(ASCEND) MAX TNT - Is it a good product.

[Paul Nazario <nazario@argus.doit.wisc.edu>]

Hello Ascend users,

I have some questions as our University is considering purchasing one or
more Max TNT boxes to provide high density dialin support.  I have several
questions, please answer as many as possible.  The configuration we would 
run would be using a CT3 card to bring in 56K calls digitally into the
box.

- First, is the TNT product mature?  I've heard there was an initial
release of the TNT which had throughput problems but that Ascend now has a
second revision of the TNT box which fixes the throughput problems.  Is
that the case?  How can the various hardware revisions of the TNT be
identified?

- Is Ascend's V.90 code working well?  How is the connect rate and
sustained rate of 56k calls?

- Is Ascend's CT3 card stable. 

- What is the best way to manage a TNT and how good is each way?
  -Command Line Interface
  -SNMP via OpenView or some other NMS.
  -Via an Ascend supplied management application?


- How well does a TNT which is fully loaded (multishelf system wiht
720 digital modems) seem to handle the load?  What bottlenecks appear to
exist, if any?

- Has the documentation improved any since the Max 4002 days?

- What problems does the TNT currently have regarding stability?

- What other problems exist in the TNT?

We will have a unit for a very short eval soon, but the experience from
members on this list would be very helpful.

thanks very much for any info
paul

please email replies to nazario@doit.wisc.edu


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