Re: Debugging a Portmaster

Tom Samplonius (tom@sdf.com)
Wed, 9 Jul 1997 20:10:55 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Brian Elfert wrote:

> My only PM2 with ten ports running 3.3.2c1 locked up pretty tight today.
> It was still generating a DTR signal to the modems, but it wouldn't give a
> login prompt after answering, and I couldn't access it via the ethernet
> port.
>
> I suspect some sort of DOS attack against the unit.

3.3.2c1? You should also suspect major software bugs. See the relnotes
for 3.3.3 and 3.5 for the complete bug list.

> Isn't there a debug setting that would show low memory, mbufs, and other
> problems that might indicate an attack in progress? All the debug
> settings on Livingston's web site don't seem to be quite what I want.

Probably because it is in the manual. Try "show memory"

> Brian

Tom