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Re: (ASCEND) P75 has a hard time connecting to my ISP

Ctrl-D, D will give you a command prompt of >

You can use ? to see a list of commands.

wanOpenning 64 

is the command I used.

Michael R. Turner 
mikeyt@ibm.net 
http://home1.gte.net/mikeyt1

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cain <cain57@yahoo.com>
To: Michael R. Turner <mikeyt@ibm.net>
Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: (ASCEND) P75 has a hard time connecting to my ISP


>Yep, I agree it really is a PITA !!!  So far nobody has been able to
>tell me, or my ISP anything to fix this problem..
>
>I send packets out just fine, and his Ascend eqipment just ignores
>me..  After several tries, it will finally connect..
>
>Can you tell me how to do that Wan Trace thing you mentioned, I'll
>give that a shot too..
>
>Thanks,
>
>--  John
>
>
>
>
>
>---"Michael R. Turner" <mikeyt1@gte.net> wrote:
>>
>> I was really hoping that someone would have responded to this
>problem.  I
>> have this problem using a P75 connecting to gte.net in Redmond WA.  I
>> switched to a local ISP, and while this was a lot better (I'd notice
>this
>> problem once a week or so), the equipment on his end would not do
>the Ascend
>> dynamic bandwidth junk.  So, I made the tradeoff (price, function,
>etc) and
>> went back to gte.net.
>> 
>> I did the wanOpenning trace, and decoded it.  All that would happen
>on the
>> bad calls were the "Hello" packets:
>> 
>> This is really a pain in the but.
>> 
>> Michael R. Turner
>> mikeyt@ibm.net
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Cain <cain57@yahoo.com>
>> To: ascend-users@bungi.com <ascend-users@bungi.com>
>> Date: Sunday, May 24, 1998 7:36 AM
>> Subject: (ASCEND) P75 has a hard time connecting to my ISP
>> 
>> 
>> >Hi..  Here is a question I need some help with..
>> >
>> >I have problems connecting to my ISP before, but I am starting to
>> >trace it down a little bit more, here is my info.....
>> >
>> >I have an Ascend Pipeline 75, the latest model running the latest SW
>> >(6.0.2).  A few weeks back after my local ISP did some major
>upgrades,
>> >I started having a really hard time logging in, (I am a dial-up ISDN
>> >128K customer).  My ISP said it must be me, since nobody else was
>> >complaining.  I doubted it was me, since I hadn't changed a thing,
>but
>> >I fiddled whit all my configs, my cables, my PC my network card,
>> >everything possible.  I finally called Ascend Tec support.  They
>> >telnetted into my P75, looked at all my configs and said it looked
>> >good.  The guy then made it connect to Ascend's router several times,
>> >and it did so immediately, with no problems at all.  Next he got my
>> >info, and made it try to connect to my ISP..  NO GO.  He noticed that
>> >my router is sending packets, but the ISP's router was not answering
>> >back.  (He said it was analogous to my P75 saying "Hello, Hello?" 
>and
>> >the ISP's router not answering back.)  I now learned which window on
>> >my status monitor to look at, and I see what he means.  After several
>> >connects and disconnects, my ISP will eventually send packets back,
>> >then we connect immediately.  Usually the failure rate to connect is
>> >about 66%.  Once we do connect, however, the connection is superb,
>and
>> >I have no problems, it is just a PITA to get connected.  My ISP seems
>> >to still think this is my router's problem.
>> >
>> >You folks got any clue as to what is causing this??  Ascend says it
>is
>> >the ISP.  The ISP thinks it is my router, or the teleco (but they
>came
>> >out and spent hours testing everything, and say the line is
>perfect, I
>> >am only 800 feet from the CO)..
>> >
>> >I am looking for something to tell my ISP to look into (hardware
>> >problems, known software problems, they just got TNT's and use Max's
>> >also, they use all Ascend equipment, and always use the latest SW
>> >builds) or some way for me to better diagnose this, so it can be
>> >fixed..  It is really a huge pain, to have to dial, hang up, dial,
>> >hang up over and over and over.
>> >
>> >I am not getting busies, if that is what you are thinking, since I
>> >know how the router treats those, and it is completely different..
>> >This happens from any software, looking for an Internet connection,
>or
>> >even direct dialing from the status window, makes no difference. It
>> >happens at all times of the day and night, no difference. And like I
>> >said, it all started suddenly after a major upgrade at my ISP.  It
>> >also seemed to happen shortly after I complained of the long sign-on
>> >times.  It used to take me about 15 seconds to log-in to my ISP, then
>> >it took about 2-5 seconds after he made some (unknown to me) changes,
>> >he just e-mailed me and asked if it was faster to connect, and it
>was.
>> >
>> >Anyhow, please HELP me/us!!  All replies most appreciated..
>> >
>> >
>> >--  John
>> >  5/24/98
>
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