Re: PM3 + Modem speed

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:09:17 -0600 (MDT)

On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Andrew Foster's Lists wrote:

> I'm thinking about looking at the PM3s, however is there a way to find
> out the modem connect speed via command line or SNMP? The MIB seems to

Here is the data from the command line interface of showing a modem:

gup-dpm1.cia-g.com> sh m2
State: ACTIVE
Active Port: S23
Transmit Rate: 31200
Receive Rate: 31200
Connection Type: LAPM/V42BIS
Chars Sent: 449934474
Chars Received: 37978058
Retrains: 0
Renegotiations: 4

Total Calls: 515
Modem Detects: 477
Good Connects: 442

Connection Failures
No Modulation: 10
No Protocol: 10
Not Operational: 16
Total Failed: 35

Session Terminations
Lost Carrier: 0
Normal Disconnect: 441

> have a way of looking at the serial port speed, however I assume that
> it'll return 115200 or 57600 not the actual modem TX or RX connect
> speed. Does anyone know if it can be done and if not if it is likely to
> be implemented soon?

I believe it returns the actual modem TX speed.

> Is there any easy way to stop certain users having connections above a
> certain speed (ie >33600) using radius or some other mechanism?

With the new Radius check item called (I believe) Connect-Rate = "..."
where ... is the max speed the user can connect at.

- Steve
- Systems Manager
- Community Internet Access, Inc.
- Gallup and Grants, New Mexico