Re: Drop Carrier

Stavros Patiniotis (stavros@esc.net.au)
Sun, 8 Dec 1996 17:31:03 +1030 (CST)

John,
> > > I wouldn't recommend XON/XOFF for high speed stuff.
> >
> > I don't have this set here on this end. I use HARDWARE...
>
> OOOPS! My mistake, nevermind.

- I wasn't shouting, just high-lighting! :-)

> > Is there any way that a program of this nature be causing such
> > problems?? Has anyone else noticed this?
>
> If those programs can reset the ports, yes they can cause problems. I
> don't know what they do, or how they do it.

No it doesn't, all it does is login to pm1 enter "sh ses" and then quits.

> > ANOTHER problem, shit hit the fan today.....Users could dial in, enter
> > their username & passwd, then the pm1 would just sit there. It wouldn't
> > spit out ppp garbage, it would just sit there. (this was observed from a
> > post dialling screen in win95).
>
> Did the user verify that the modem was still connected to the PM? What
> did the PM show? What did the radius logifle and accounting show?

The user would just stay connected in this "dead" state. What do you mean
`what did the pm show?`

Radius says:
Dec 7 12:30:38 bang radius[29082]: dropping duplicate request for id 97
from p$
Dec 7 12:31:02 bang last message repeated 4 times

etc etc....

> > I restarted radius, casue I thought that
> > that could be the problem, to no avail...so I rebooted the pm. This
> > happened the other day also, the pm was rebooted also.
>
> I'm not clear on the results...did the reboot clear the problem? If it
> did try resetting the ports individually if you can determine which modem
> is not working or reset them all.

Reboot does clear the problem, "reset all" doesn't!

> > > Urgent help would be appreciated :-(
>
> If this is urgent, call support on MOnday morning and open a case. That
> is the fastest way to get tech support help.

Will do, thanks :-)

Regards,

Stavros Patiniotis
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