Re: coming upgrade
alexm@agetech.net
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 11:32:25 -0500
B. Southwick wrote:
>
> Greetings All
>
> I have looked thru the livingston website but want some stories
> from those who have gone before me on this. As you may guess if
> you have read some of my earlier posts I probably have a LOT
> less experience than most of you.
>
> At present I have a PM2e30 (3.1.4)with another on the way. We
> have all 30 lines connected to supra 28.8s our gateway is a
> cisco 2501.
>
> My pm is very plain vanilla, no filters, a user table of about
> 320 ( I know I know)
>
> My plan is to add a second PM and switch to a radius NT service.
>
> My goal is to do this with the least amount of interuption.
> Overall the system right now runs very well with a minimum of
> problems. I am looking for advice on what to look out for in
> this coming upgrade so that I don't screw everything up in the
> process.
>
> Is there a particular order in which to upgrade the OS. Is the
> newest ver best (seems I have heard that one of the intermediate
> vers worked better for some folks).
>
> Any advice on how to switch from my password table to the
> radiusNT with out losing all those accounts. etc etc...
>
> I DLed a ver about 3 weeks ago and thought perhaps I would wait
> until the new pm arrived and play with those together before I
> actually switched my user base to it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob Southwick
> --
> Director, Neptune Alaska - http://www.neptune.com
> HC31 Box 5099A Wasilla Ak 99654 - 907-373-3209 fax 907-373-3208
Someone created a script that will read the user tables and import them
to a radius file. Dont ask me though since I never went the user table
route, I strted with radius. You might want to post it on here so
someone tells you where it is.
I think it might even be in the Livingston file archives!