Re: (PM) UPDATE: Fast Busies on PM3

Vernon Burke (vburke@skow.net)
Mon, 8 Feb 1999 11:32:53 -0000

Um, excuse me? 3.8.2 is on the Livingston ftp site.

-rw-r--r-- 1 408 57 1126876 Dec 30 23:43 pm3_3.8.2

Vern

----- Original Message -----
From: David Sovereen <dave@tm.net>
Cc: <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: (PM) UPDATE: Fast Busies on PM3

>3.8 =IS= the latest since Lucent removed 3.8.2 from their Web/FTP sites
>about two weeks ago.
>
>Dave
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vernon Burke <vburke@skow.net>
>To: Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>; Christopher Masto
<chris@netmonger.net>
>Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com <portmaster-users@livingston.com>
>Date: Sunday, February 07, 1999 10:03 AM
>Subject: Re: (PM) UPDATE: Fast Busies on PM3
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>>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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