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RE: (ASCEND) Net Medic and My Max 4K





  Agreed, NetMedic looks cool, But it really does suck. And it's 
a headache for me, (Cause my boss has it at home, And he sometimes
actually believes some of thw output) UGH!

Jason

On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Dave Van Allen wrote:

> NetMedic is a beautifully written and superb product that demonstrates
> what a fabulously formatted and extraordinary cool user interface can
> look like.  All this while at the same time producing truly meaningless
> and completely inaccurate results based heavily on the BS barometer
> protocol. (RFC9999).
> 
> I was able to get this POS to "condition red" about my "egress router"
> at 4AM from a PC connected to a core 7513 RSP4 with 3 T3's to the net.
> The router was running at about 8% CPU at the time and as you well know,
> at 4:00AM, the Net in general is usually a fine place to be. :-)
> 
> Oh ya, my PC also had "CPU starvation" or some-such when the screen
> saver kicked in. I did mail myself the message that it produced to
> remind me in the future to remember not to do anything on my PC that I
> need to look at when the screen-saver is running. <g>
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> David Van Allen - FASTNET(tm) / You Tools Corporation
> dave@fast.net (888)321-FAST(3278) http://www.fast.net
> FASTNET - Business and Personal Internet Solutions
> 
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:	Craig Salmond [SMTP:salmond@unix.cde.com]
> >Sent:	Thursday, August 07, 1997 10:27 PM
> >To:	ascend-users@bungi.com
> >Subject:	(ASCEND) Net Medic and My Max 4K
> >
> >	I've got a user that keeps sending me these reports. I've tried my
> >best to duplicate it, but can't. Is anyone else having users send them
> >reports like this.  As far as I am concerned, everything is A.O.K our T1
> >is less than 10% utilized and the MAX is connected to the same ethernet
> >segment. The max has 40+ calls on it when the users sends the report.
> >
> ><begin report>
> >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 21:52:38 -0400
> >From: a user
> >To: support@cde.com
> >Subject: VitalSigns: Event Report: (Intranet, Local router status, red)
> >
> >I would like to inform you about a potential problem I've experienced with
> >your service. To assist you in understanding or remedying the problem, I have
> >included below a brief description and report of the conditions I
> >have experienced.
> >
> >It appears that the local router I am connected into frequently experiences
> >heavy traffic levels. I just wanted to inform you of a potential bottleneck.
> >
> >Subsystem: Intranet
> >Event: Local router status
> >Status: No response.
> >Network connection: Dial-up
> >Net.Medic Version: 1.1.0.1
> >Phone number dialed: 1 (352) 742-1515
> >
> >Date and Time of Occurrence: Thu Aug 07 21:41
> >Client Hostname: computer
> >Client IP Address: 205.160.182.117
> >Intranet Domain: max.cde.com
> >Intranet Delay: 130 msecs
> >Intranet Congestion Level: 35
> >Intranet Throughput: 64000 bps
> >Intranet Entry Router: 205.160.182.5
> >
> >OS Platform: Windows 95 4.0 Build 1111  B
> >User Name: A user
> >Email Address: some address
> >
> >The phone number dialed was obtained by Net.Medic from static
> >Dial-Up Networking information maintained by Windows. The information here
> >could be incorrect if the user modified the phone number in the Dial-Up
> >Networking dialog before initiating the dial-up connection.
> >
> >Some of the information above has been provided by Net.Medic from
> >VitalSigns Software. To learn more about how Net.Medic gathers information
> >about on-line activity and how to interpret the information provided above,
> >please visit the technical support room at http://www.vitalsigns.com.
> >To obtain specific information about this message please follow the link
> >http://www.vitalsigns.com/tech/interpret/notify/3154_0.html.
> >
> >Net.Medic from VitalSigns Software uses analysis techniques which calculate
> >performance measurements as accurately as practical within the limits of the
> >Microsoft Windows and Internet environments. Because of these limits, and
> >because Net.Medic was designed to minimize diagnostic traffic over the
> >Internet, the results calculated by Net.Medic are close approximations,
> >not absolute measurements.
> ><end report>
> >
> >
> >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >Craig Salmond                                        mailto:craig@cde.com
> >Craig's DATA Exchange!                                 http://www.cde.com
> >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >Shipping Address           (FLA) 735-CDE1 Sales           Billing Address
> >Craig's DATA Exchange!     (FLA) 483-2482 Home     Craig's DATA Exchange!
> >18826 U.S. HWY 441         (FLA) 735-9511 FAX               P.O. Box 1401
> >Mt. Dora, FL 32757         (FLA) 742-1515 DIAL-UP      Mt. Dora, FL 32756
> >                   "Lake County's Internet Authority"
> >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >
> >
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