> I just tried to reproduce your problem here and I was not [fully] able to. > I was not able to bring the MAX to its knees or completely destroy performance. > I was able to produce a measurable change in latency. It might or might not > be noticeable to a remote user. I did not measure throughput. for h in `jot 60 1 60`; do (nc host 5000 &); done across ethernet: 64 bytes from xxx: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=1044.850 ms 64 bytes from xxx: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=995.315 ms 64 bytes from xxx: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=727.330 ms 64 bytes from xxx: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=735.823 ms 64 bytes from xxx: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=1037.498 ms Try a few more (ie. 80) and: 45 packets transmitted, 33 packets received, 26% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 252.679/21128.747/39426.912 ms In the above example, it just stops responding to pings or nearly any other traffic (if I am telnetted to a termserv prompt it takes ~30-60 seconds to echo a keystroke) until the connections are closed. It normally comes back when the sessions are disconnected. Sessions over WAN links are brought to an almost complete standstill. ++ 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--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09621.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend? (Immediate Modem)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09612.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Eric Wieling <eric@ccti.net></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09597.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Tim Basher <basher@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09600.html">(ASCEND) Weirdness with Ap27 or am I missing something</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09598.html">Re: (ASCEND) For Sale:Max 4000</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09597.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09612.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail17.html#09599"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd198.html#09599"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>