Re: (PM) Avalanche! Help!

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 13:05:35 -0700

>From my experience there is no slowdown when a PM2 (or PM3 for that matter)
is fully loaded. Just make sure it has enough RAM.

On Sat, Jan 24, 1998 at 04:39:30PM -0600, Gail A. Harless wrote:
> 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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