I sent you a private email because i want to help fix your problem(which i
feel i can). Please email me back so i can get a hold of you on Thursday,
i will be out of the office on Wednesday. If you reply tonight i could
probably discuss some thing from home, just include your number.
I hate problems, so give me a chance to fix yours(I need a social life 8-)
Simon
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From: Rich Brennan <brennan@merk.com>
To: Jake Messinger <jake@ams.com>; Rich Brennan <brennan@merk.com>
Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 1997 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: PM3 act any better with ISDN than 5BRI/OR-U?
>>> Note: when the 5BRI's/OR-U's work, they work well. I also have long
periods
>>> of nailed up connections. However, leaving a 5BRI attached to an ISDN
unused
>>> (i.e. disconnected) for more than 2 days is impossible - whatever
NYNEX
>>> does in testing unconnected lines is *guaranteed* to wedge the line.
>>
>>Tell Nynex that in SWBT land, the same exact hardware stays nailed and
>>functioning for weeks at a time.
>
>If my lines are nailed up, they stay up also. If the line is on-hook,
>or if NYNEX is doing some maintenance is when I'm having trouble.
>It's also clear that 5BRI's and such work most of the time, otherwise
>Livingston would be out of business, and they're not (they're growing).
>
>But whatever procedures the local CO is using on our lines is causing
>the ISDN lines to wedge. I can't say that it does or doesn't happen
>elsewhere in NYNEX-land or any other telco, I know that it happens
>here, and Livingston hasn't said boo about it.
>
>There are other people on the list that experienced the same problems.
>With no guidance from LE or telco, I've pulled isdn lines from the router
>and 5BRI, without having the line "come back". The only things that
>work are "reset <dchannel>", and failing that, reboot the box, and if
>that fails, power cycle the box. Still no word from LE.
>
>I would expect a 5BRI to be hardened against most line problems, and I
>would even accept that they aren't hardened against all line problems.
>But I wouldn't expect them to remain silent on the issue, not even
>trying to direct a debugging effort. Hell, *they* haven't even pointed
>a finger at the telco. JUST SILENCE.
>
>So I have to poll the list for people that have lived with the 5BRI
>problem, and ask if any such "blessed" people had the courage to get a
>PM3, and if so, are they trouble free, or are they having similar
>problems.
>
>
>
>
>Rich
>