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Re: (ASCEND) 6.1 for Pipelines



In article <3573E538.CFFBBC13@syscomp.de> you wrote:

>> except for the bi.p50 release that made it to 5.1, the code is generally too
>> big for the older pipelines.

>Ascend ships the "old" slide-switch P50 with 5.1A (b.p50 release) and with 6.0.0.
>I have got this two weeks ago. Do Ascend know what they doing?

Maybe someone from Ascend would like to comment?
I'd specifically like to know how this model fits with the plans 
for upgradeability. The reseller price for the P50 is approx. 
$445 around here. I find that fairly steep for an old version
that won't even run flawlessly (reboot problems with versions
> 5.0Ap9, NAT table leaks).
Before this matter regarding the future of the slide-switch models
is resolved (and we will certainly speak to our distributor about 
this as well) I will encourage our management to buy Cisco or 
Netopia instead of Pipelines.

BTW, since we're already bitching about the Pipeline :) About a 
month ago Ascend started shipping them with a partly useless set 
of cables. Among other things there's no DB-9/DB-25 adapter for 
the new console cable (RJ-45) . Since I didn't check the little 
box before I drove to our customer, it took me an extra drive 
back to my office to pick up a working sample.
In the meantime these colored cables are accumulating in my
drawer (soon the trashcan) :)

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