RE: (PM) Modem Code

James Courtier-Dutton (dutton@livingston-ent.co.uk)
Mon, 3 May 1999 00:58:23 +0100

What happened to non disclosure on this?
But who cares, the new code will be out next week!!!
Cheers
James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On Behalf Of craig heading
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 11:06
> To: Mike Tancsa; portmaster-users@livingston.com
> Subject: Re: (PM) Modem Code
>
>
> I have been having so much grief I was given the new beta modem code to
> try out..... much improved. apparantly the PM gets caught doing retrains
> in teh middle of retrains which causes the "spiral of death" syndrome
> causing the modem to hang up, and they recognised that V90 does NOT drop
> back to V34 (it disconnects - unfortunately it still does) whereas the
> flex does...
>
> Mike Tancsa wrote:
> >
> > At 10:49 PM 4/3/99 , Christopher E. Brown wrote:
> > > This trash is getting pretty old. The stats are not directly
> > >comparable between platforms. The stats are not calculated in the same
> > >manner. Keep in mind that the abnormal stats include anything
> that cannot
> > >finish a connect. Including people calling with a voice phone, broken
> > >modems calling, noise on the line preventing connect, whatever.
> > >
> >
> > No. Those stats are taken from the RADIUS logs. They are calls that are
> > completed and authenticated. These are not take from syslog.
> >
> > Sat Apr 3 23:12:29 1999
> > Acct-Session-Id = "2C00FC5F"
> > User-Name = "blah"
> > NAS-IP-Address = 209.112.4.5
> > NAS-Port-Id = 45
> > NAS-Port-Type = Async
> > Acct-Status-Type = Stop
> > Acct-Session-Time = 78
> > Acct-Authentic = RADIUS
> > Connect-Info = "28800 LAPM/V42BIS"
> > Acct-Input-Octets = 4453
> > Acct-Output-Octets = 45722
> > Called-Station-Id = "2365"
> > Acct-Terminate-Cause = User-Request
> > LE-Terminate-Detail = "User Request - Call Circuit Closed"
> > Service-Type = Framed-User
> > Framed-Protocol = PPP
> > Framed-IP-Address = 192.168.1.1
> > Acct-Delay-Time = 0
> > Timestamp = 923199149
> > Request-Authenticator = Verified
> >
> > >appless to rocks there is not much to say. 5%, come on, we are not
> > >talking random disconnects here, but random disconnects, failed calls,
> > >voice calls, dropping in the middle of neg...
> >
> > No, we are not. Granted, stats between platforms and reporting methods
> > between various implementations are not 100% comparable, but I think the
> > information is more useful than just religiously supporting one platform
> > over another. If you have any metrics to show that the PM3 is
> superior or
> > on-par with other terminal servers I would be happy to hear it. I would
> > love to stick with the Portmasters.
> >
> > ---Mike
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