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Re: (ASCEND) The MAX TNT
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> At 01:49 PM 10/24/97 -0500, Edward Henigin wrote:
> >
> > What about the high-density USR products?
> >
> > Their management software is very good.. at least, the X
> >version is :) and you'll be able to get ~300 sessions in ~9in
> >of rack space... and their modem connections are better than
> >Ascend/Rockwell.. etc etc..
USR's management software *good*???
No way. It's awful. It's slow (even on a grunty UNIX), sparse (ooo! look!
the lights blink on the picture just like the real thing) - you can't even
ask the box over SNMP who's logged in!!! And before someone says it,
reading the event table to figure it all out doesn't really count...
And what's worse - you've got to plug it in *twice* to manage it! Yep, you
have to give the box two ethernet cards/IP addresses, and ask different
questions of different cards.
The hypercard version (16/modems card instead of 4) is only slightly
better - you have to plug it in only three times. :(
As for modem connectivity, our testing shows it's considerably worse than
the Max. If you don't have a USR modem, don't expect a good connect speed.
The Max sure isn't perfect, and the TNT is worse. But that doesn't seem to
make other manufacturers angels...
People in the access server market are going to have to get their shit
together *real* fast...
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