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Re: (ASCEND) K56 Flex "Burp Tone"

Do you have any PM3's to compare this to?  It would be good to know if the
problem is in Rockwell's code or elsewhere.  We're looking forward to a
large migration to MAXs or PM3s in the near future, and this kind of
problem makes me very nervous.

Dave Wells
NetGate Internet

On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Josh Bailey wrote:

> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:44:32 +1200 (NZST)
> From: Josh Bailey <joshb@xtra.co.nz>
> To: Kevin Smith <kevin@ascend.com>
> Cc: Marty Nix <mnix@ispalliance.net>,
>     James Fischer <jfischer@supercollider.com>, ascend-users@bungi.com
> Subject: Re: (ASCEND) K56 Flex "Burp Tone"
> 
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> On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Kevin Smith wrote:
> 
> > That's not nice....I hadn't read/heard of any particular issue with legacy
> > modems tripping on this new tone.....what brands/models are involved ??
> 
> Hi Kevin - 
> 
> We monitor our connection stats continuously - we have put 56k cards in
> one Max, running the ek build at p13.
> 
> This Max has a connection failure rate of of 10.9%, compared to 6.4% on
> our other Maxes with the older DM-12's.
> 
> Further, the 56k cards are nowhere near as good connecting to older modems
> - - our other production Maxes have a ratio of 21%-23% 2400-14400bps
> connections (approx 78%-80% 28k8 or above).
> 
> The 56k cards are 95% 28k8 or above, and only 4.1% 2400-14400.
> 
> I think we'll wait a bit for the code to settle down before we more widely
> deploy the new cards because they'll cause too many helpdesk calls in the
> current state.
> 
> - --
> Josh Bailey (mailto:joshb@xtra.co.nz)
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