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(usr-tc) DSP Problems/Losing modems
by Christopher Berry 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

We have had perennial problems with Hiper modems suddenly not responding. Every other day I get a random modem or two that stops responding per card. Rarely a software reset will return the modem to service. Usually, I wait a week until I have several, then do a hardware reset. This returns most to service, except the occasional bad channel. I am running 2.0.60 per 3com. I am not using 2.0.51 as I am under the impression it is for a newer hardware version than we own. I have not yet upgraded the Hiperarc software to the latest-I am waiting for the next time I do aforementioned hardware resets. (Day traders get very upset if they get booted : ). Suggestions and questions? Thanks Christopher Berry rof.net Web Design and Technical Support (970) 945-4920 x17

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RE: (usr-tc) TC Enterprise Network Hub, MIB's, and MRTG
by Greg Long 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

Aha! I think I've got it running now. Thanks for the info. I really didn't want to create something from scratch. I can tweak this now if need be. -Greg -----Original Message----- From: owner-usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-usr-tc@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Steve McConnell Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 10:42 AM To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: (usr-tc) TC Enterprise Network Hub, MIB's, and MRTG you should be able to use Eric Billeters scripts that come with MRTG in the contrib directory under TCH ( I am still using MRTG2.7.2- so these may have changed) works like a dream. steve --On Wednesday, January 12, 2000 10:37 AM -0700 Greg Long <greg(a)coastlink.com> wrote: > I want to setup MRTG to monitor modem usage on my TC hub, I have the MIB's > that come with the USR Suite Management Software. Can I use these MIB's > or do I need to get other MIB's? > > Thanks, > Greg Long > Tech Support > Coastlink > 801-532-6212 ext 32 > techsupp(a)coastlink.com > http://www.coastlink.com > > > > - > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. Steve McConnell EMJI 919-303-3217x126 888-258-8959 - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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RE: (usr-tc) Netserver PRI Max connections
by Phil Le Clercq 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

Cheers for the reply, but that part is ok as you can see below. All modems are taking calls, for round robin is set up on the chassis. Calls go through the whole chassis no problems, but only in a maximum chunk of 30. The trouble is this chassis is the last in the line of the telco's first available PRI's. I guess I'll just have to stay up late tonight and and double check the telco bit is correct.... Heh if I was in the States and was only getting 26 calls then at least I would know it was the telco setup for (fairly) sure! :-) Cheers, Phil Starting Slot: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- S1 S5 S9 S13 S17 S21 S25 S29 S33 S37 S41 S45 S49 S53 S57 - S2 S6 S10 S14 S18 S22 S26 S30 S34 S38 S42 S46 S50 S54 S58 - S3 S7 S11 S15 S19 S23 S27 S31 S35 S39 S43 S47 S51 S55 S59 - S4 S8 S12 S16 S20 S24 S28 S32 S36 S40 S44 S48 S52 S56 S60 - -----Original Message----- From: Charles Sprickman [mailto:spork@inch.com] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:30 PM To: TCH List (E-mail) Subject: Re: (usr-tc) Netserver PRI Max connections It sounds like the rest of the modems aren't set "active" on the netserver. You can see the current status like so: FX-1-NSVR> show modem Starting Slot: 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- - S1 S5 S9 S13 S17 - - - S33 S37 - - - - - - S2 S6 S10 S14 S18 - - - S34 S38 - - - - - - S3 S7 S11 S15 S19 - - - S35 S39 - - - - - - S4 S8 S12 S16 S20 - - - S36 S40 - - - - - You have to make sure each modem shows up in this table. The top row is the slot number. I'm a bit rusty on the netserver, but I think this will set a modem active: FX-1-NSVR> set modem s21 active S21 - active (s7 , c1 ) FX-1-NSVR> show modem Starting Slot: 2 \/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- - S1 S5 S9 S13 S17 S21 - - S33 S37 - - - - - - S2 S6 S10 S14 S18 - - - S34 S38 - - - - - - S3 S7 S11 S15 S19 - - - S35 S39 - - - - - - S4 S8 S12 S16 S20 - - - S36 S40 - - - - - Hope that helps, Charles On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Phil Le Clercq wrote: > Hi all, I have a chassis with dual pri, 56 digital modems ( 14 quads) and > one Netserver (3.8.1). > My problem is the chassis never takes more than 30 calls. Both PRI's > (European) are working ok, I got the telco to busy out the other feeds so > all calls went to this chassis. > You can see the modem's taking the call but above 30 connections the user > gets "disconnected from the remote machine" as an error. > I believe the problem lies with the Netserver. I guess I'm just missing a > command to set max connections to 56 but I cant remember or find it! > I presumed that Netservers were set to 60 connections by default, this is > something I've not had to do before as all our others chassis' have 30 ports > only. > Thanks in advance for any help :-) > Cheers, Phil > > - > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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Re: (usr-tc) Lt WinModems and TCR -Reply
by Campbell Simpson 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

We don't seem to be having any problems with LT-Win and the HiPer TCHs. The only problems I experienced is a few random disconnections which was fixed by telling the WinModem to connect at a slightly slower speed. Campbell - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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Re: (usr-tc) v.42bis problems
by David Bachta 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

