Re: (PM) PM3 Unable to make subsequent dialin calls.

mail2news-portmaster-users@csulb.edu
Fri, 17 Dec 1999 07:25:15 -0800

In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912172119370.4877-100000@dabeast.jc.com.au>, you
say...
>Hiya,
>
>I've just setup a PM3 with OS 3.8.3, and dialing into the RAS when
>rebooted, it answers fine.. But when I hang up and dialin again modems
>train, but I don't get a login prompt, but a show s0 indicates the port is
>in "USERNAME"... Wierd?
>
>Rebooting allows me to dial back in...
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>Dave.

We have a similar problem. We inherited a PM-3A-1T that had been boxed
for two years (S/N 2B00126) andvpurchased replacement modems for the
33K analog modems it came with. After running for about a day, the
modems would answer call but without an answer tone, just silence.

The first replacement box decided after a day to just not answer any
calls.

The second and third replacement PM3's exhibit the problem you
describe. After operating for a day (or recently longer), several
ports get stuck in the USERNAME state with no user connected to the
line; however the line remains off-hook. Due to the newer modems, we
run ComOS 3.8.2 (3.8 was very stable for us).

We never saw this problem with our other five PM-3A-2T boxes and
ComOS 3.8 (older 56K modems). Any idea why these ports occasionally
hang?

--matthew black

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