Only if it's an analog call, of course. If you have as many modems as channels you are wasting one modem for every digital call. > > So I don't see why disabling a modem should also cause a channel to be > > disabled. Makes no sense to me. > > Disabling a modem does not cause a channel to be disabled. You say so yourself > in your next sentence. There is an option to do disable a cnahhel. > > Yet the Modem Diag options offer you the option of "disable modem" or > > "disable channel+modem". If you ask me, the latter is stupid. > > Disable channel+modem is useful if you don't have spare modems and there is a > 1:1 relationship b/w channels and modems. Someone pointed out to me that the usefulness of doing this comes from the fact that not all switches can provision the lines the same way. On our PRIs, if a call comes in and there is no modem available (but possibly channels available), the analog caller gets a busy or skips ahead in the cascade, while the digital caller can still come in and take the available channel. -Phil ++ 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--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01423.html">Re: (ASCEND) Pipeline and ISDN phone</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01420.html">Re: (ASCEND) Cause Code 35</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01366.html">Re: (ASCEND) sot busy-out</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01357.html">(ASCEND) Pipeline 50 sidegrade to V.35 interface</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#01424"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd53.html#01424"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>