Hi Mike, This is a hardware failure on that specific card. There are 2 separate processors for the data path (v42bis processing occurs in this portion of the card). Each one of these processors controls half of the modems on the card. You likely have some sort of failure in the first processor... which is why you only see the problem on the first 12 ports. Hope this helps. Regards, David Mike Andrews <mandrews(a)bit0.com> on 01/12/2000 01:20:11 AM Please respond to usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com Sent by: Mike Andrews <mandrews(a)bit0.com> To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com cc: (David Bachta/MW/US/3Com) Subject: Re: (usr-tc) v.42bis problems Hm. So far it seems to be isolated to version 0.49 cards. 3Com? Any insight here? Mike Andrews (MA12) * mandrews(a)dcr.net * http://www.bit0.com/ VP, sysadmin, & network guy, Digital Crescent Inc, Frankfort KY Internet services for Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Owenton, Shelbyville "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Horace Demmink wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Mike Andrews wrote: > > > Interesting. > > > > Any idea what hardware revision the card was? 0.49 maybe? I'm just > > trying to see if there's any pattern to these at all... > > > > > > No idea, I didn't keep record on what revision the card was. It very well > could be 0.49 (why are the hardware revisions 0.xx, are these beta release > cards? :-) as the others I installed at the same time are. > > -- > Horace Demmink > PathWay Computing > > > - > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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RE: (usr-tc) HyperARC/DSP Problem
by Stainforth, Matthew 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

erf...also, set NFAS Span D-Channel Type to dChannelNone and Logical Group Type to nfas on your second card. Also make sure your first card is set to dChannelPrimary and nfas. Matthew Stainforth || Technical Services Manager || BrunNet Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Thornton [mailto:mark@corridor.net] > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 4:36 PM > To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com > Subject: Re: (usr-tc) HyperARC/DSP Problem > > > Is this an NFAS problem? Our PRI lines all appear as a single > trunk at the > telco, controlled by the NFAS functionality across as many > PRI lines that > are included in the NFAS group. At least that is how the switch guys > described it to me. All I do at my end is make sure the > second, third, etc. > card are set up as being a member of the NFAS group, and > determine whether I > am going to add additional d channels for redundancy. If the > PRI lines are > not part of an NFAS group, then there must be some sort of hunting or > rollover involved. > > It is very similar to the way our incoming T1's are handled, > they all are > piled into one big group as available lines with no hunting > set up at all. > While hunting would be beneficial in some troubleshooting > situations we had > it get messed up so many times they moved to this mode. Any > time we add > lines the switch tech just adds the transport layer to the > group and whamo, > there are additional lines at our site that work without the > intervention of > some other "programming tech" at the telco. > > Mark Thornton > San Marcos Internet, Inc. > 512-393-5300 > > > > - > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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Re: (usr-tc) HiperARC 4.1.22 and 5.10.9 Quads
by Vincent Frallicciardi 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

Hi, I am looking for a used Total Control Chasse with power supply no other cards if you know some one who has one let me know. Vince warlock(a)nci1.net At 12:01 AM 1/13/00 -0500, you wrote: >6.1.6 seems safe here; we've been running it for months. We're a PRI shop >though. > >Is 5.5.5 the newest NMC code you can run? The newer the better... > > >Mike Andrews (MA12) * mandrews(a)dcr.net * http://www.bit0.com/ >VP, sysadmin, & network guy, Digital Crescent Inc, Frankfort KY >Internet services for Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Owenton, Shelbyville >"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." > >On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Andrew Smith wrote: > >> >> Will HiperArc version 4.1.22 work with: >> >> NMC 5.5.5 >> Quad Modem version 5.10.9 >> Dual Channelized T1 (386) 4.2.1 >> >> I'm scared to upgrade to 6.1.6 on the Single-Sided Quads. 5.10.9 is very >> stable for us. Anyone running 6.1.6 fine??? > > >- > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > Vincent - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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Re: (usr-tc) VSA's
by Vincent Frallicciardi 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

Hi, I am looking for a used Total Control Chasse with power supply no other cards if you know some one who has one let me know. Vince warlock(a)nci1.net At 12:37 AM 1/14/00 -0600, you wrote: >Anyone have or know of where one can find a current listing of all 3Com >VSA's? > > >- > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > Vincent - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) RADIUS attributes for VOPRadius
by Scot Desort 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

I am using the VOP Radius product with our TC units. I am trying to get VOP to recognize the "Connect-speed" attribute being returned by the HARC. I have the following in my VPRDict.txt file: VENDOR_CODE USR 429 vtype=integer as well as VSA USR Connect-Speed 36899 string However, in my accounting packets, I am getting this: Connect-Speed = "" What am I doing wrong? -- Scot Desort NJ Internet Access - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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Re: (usr-tc) Limiting Sessions
by Steve Valiunas 14 Jan '00

14 Jan '00

This might not be the best way to accomplish it, but (assuming you are using 3Com's S/A server) if you simply comment out the INSERT into the CALLS table, for session-start, session-stop, and interim-updates, you will be able to track session count (it's recorded in the user's record in the USERS table), without recording detailed accounting data. This isn't really a recommended or supported solution, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. Steve "Ed" <ed(a)taylors.com> on 01/13/2000 09:09:21 PM Please respond to usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com Sent by: "Ed" <ed(a)taylors.com> To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com cc: (Steve Valiunas/MW/US/3Com) Subject: (usr-tc) Limiting Sessions Has any come up with a sure fire way to limit sessions based on Radius without using Accounting? With 3com Accounting turned on our database becomes 100MB+ in a day so that seems out of the question. It used be done in netservers by using Traps... also you used to be able to use Traps to log to a Logserver and now you can't... it all seems to have to be run through a large Database file. We would rather not do this as Access just cannot handle 100MB files without croaking. Basically I wanted to know what others are using for solutions to these old problems... I know of various ways things can be done but none seem pratical for large volume systems with 20,000+ people logging onto in a day. Thanks! Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Kennedy To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 9:53 PM Subject: (usr-tc) Connect via the Arc to the Dsp I've heard this can doen rather using console cables to each DSP. Can someone point me to right docs to figure this out. I can't find it anywhere. Meanwhile back to the PDF files. Thanks - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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