(PM) Modem Problems (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Wed, 5 Nov 1997 21:48:52 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time Systems Administrator shaped the electrons to say...
>Today a technician told me that he was getting a busy signal on the PM, now
>I new this to be impossible because there were only 9 people showing as
>loged on. However sure enough I got a busy signal. I checked the modem
>status and found that all except the ones in use had a status of ADMIN, and
>I could not turn the modems back on. In the end I had to reboot the
>portmaster. Anyone know what could have caused this and how to prevent it
>from happening again?

You haven't been following the list lately, have you? :-)

The 'ADMIN' bug is VERY well known, and first struck in 3.7.1
3.7.1c1 fixed 2 of the 3 known causes, and changed the display to DOWN when
it happens. 3.7.2 fixes all 3 known causes.

-MZ

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