Re: (PM) Avalanche! Help!

Gail A. Harless (gailh@freedom.landoflakes.com)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:39:30 -0600 (CST)

Okay, if this PM (I'm not the original author) is experiencing a login
slowdown at peak times, is there an adjustment that should be made on the
PM side?

Thanks,

Gail

P.S. I'm also asking because these problems seem to come in spurts for
me.

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Derric Scott wrote:

>
> Jose:
>
> > Since this is something that recently developed at our site. Is there some
> > sort of "timing" value that may have changed at the phone company CO? IS
> > there something I can have the phone company check?
>
> In past discussions about this, it has been suggested that under heavier
> loading, the PM may slow down its login responses. Also the Win95 DUN may
> have a lot of protocols set to negotiate. The combination of the two results
> in the timeout. To my knowledge, no one has ever conclusively determined the
> exact details. It is almost certainly a timing problem inherent in the
> Win95 DUN since no other dialers "suddenly" can't login for some reason.
>
> I don't remember your original post, but if this mostly happens during your
> peak load time or if your customer load has increased sharply, then a PM
> "login" slowdown under loading may explain the sudden increase somewhat.
> Still, to my knowledge, no one has proven that this is the case.
>
> Later.
>
> Derric
>
>
>
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