Re: ComOS 3.7 available for FTP

Karl Denninger (karl@Mcs.Net)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:09:36 -0500

On Wed, Aug 13, 1997 at 10:20:04AM -0700, Carl Rigney wrote:
> Please do NOT send me any bug reports on ComOS 3.7, send them to
> support@livingston.com! Otherwise you risk further delay while I
> forward them.
>
> Also, there was an error in the release notes, claiming that Multilink
> PPP was not supported on the PortMaster 2. It is supported for ISDN,
> just not for analog, same as in previous releases.
>
> --
> Carl Rigney
> cdr@livingston.com

CAUTION!

Unless there were last-minute fixes which I do NOT see documented in the
release notes, there are very SERIOUS problems with multi-chassis ISDN
calls in this release.

You may find "V" interfaces which remain "on" even after the customer
disconnects. If you run into this, it will cause serious and significant
problems and prevent that customer from reconnecting until you MANUALLY
reset the interfaces or reboot the Portmaster.

We consider this a critical problem severe enough to prevent us from running
this release on any PRI circuit device.

Livingston is aware of our assessment of the severity of the problem. I am
not going to load 3.7 on my ISDN PRI boxes until I KNOW this is taken care
of, because it leads to me being unable to dial in from my home to do
maintenance work (since I use ISDN from the house).

If you have modems and ISDN callers on the same group, this is a problem for
you. If your modem and ISDN users are on different groups, then upgrade the
modem groups to 3.7 and run the older release on the ISDN circuits.

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