PANIC System Exception IP: 33333333 when someone calls in with PPP (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Sat, 9 Nov 1996 22:05:54 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time Rick Di Lorenzo (Mailing list port) shaped the electrons to say...
> But as soon as someone calls in with PPP the local console displays
>"PANIC System Exception IP:333333333" and reboots!!! *EVERY* time
>someone calls in with PPP.

I presume you've tried Emergency Treatment #1: Reboot?

It probably won't help, but it shouldn't hurt.

>dialup-networking for most of our users) that the port master reboots
>right away
>with that PANIC System Exception IP:33333333 followed by 6 registries
>numbers.

Can you do a 'set debug 0x51' and see what is happening when they connect
with PPP?

>What could be causing this?? All we did is shut it down, and move a few

Truthfully I haven't seen this one. It could be something in the ComOS
got corrupted. How - no idea. Power surge on start up. Cosmic rays. *shrug*
Or it could be something weird in the config.

It is nigh-impossible to say.

>find anything for "PANIC" error messages that would help explain. Is

They are very low level engineering reports. I don't even have the magic
decoder. Basically, PANIC is a bad thing to see.

I'd try rebooting. Go over the config with a fine tooth comb. And if
that fails, try upgrading the ComOS - even if it means reloading the same
revision (I'd use 3.3.3 though). And if that fails, wipe FLASH with
'set register 0xffff 0x0f63' and reload ComOS and reconfigure.

It *that* fails you'll probably end up with an RMA, so you'll need to
talk to support.

Please don't rely on me for this. My great-grandmother died this morning
and I'm leaving tomorrow for the funeral and probably won't be back until
Wednesday.

-MZ

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