 5-BRI fails intermittently

Jon Gefaell (Jon@hscape.com)
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 10:07:28 -0700

Jay Hennigan wrote:
>
> On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Jon Gefaell wrote:
>
> > Regarding these symptoms. I've just setup a 2er W/ 10 Async and 5 BRI.
> >
> >
> > 1.) PMPConsole for Windows (*ugh*) is ultra bug ridden. Among other
> > lossage it won't allow a SPID with a leading 0.
>
> Haven't tried this, I use the command line. Seems to me that the Windows
> software was pre-ISDN.

I'm using 1.1, the current release. It 'supports' ISDN. There are other problems
with it too though. Enough to make me give it up and do it by command line. that's
what I prefer anyways, but The windows interface would have made it 'easier' for
some.

> > 2.) after setting up the BRI ports by hand, the lights on the back of
> > the unit were solid, but the ports would show 'NO SESSION' or whatever.
>
> Probably "NO SERVICE".

Yup.

>
> > Telco said they could connect right up to my equipment. (Past the NT1)
> >
> > I had to power cycle and they came right back up.
>
> Covered in the docs. You need to reboot for changes to ISDN switch type
> to take effect.

I RTFM'd a lot, but I must have missed that.

> > This was just 3 BRI's, leaving S16-19 unconfigured. The next day the
> > telco hooked up the other two lines. Set them up by hand, they reset
> > just fine W/O a need for a reboot or power cycle.
>
> Probably because the switch type had been correctly specified by then.

There you go, excellent diagnosis :) Thanks for solving the mystery!