Jason -FORWARDED MESSAGE-- A modem is not moved to the suspect list until after 4 initial failures or 8 failures in a row. Modems from the suspect list will still be assigned, but only after there are no modems on the free list. A determination is made on returning a modem to the free list or to the suspect list after each call that is answered by that modem. One successful call out of eight will cause the modem to be moved back to the free list. Session "failures" are defined in terms of call progress, not call duration. Any call that results in a successful modem handshake is counted as "good." Failure to handshake is counted as "bad." In the past, it measured "short" calls - calls shorter than 60 seconds - and logged a "bad" call as one that was shorter than 60 seconds. Currently, avm shows calls that have failed to successfully handshake and bring the modem user to the login prompt. If handshaking takes 3 minutes but eventually succeeds, that is logged as a good call. If handshaking begins and the user manually hangs up before completion of handshaking, that is logged as a bad call. If handshaking fails between the modems, that is logged as a bad call. If the call fails anywhere after successfully handshaking, that is logged as a good call. Note that this does not provide a direct indicator of good or bad modems. It is an indirect indicator - we must try to infer the status of the modems based on the success or failure of calls. A high number of bad calls does not neccesarily indicate a bad modem. Example "avm" output : > Modem 6:1, 42 calls, 3 bad, last 32 calls = fbfffbff The "fbfffbff" is a bit mask of the last 32 calls, the most recent call is the low order bit. In binary: 1111 1011 1111 1111 1111 1011 1111 1111 a "1" is a good call (the modems completed handshake) and a "0" is a bad call. Within the last 32 calls there were 2 bad calls, but the last 10 calls were good. On this modem since unit reset, there were a total of 42 calls, 3 of them failing to handshake. A "dead" modem is one that fails power up self test or one that has been disabled with 'modem diag.' On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, 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? > > 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 | > > +------------------------------------------+ > > > > ++ 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>> > > > > ++ 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>> > ++ 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--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09473.html">Re: (ASCEND) Modem 7:8 bad last 8 calls</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Alex P <alex@stomp.gomax.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09512.html">Re: (ASCEND) updating Hayes Accura...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09510.html">(ASCEND) snmp support for modem info</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09490.html">Re: (ASCEND) Modem 7:8 bad last 8 calls</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09509.html">Re: (ASCEND) Modem 7:8 bad last 8 calls</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail21.html#09511"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd163.html#09511"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>