We don't run IPX or bridging, but we do run OSPF, which is defined as one of the more-crashworthy features. We abandonded the Incremental brach for the Patch branch months ago and have been happier ever since. If you want to run stable, I strongly suggest you do the same. We ran 5.0Ap20 with total stability. Just went to Ap27, so no story on that yet. The basic difference with the two branches seems to be that more things are fixed than broken in the Patch branch with each release, which isn't always the case with the Incrementals. ;-) As it says in the FTP site: --- Incremental Releases - An Incremental Release encompasses all new feature enhancements and bug fixes made since the last full release. Since these releases have not been fully regression tested (only sanity checked) they are not as stable as the patch releases. Incremental Releases are usually released by Wednesday of each week for all product lines. Patch Releases - A Patch Release contains only bug fixes made since the last full release which will not affect the stability of the release. Patch Releases may not be released on a regular interval. What does this mean? If you have a customer needing a fix made in both the patch and the incremental release, and stability is what you want, then use the Patch Release. If there is a new feature the customer desires or if they have a problem fixed in the Incremental Release that a Patch Release does not address, then they should use the Incremental Release. --- Peter Lalor Infoasis plalor@infoasis.com <A HREF="http://www.infoasis.com/">http://www.infoasis.com/</A> 415-459-7991 x102 415-459-7992 fax ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</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="msg09366.html">Re: (ASCEND) pipe accepts speechcalls</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09364.html">Re: (ASCEND) E1 pricing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09395.html">Re: (ASCEND) T1 problems with Pipeline 130 and 5.1a</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09368.html">(ASCEND) Re: Stopping ether-display, remoting from TNT</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail27.html#09365"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd191.html#09365"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>