Re: (PM) Need help with PM-3

Eric Calvert (eric@caveland.net)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:04:49 -0600

Matt Brown wrote:
>
> It may be a good idea to reboot the machine to clear the errors off so
> that you can tell what errors are bing seen in a given period, more
> easily.

Rebooted. Machine immediately shows:

Command> sho line1
---------------------- line1 - T1 Inband DS0 ---------------

Status: UP Framing: D4 Encoding: AMI PCM: u-law

Signaling: Trunk E&M immediate start

Receive Level: +2dB to -7.5dB

Alarms Violations
----------------------------- -----------------------------
Blue 0 Bipolar 7842
Yellow 1 CRC Errors 1087
Receive Carrier Loss 0 Multiframe Sync 476
Loss of Sync 1

But, does not seem to continue counting.

> Also, dod you have any logging setup that logs the the terminate
> cause? If so, what does that say about the users that are being dropped?

All the logging just shows user request or something similar.

> And is this all users that are being dropped, or just some?
>

Pretty much all. From 14.4 - 56K modems. Various brands.
Customers are from various areas with diffent routing paths.

> Matt Brown
> PoP Manager
> Great Works Internet
> "Engineering Internet Excellence"
>
> On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Eric Calvert wrote:
>
> > I'm still having problems with my PM-3 dropping customers. I'm getting
> > nowhere with either Lucington or my local phone company. Each is
> > pointing their finger at the other. I'm running a PM-3 with 24 56K
> > modems and 1 CT1. It is running 2.7.2. Here is the output of "show
> > line1":
> >
> > ---------------------- line1 - T1 Inband DS0 ---------------
> >
> > Status: UP Framing: D4 Encoding: AMI PCM: u-law
> >
> > Signaling: Trunk E&M immediate start
> >
> > Receive Level: +2dB to -7.5dB
> >
> > Alarms Violations
> > ----------------------------- -----------------------------
> > Blue 0 Bipolar 17821655
> > Yellow 12686 CRC Errors 3108611
> > Receive Carrier Loss 0 Multiframe Sync 3996
> > Loss of Sync 484
> >
> > Why are there so many errors? Is this normal? The system uptime is as
> > follows:
> >
> > Livingston PortMaster PM-3 ComOS 3.7.2
> > System uptime is 14 days 1 hours 47 minutes
> >
> > I've been watching the numbers for the past few minutes, and none of
> > them are actively counting up.
> >
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