Re: Fewer Modem Cards
Marty Likier (marty@livingston.com)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 07:21:35 -0700
At 01:57 PM 7/24/97 +0200, Christer Olsson wrote:
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>On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Jon Rust wrote:
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>> It finally occured to me that with a user base of both ISDN and analog=20
>> customers, it's HIGHLY unlikely that all 46 modems (48 for some of us)=20
>> will ever be in use. With this in mind, are there any drawbacks to having=
=20
>> only, say, 40 modems worth of cards in a PM-3? It will still work, right?=
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>> I mean, it won't turn into a pumpkin or anything will it? :-)
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>> But seriously, besides the chance that >40 analog users will all call in=
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>> at one time, with no ISDN callers at all, are there any drawbacks?
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>We discussed that some time ago. Like the problem if you only have 40=20
>modemlines and a modem-caller is on the 41 line. Does he got a busy or=20
>only a silence from the portmaster? Someone from Livingston said he will=20
>get busy but I haven=B4t tried myself.
The PM3 will issue a busy, and if the circuit is provisioned for roll-over,
it will do just that.
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Marty Likier
Product Marketing Mgr.
marty@livingston.com