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Re: (ASCEND) Modem 7:8 bad last 8 calls



Thanks!

On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Kevin Smith wrote:

> At 11:17 AM 10/7/97 -0400, Alex P wrote:
> >My impression was that the MAX was supposed to realize this, and disable
> >it automatically, after moving it to the suspect list.  Was I misinformed?
> 
> I think so. The MAX never disables a modem automatically in this way. The only
> time the MAX puts a modem on the disabled or unavailable list is when it first
> boots up and a modem fails POST (hardware diagnostics). The MAX will put a 
> modem on the suspect list if it fails 8 calls in sequence (or the first 4
> calls
> placed to it), and those modems will then be put at the bottom of the pool.
> It 
> is for the administrator to take modems out of service *IF* they determine
> that
> the modems really are faulty. (There are non-problem reasons that modems
> "fail"
> calls including failed-authentication, line noise problems....so it's not 
> deemed appropriate for the MAX to take the step of removing the modem from 
> active duty).
> 
> >Alex P
> >
> >On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Eric Reeves wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 6 Oct 1997 ttt@harborside.com wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Hello,
> >> > 
> >> > My syslog is reporting  Modem 7:8 bad last 8 calls.
> >> > The console screen looks normal.
> >> > Hardware is 4004 with 48x56K 
> >> > 
> >> > Any hints as to a resolution?
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> Last time I saw this happen, I just rebooted the Max and that seemed to
> >> take care of it.  If it doesn't, then you've probably got a bad modem
> >> which can be disabled under the appropriate K56-Modem16/Modem Diag/Modem
> >> #.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> +------------------------------------------+
> >> | Eric Reeves                tilex@ghg.net |
> >> | GHG Corporation          ereeves@ghg.net |
> >> +------------------------------------------+
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> Kevin
> 
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