Re: (PM) Lost Carrier Statistics

Doug Ingraham (dpi@rapidnet.com)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 22:37:23 -0700 (MST)

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Charles Scott wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Dick St.Peters wrote:
>
> > Our PM3s show _much_ lower lost-carrier percentages. I suspect this
> > is mostly because we kept our analog service; people who have any
> > problems holding connections to PM3s choose to use our analog
> > numbers.
>
> Your PM3's show _much_ lower lost-carrier percentages because they
> don't report a "lost carrier" as a lost carrier! Lost? Try dialing into
> your PM3 with an analog modem then just disconnect the line from the back
> of the modem (one would think that's a lost carrier) and look at what shows
> up in the logs.

I know that 3.7.2c3 does in fact report lost carriers as Lost-Carrier.
But one of the older versions didn't.

Doug Ingraham From the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition.
Rapid City, SD #34 "Peace is good for business."
USA #35 "War is good for business."

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