Re: PM2e-30/ComOS-3.3.2: telnet refused, dialup unreliable -- memory leak?

Rich Adamson (adar0@routers.com)
Sat, 21 Dec 96 14:13:58 CST

>> We've had this problem for two years and continue to have it. If you
>> routinely telnet into your PM, plan on rebooting it every 3-4 weeks as a
>> precaution. On the other hand, if you leave it alone, it will run for
>> months.
>
>We do 288 telnets into each of our PM2E-30s every day to gather statisics.
>We never have to reboot our Portmasters for any reason, not even because
>of all the telnet sessions.

I also have a client that has a cron job that resets a couple of very
specific serial ports for a rather valid business reason via a telnet
script. These scripts hit several of their 45 pm2's each day, and the
majority of their pm2's have been up for months. No problem at all.