Re: (PM) UPDATE: Fast Busies on PM3

Vernon Burke (vburke@skow.net)
Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:51:41 -0000

Blaz:
I loaded up 3.7.2c4 on my PM2e-30 a couple of days ago. Nothing
jumps right out as a large change but it certainly hasn't broken anything.
It seems like we asked for details enough times about it, SOMEONE
in the know should be able to explain it. Then again, the web site still
says 3.8 is the highest release for the PM3. :P

Vern

----- Original Message -----
From: Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>
To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
Cc: <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 1999 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: (PM) UPDATE: Fast Busies on PM3

>On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Christopher Masto wrote:
>> That's the end of my little rant. The PM3 does a pretty decent job,
>> and if you turn on massive amounts of debugging, and spend a few days
>> figuring out what it means and tracking down the relevant
>> documentation, you can actually get a lot of that info.. but I can't
>
>Yes, that's exactly how I feel as well. On this list we can often see
>praise of ComOS, because "it is so easy to configure". Yes it is, but when
>you have a problem, it is HARD to debug, because you don't have as much
>information as you could.
>
>I hate to mention it, but yes, Cisco IOS can be sometimes hard to use, but
>you really can't beat the amount of information it can give you when you
>have a problem. With ComOS, you have to argue on this list (and rfe as
>much as you like) before your face gets red and you give up...
>
>The most simple example: which port uses which B channel? With the
>officialy documented commands, you can't find it out. Luckily somebody
>found the "munich" commands, which DO display this information. What is
>the problem with making a public command out of it???? Or why doesn't the
>B channel actually correspond to the S port (B channel 5 is S5)? I haven't
>heard a convincing argument yet, except for "it would be hard to
>implement".
>
>Another simple example: after more then 1 year of waiting, a ComOS 3.7.2c4
>for PM2's appears on the FTP site. Why is there no documentation for it?
>Why does no Lucent employee want to comment on it here (even a "somebody
>goofed and shouldn't have put it up there in the first place" would be
>just fine).
>
>Blaz Zupan, blaz@medinet.si, http://home.amis.net/blaz
>Medinet d.o.o., Linhartova 21, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
>
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