Re: (PM) 3.8b17 - CoNcLuSiOnS

John Vozza (john@netrom.com)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:54:09 -0400 (EDT)

John

Excellent!

This is exactly the type of update that keeps us from asking when!

John
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On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, John Storms wrote:

> Great feedback on 3.8b17, we really appreciate the participation in the
> open beta. Below is our status on two issues going on in 3.8b17.
>
> 1 - '@!' bug: From information we've received from our customers we've
> reproduced this issue in house and engineers are looking into it now.
>
> This bug has been observed with the following characteristics: (I've
> gathered this information from support and from this list.)
>
> * Isolated in 3.8b17, not seen in b15 during open beta, not seen in b16
> during closed beta. Customers downgrade to b15 and problem has not
> reoccured. Customers downgrading to b13 also report the problem goes away.
> * Seen in both US and Europe on a variety of switches.
> * Only seen on sessions over PRI lines
> * Only seen on sessions using dialin analog
> * Seems to take a few hours for a port to get into this state
> * A reboot seems to clear the problem for a few hours
> * Win95 DUN PPP users get a "Unable to negotiate a compatible set of
> protocols" msg.
> * Win95 DUN PPP users that set a terminal screen after connect see a blank
> screen. Should see a prompt.
> * Login users will get a connect but no prompt.
> * Connection is eventually disconnected after a few minutes.
>
> 2 - Also, the issue with the Framed-IP-Address not being reported in stop
> records has been fixed and will be part of the next code sent out. Don't
> ask, I don't know when :^)
>
> At 06:03 PM 6/26/98 +0200, Blaz Zupan wrote:
> >> Here is a thought.... What if this problem was happening all along but
> >> in 3.8b17 they added a visual clue (the @! string) to help us find it?
> >> hmmm. Very interesting.
> >
> >I don't think so. My users were not complaining when I had 3.8b13 loaded.
> >One day of 3.8b17 and the phones started ringing with people complaining
> >that they have to dial in a couple of times to get on.
> >
> >P.S.: Don't CC support@livingston.com, they really don't like that. If you
> >must send something to the list and to them at the same time, use BCC.
> >
> >Blaz Zupan, blaz@medinet.si, http://home.amis.net/blaz
> >Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
> >
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