At [Wed, 4 Jun 1997 16:02:29 -0700] Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com> wrote: jpr> For almost 2 years now, I've been recommending Ascend to everyone. However, jpr> the last few months have been a little troublesome: When I was in the ISP game I saw similar problems... jpr> + MAX 4004 fried a dm12 after s/w upgrade (BTW, took over a week to get a jpr> new one) We saw this but we didn't put it woen to a s/w upgrade - our local Ascend supplier did a swapout in under a week.... jpr> + P75 with DOA ethernet 3 P50's with either dead Ethernet or ether that would only use AUI port... jpr> + 2 P130's with bad flash (won't take any upgrade, stuck at 4.6c) How about a P50 that has 5.0 installed "out the box" refuses to pass packets from Ethernet to WAN - Downgrade to 4.6cI14(I think) then re- upgrade to 5.0 and everything fine. jpr> + A P400 that reboots itself occassionaly; each time losing sync with the jpr> PRI until the line is physically removed and replaced. (this problem is jpr> actually older than a "few months.") Had this prob. with a Max - ended up being a software issue(I forget which version now) jpr> Other admins seeing such problems, or do I just have the "midas touch?" I think it's just bad luck on the part of us - everyone else I speak to is more than happy with Ascend kit.... -- | Darran Rimron, Consultant, Rimron Design & Consultancy | | <A HREF="http://www.rimron.co.uk">http://www.rimron.co.uk</A> <A HREF="mailto:darran@rimron.co.uk">mailto:darran@rimron.co.uk</A> | | Custom Designed Internet and Intranet Solutions | | Consultancy, System Support, Design and Implementation | ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg00847.html">(ASCEND) Ascend QA gone downhill?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00930.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline 25 ISDN 'Speach call'</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00925.html">Re: (ASCEND) RADIUS request simulator?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00867.html">Re: (ASCEND) Ascend QA gone downhill?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00857.html">(ASCEND) Max 400 and 90-700 Answer profile</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#00927"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd34.html#00927"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>